Concerning persons requesting disclosure of lists of individuals under the public records act.

 H-1343.1

HOUSE BILL 1964

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Representatives Fosse, Farivar, Parshley, Kloba, Gregerson, Ramel, Ormsby, Scott, and Hill

Read first time 02/13/25. Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations.

AN ACT Relating to persons requesting disclosure of lists of individuals under the public records act; and amending RCW 42.56.080 .

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

Sec. 1. RCW 42.56.080 and 2023 c 67 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1)(a) A public records request must be for identifiable records. A request for all or substantially all records prepared, owned, used, or retained by an agency is not a valid request for identifiable records under this chapter, provided that a request for all records regarding a particular topic or containing a particular keyword or name shall not be considered a request for all of an agency's records.