| Passed by the Senate April 14, 2011 YEAS 45 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 6, 2011 YEAS 92 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5098 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved April 27, 2011, 2:04 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 27, 2011 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2011 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/03/11.
AN ACT Relating to exempting personal information from public inspection and copying; and amending RCW 42.56.230.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 42.56.230 and 2010 c 106 s 102 are each amended to
read as follows:
The following personal information is exempt from public inspection
and copying under this chapter:
(1) Personal information in any files maintained for students in
public schools, patients or clients of public institutions or public
health agencies, or welfare recipients;
(2) Personal information, including but not limited to, addresses,
telephone numbers, personal electronic mail addresses, social security
numbers, emergency contact and date of birth information for a
participant in a public or nonprofit program serving or pertaining to
children, adolescents, or students, including but not limited to early
learning or child care services, parks and recreation programs, youth
development programs, and after-school programs. Emergency contact
information may be provided to appropriate authorities and medical
personnel for the purpose of treating the individual during an
emergency situation;
(3) Personal information in files maintained for employees,
appointees, or elected officials of any public agency to the extent
that disclosure would violate their right to privacy;
(((3))) (4) Information required of any taxpayer in connection with
the assessment or collection of any tax if the disclosure of the
information to other persons would: (a) Be prohibited to such persons
by RCW 84.08.210, 82.32.330, 84.40.020, 84.40.340, or any ordinance
authorized under RCW 35.102.145; or (b) violate the taxpayer's right to
privacy or result in unfair competitive disadvantage to the taxpayer;
(((4))) (5) Credit card numbers, debit card numbers, electronic
check numbers, card expiration dates, or bank or other financial
account numbers, except when disclosure is expressly required by or
governed by other law;
(((5))) (6) Personal and financial information related to a small
loan or any system of authorizing a small loan in RCW 31.45.093; and
(((6))) (7) Documents and related materials and scanned images of
documents and related materials used to prove identity, age,
residential address, social security number, or other personal
information required to apply for a driver's license or identicard.