S-0895.1
SENATE BILL 5565
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senators McCune, Boehnke, Fortunato, Holy, J. Wilson, Dozier, Torres, and Harris
AN ACT Relating to permitting senior-focused groups to engage in certain bingo gambling activities; and amending RCW 9.46.0209 and 9.46.0321 .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 9.46.0209 and 2021 c 176 s 5202 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)(a) "Bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization," as used in this chapter, means:
(i) Any organization duly existing under the provisions of chapter 24.12 , 24.20, or 24.28 RCW, any agricultural fair authorized under the provisions of chapter 15.76 or 36.37 RCW, or any nonprofit corporation duly existing under the provisions of chapter 19.09 or 24.03A RCW for charitable, benevolent, eleemosynary, educational, civic, patriotic, political, religious, scientific, social, fraternal, athletic, or agricultural purposes only, or any nonprofit organization, whether incorporated or otherwise, when found by the commission to be organized and operating for one or more of the aforesaid purposes only, all of which in the opinion of the commission have been organized and are operated primarily for purposes other than the operation of gambling activities authorized under this chapter; or