Concerning requirements for fund-raising events of bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations.

 S-0608.1

SENATE BILL 5443

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Cortes, Nobles, and Shewmake

Read first time 01/23/25. Referred to Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade.

AN ACT Relating to requirements for fund-raising events of bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations; amending RCW 9.46.0277 , 9.46.0315 , 9.46.0321 , 9.46.0323 , and 9.46.356 .

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

Sec. 1. RCW 9.46.0277 and 2009 c 133 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

"Raffle," as used in this chapter, means a game in which tickets bearing an individual number are sold for not more than (( one hundred dollars )) $250 each and in which a prize or prizes are awarded on the basis of a drawing from the tickets by the person or persons conducting the game, when the game is conducted by a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization(( , no person other than a bona fide member of the organization takes any part in the management or operation of the game, )) and no part of the proceeds thereof inure to the benefit of any person other than the organization conducting the game.