Concerning public defense services.

 S-0533.1

SENATE BILL 5404

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Trudeau, Lovick, Frame, Schoesler, Chapman, Goehner, Hasegawa, Lovelett, Muzzall, Nobles, Saldaña, Salomon, Shewmake, Valdez, Warnick, and J. Wilson

Read first time 01/21/25. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

AN ACT Relating to public defense services; amending RCW 10.101.050 , 10.101.060 , and 10.101.070 ; adding a new section to chapter 10.101 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 2.56 RCW.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 10.101.050 and 2005 c 157 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Beginning in fiscal year 2026, funding responsibility for public defense services shall be shared by the state, counties, and cities.