On July 1, 2006, the act was recodified from chapter
42.17 to
42.56 RCW, and titled the "Public Records Act." The recodification did not change substantive law. The initial model rules and older court decisions referred to the prior codification numbers in chapter
42.17 RCW. A recodification conversion chart (from chapter
42.17 to
42.56 RCW) is on the attorney general's office website at
http://www.atg.wa.gov/model-rules-public-disclosure.