HB 2801-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

     Amends RCW 4.92.010 to remove Thurston County as an independent choice of venue for filing an action against the state.  If a plaintiff wishes to file an action against the state in Thurston County, one of the remaining four criteria in the statute must point to Thurston County as a possible place of venue.