Concerning grant programs fostering community engagement through law enforcement-community partnerships and immersion.

 S-1285.1

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5367

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senate Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Orwall, Conway, and Hasegawa)

READ FIRST TIME 02/07/25.

AN ACT Relating to grant programs fostering community engagement through law enforcement-community partnerships and immersion; amending RCW 43.330.545 ; and adding a new section to chapter 43.330 RCW.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 43.330.545 and 2023 c 189 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, a project is created in the department to foster community engagement through neighborhood organizing, law enforcement-community partnerships, youth mobilization, and business engagement. The department shall administer the project. The project must include funding for programs delivering services in a range of rural and urban counties across Washington.