Concerning the wrongly convicted persons act.

 S-3591.3

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5520

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senate Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Orwall, Frame, Hasegawa, Lovelett, and Saldaña)

READ FIRST TIME 01/30/26.

AN ACT Relating to reforming the wrongly convicted persons act; amending RCW 4.100.030 , 4.100.040 , 4.100.050 , 4.100.060 , 4.100.070 , 4.100.080 , 4.100.090 , and 28B.15.395 ; adding a new section to chapter 4.100 RCW; and repealing RCW 4.100.020 .

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 4.100 RCW to read as follows:

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.