H-1222.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1499
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By House Civil Rights & Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Reed, Goodman, Mena, Scott, Entenman, Cortes, Farivar, Taylor, Berry, Ortiz-Self, Lekanoff, Doglio, Ryu, Peterson, Parshley, Ormsby, Macri, Pollet, Hill, and Salahuddin)
READ FIRST TIME 02/21/25.
AN ACT Relating to legal financial obligations; amending RCW 3.50.100 , 3.62.020 , 3.62.040 , 3.66.120 , 9.92.060 , 9.94A.725 , 9.94A.750 , 9.94A.753 , 9.94A.760 , 9.95.210 , 10.01.160 , 10.01.170 , 10.05.140 , 10.05.140 , 10.05.170 , 10.05.170 , 10.64.015 , 10.64.120 , 10.82.070 , 10.101.020 , 35.20.220 , 36.18.016 , 36.18.020 , 4.56.110 , 6.17.020 , 7.68.035 , 9.92.070 , 9.94A.6333 , 9.94B.040 , 10.01.090 , 10.01.180 , 10.01.185 , and 43.79.505 ; adding new sections to chapter 10.01 RCW; repealing RCW 3.62.085 , 10.46.190 , 10.73.160 , 10.82.090 , and 70.48.390 ; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 10.01 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A previously imposed judgment against an offender for any costs, fees, and interest on legal financial obligations eliminated or repealed by this act is not enforceable after the effective date of this section. The court shall not accept payments for such costs and fees or for any accrued interest on legal financial obligations after the effective date of this section. Any such debts shall be considered null and void and satisfied and paid in full. Nothing in this section shall require a clerk to take any action or alter any record except by the lawful order of a judge.