CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1673
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the House March 11, 2019
  Yeas 97  Nays 1
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 10, 2019
  Yeas 46  Nays 1
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1673 as passed by House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved
FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington
HOUSE BILL 1673
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2019 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Steele, Eslick, Goehner, and Riccelli
Read first time 01/28/19.Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations.
AN ACT Relating to exempting information relating to the regulation of explosives from public disclosure; amending RCW 42.56.460; and adding a new section to chapter 42.56 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 42.56.460 and 2005 c 274 s 426 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) All records obtained and all reports produced as required by state fireworks law, chapter 70.77 RCW, are exempt from disclosure under this chapter.
(2) All records obtained and all reports submitted as required by the Washington state explosives act, chapter 70.74 RCW, are exempt from disclosure under this chapter. Nothing in this subsection (2) shall be construed to restrict access to information related to the regulatory duties or actions of any agency.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 42.56 RCW to read as follows:
By December 1, 2023, the public records exemptions accountability committee, in addition to its duties in RCW 42.56.140, must prepare and submit a report to the legislature that includes recommendations on whether the exemption created in RCW 42.56.460(2) should be continued, modified, or terminated. No recommendations or action from the committee or the legislature will result in the continuation of the exemption created in RCW 42.56.460(2).
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