SB 5780-S2 - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 2ND SUBSTITUTE)

Requires the Washington women's history consortium to: (1) Provide leadership for statewide commemoration from 2018 through 2020 of the centennial pertaining to the passage by congress of the Nineteenth Amendment and its subsequent ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures in August 1920;

(2) Begin preparations for the statewide commemoration;

(3) Create and distribute a portfolio of public humanities programs to engage Washingtonians and visitors with important aspects of the women's right to vote movement;

(4) Encourage private organizations, schools, institutions of higher education, public agencies, and local governments to organize and participate in activities;

(5) Coordinate with regional and national organizations and agencies with respect to their commemorative work;

(6) Coordinate with the national collaborative for women's history sites by contributing a Washington component to the development of a nationwide votes for women trail; and

(7) Administer a grant program for certain public agencies, educational institutions, and organizations to assist with the activities.

Requires the director of the department of archaeology and historic preservation to receive, administer, and disburse gifts, grants, and endowments from private sources as may be made in trust or otherwise for the purposes of this act.