H-3398.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2597
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By House Civil Rights & Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Thai, Fosse, Simmons, Parshley, Gregerson, Santos, Ramel, Stearns, Goodman, Obras, Peterson, Cortes, Doglio, Ormsby, Pollet, Scott, Ryu, Nance, and Salahuddin)
READ FIRST TIME 02/04/26.
AN ACT Relating to remedies for violations of federal constitutional rights occurring during immigration enforcement; adding a new section to chapter 4.24 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 4.24 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Every person who, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution of the United States during civil immigration enforcement, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable.