House2025-26 sessionFiscal note
ESHB 1604: Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law.
Signed into law: Chapter 17, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Salahuddin
- Introduced
- January 27, 2025
- Status
- C 17 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 11, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires jails to adopt and implement policies and procedures for conducting searches of confined transgender or intersex individuals.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 4, 202656 yea · 39 nay · 3 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 3, 202630 yea · 19 nay
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