SHB 2373 — Modifying the adopt-a-highway program to further the purpose of civic engagement and collaboration.

What this bill does

Clarifies the Washington State Department of Transportation's (WSDOT's) Adopt-a-Highway program volunteer selection process by emphasizing the discretion it has to select individual or group volunteers as partners who submit a proposal consistent with WSDOT policy and rules. Prohibits the WSDOT from partnering with individuals or groups, or local chapters of groups, that publicly endorse or promote unlawful violence against government for its Adopt-a-Highway program. Clarifies that the primary purpose of adopt-a-highway signs is to notify the public of the WSDOT's collaboration with program volunteers and that the signs are a form of government speech. Requires the WSDOT to immediately terminate contracts in effect with volunteers who it determines are not eligible to participate in the Adopt-a-Highway program.

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