Concerning funding rural county coroners and medical examiners.

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S-0396.1

SENATE BILL 5089

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Chapman and Short

Prefiled 12/19/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Local Government.

AN ACT Relating to funding rural county coroners and medical examiners; amending RCW 36.16.030 ; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature recognizes that the most rural counties in the state often face unique revenue challenges and, as a result, are least able to immediately absorb additional costs imposed by new legal requirements. In order to assist these counties with additional independent coroner costs that will impact them starting in 2025, the legislature intends to fully fund these costs for a period of six fiscal years to allow these rural counties to prepare for and fund at the county level these costs starting in 2031.

Sec. 2. RCW 36.16.030 and 2021 c 127 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

14.4% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 41%, measured from WA's completed sessions
Momentum -4 30/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 272 days quiet

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