CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5381
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the Senate February 15, 2023
  Yeas 49  Nays 0
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 10, 2023
  Yeas 98  Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5381 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
Secretary
Secretary
Approved
FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5381
Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
BySenate State Government & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Pedersen, Boehnke, Conway, Dhingra, Hunt, Keiser, King, Kuderer, Nguyen, Randall, Saldaña, Warnick, C. Wilson, and J. Wilson)
READ FIRST TIME 02/07/23.
AN ACT Relating to letters of recommendation or congratulations sent by legislators; and adding a new section to chapter 42.52 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 42.52 RCW to read as follows:
It is not a violation of this chapter for a legislator to send by mail or email:
(1) A letter of recommendation on behalf of an individual constituent if the constituent has requested the letter;
(2) A congratulatory letter to an individual constituent who has received an award or honor of extraordinary distinction of a type that is sufficiently infrequent to be noteworthy to a reasonable person including, but not limited to: (a) An international or national award such as the Nobel prize or the Pulitzer prize; (b) a state award such as Washington scholar; (c) an Eagle Scout award; or (d) a Medal of Honor; or
(3) Except when under a mailing restriction as provided in RCW 42.52.185, a congratulatory letter to an individual constituent who has received an honor or award if the individual or a third party on the individual's behalf has requested the letter.
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