WSR 23-24-023

PERMANENT RULES

OFFICE OF

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

[Filed November 28, 2023, 4:41 p.m., effective January 1, 2024]

Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2024.

Purpose: ESSB [E2SHB] 1320 passed during the 2021 legislative session, chapter 215, Laws of 2021. The act modernized, harmonized, and improved the efficacy and accessibility of laws concerning civil protection orders. In part, the act repealed chapter 26.50 RCW, Domestic violence prevention, and amended RCW 46.76.020 Domestic violence leave, to define dating relationship in accordance with RCW 7.105.010. The amendment to WAC 357-01-172 Definition family member, is to replace the reference to RCW 26.50.010 with 49.76.020.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 357-01-172.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.06.133.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 23-20-076 on September 29, 2023.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: November 28, 2023.

Nathan Sherrard

Assistant Legal Affairs Counsel

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