S-0387.1
SENATE BILL 5158
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senators Valdez, Boehnke, and Nobles
Prefiled 01/07/25. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.
AN ACT Relating to student athlete insurance; and amending RCW 28B.10.660 .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28B.10.660 and 2009 c 297 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The governing boards of any of the state's institutions of higher education may make available liability, life, health, health care, accident, disability and salary protection or insurance or any one of, or a combination of, the enumerated types of insurance, or any other type of insurance or protection, for the regents or trustees and students of the institution. Except as provided in subsections (2) (( and )) , (3) , and (4) of this section, the premiums due on such protection or insurance shall be borne by the assenting regents, trustees, or students. The regents or trustees of any of the state institutions of higher education may make liability insurance available for employees of the institutions. The premiums due on such liability insurance shall be borne by the university or college.