CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1203

Chapter 220, Laws of 2013

63rd Legislature
2013 Regular Session



PUBLIC RECORDS--EXEMPTIONS--CHILDREN'S INFORMATION



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/28/13

Passed by the House February 18, 2013
  Yeas 96   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 16, 2013
  Yeas 46   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1203 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 14, 2013, 11:09 a.m.








JAY INSLEE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 14, 2013







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1203
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Passed Legislature - 2013 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2013 Regular Session

By Representatives Farrell, Lytton, Kagi, Freeman, Walsh, Ryu, Reykdal, Morrell, Jinkins, Bergquist, and Ormsby; by request of Department of Early Learning

Read first time 01/18/13.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.



     AN ACT Relating to exempting from public inspection and copying personal information relating to children; and reenacting and amending RCW 42.56.230.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 42.56.230 and 2011 c 350 s 2 and 2011 c 173 s 1 are each reenacted and 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)(a) Personal information((, including but not limited to, addresses, telephone numbers, personal electronic mail addresses, social security numbers, emergency contact and date of birth information)):
     (i) For a child enrolled in licensed child care in any files maintained by the department of early learning; or
     (ii) F
or a ((participant)) child enrolled 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.
     (b) Emergency contact information under this subsection (2) 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;
     (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;
     (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;
     (6) Personal and financial information related to a small loan or any system of authorizing a small loan in RCW 31.45.093; and
     (7)(a) 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.
     (b) Information provided under RCW 46.20.111 that indicates that an applicant declined to register with the selective service system.


         Passed by the House February 18, 2013.
         Passed by the Senate April 16, 2013.
         Approved by the Governor May 14, 2013.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 14, 2013.