1750-S2 AMH COUT SHIP 186

2SHB 1750 - H AMD 1661

By Representative Couture

NOT ADOPTED 02/12/2026

On page 5, after line 3, insert the following:

"(6) For purposes of this section, "material disparate burden" means a non-trivial and objectively significant measurable disadvantage imposed on a protected class or classes that is sufficient in magnitude to affect a person's substantive rights, a person's opportunity to vote or participate in any stage of the political process, or the outcome of an election, and which is directly attributable to the facially neutral rule, policy, practice, or action being challenged. "Material disparate burden" does not include a disadvantage imposed that is speculative, de minimis, or merely incidental to the challenged action."

EFFECT: Provides a definition of "material disparate burden" to mean a non-trivial and objectively significant measurable disadvantage imposed on a protected class or classes that is sufficient in magnitude to affect a person's substantive rights, a person's opportunity to vote or participate in any stage of the political process, or the outcome of an election, and which is directly attributable, rather than merely incidental, to the facially neutral action being challenged.

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