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                          HOUSE BILL 2947

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2002 Regular Session

By Representatives Ahern, Schindler, Dunn, Bush and Nixon

Read first time 02/11/2002.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Limiting the publication of personal information of law enforcement and court employees.

    AN ACT Relating to limiting publication of personal information of law enforcement-related and court-related employees; and adding new sections to chapter 41.04 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  Any person or organization who sells, trades, gives, publishes, distributes, or otherwise releases the residential address, residential telephone number, birthdate, or social security number of any law enforcement-related or court-related employee or volunteer, or someone with a similar name, and categorizes them as such, without the express written permission of the employee or volunteer must disclose the full legal name, the full residential or business street address, and the full residential or business telephone number of the person or organization selling, trading, giving, publishing, distributing, or otherwise releasing the information, unless specifically exempted by law or court order.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  Any law enforcement-related or court-related employee or volunteer who suffers damages as a result of a person or organization wrongfully selling, trading, giving, publishing, distributing, or otherwise releasing the residential address, residential telephone number, birthdate, or social security number of the employee or volunteer may bring an action against the person or organization in court for actual damages sustained, plus attorneys' fees and costs.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act are each added to chapter 41.04 RCW.

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