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HOUSE BILL 2357
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By Representatives Dent, Gregerson, Thomas, and Ormsby; by request of Military Department
Prefiled 01/09/26. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
AN ACT Relating to the Washington division of civil air patrol as part of the Washington military department; and adding a new chapter to Title 38 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) There is hereby established a Washington division of civil air patrol which shall consist of volunteer members who are volunteer civilian members of the Washington wing of the federally chartered civil air patrol.
(2) The commanding officer of the Washington wing of the federally chartered civil air patrol shall be the head of the Washington division of civil air patrol. In the event of a vacancy in the office of commanding officer, or in the event the commanding officer shall decline or is unable to serve as head of the division, the civil air patrol shall designate another officer thereof to be the acting commanding officer. Any such acting head of the division shall serve during any interim in which the office of commanding officer remains vacant or in which the declination or inability of the commanding officer to serve remains in effect and any such acting head shall have and exercise all of the rights, powers, and authority, and shall perform all of the functions and duties of the head of the division.