CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5179
Chapter 16, Laws of 2021
67TH LEGISLATURE
2021 REGULAR SESSION
BLOOD DONATION--ELIGIBILITY
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 2021
Passed by the Senate February 23, 2021 Yeas 48 Nays 1 DENNY HECK
President of the Senate Passed by the House March 24, 2021 Yeas 98 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5179 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. BRAD HENDRICKSON
Secretary Secretary |
Approved April 7, 2021 3:42 PM | FILED April 7, 2021 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5179
Passed Legislature - 2021 Regular Session
State of Washington | 67th Legislature | 2021 Regular Session |
BySenate Health & Long Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Liias, Rivers, Das, Randall, and Wilson, C.)
READ FIRST TIME 02/08/21.
AN ACT Relating to blood donation; and amending RCW
70.01.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW
70.01.020 and 1969 c 51 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Any person of the age of ((eighteen))18 years or over shall be eligible to donate blood, including donation through apheresis, in any voluntary and noncompensatory blood program without the necessity of obtaining parental permission or authorization.
(2) Any person between the ages of 16 and 17 years old shall be eligible to donate blood, including donation through apheresis, in any voluntary and noncompensatory blood program after obtaining parental or legal guardian permission or authorization.
Passed by the Senate February 23, 2021.
Passed by the House March 24, 2021.
Approved by the Governor April 7, 2021.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 7, 2021.
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