Records: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026
Legislative staff filed 56 bills from the 2025-26 session under Records. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and bills with a page of their own are linked.
- HB 1055 · Transparency ombuds, office of, conducting study on the efficacy of establishing
- HB 1157 · Birth and death certificates, allowing release great grandchildren
- HB 1222 · Gambling commission, exemption for proprietary financial and security information
- HB 1308 · Employee personnel files, requirements for employer disclosure
- HB 1459 · Child fatality reviews, addressing confidentiality of and access to records
- HB 1610 · Disclosure, exemption for critical energy infrastructure information
- HB 1692 · Disclosure, exempting certain tribal information
- HB 1765 · Disclosure, exempting email addresses for agency publication subscriptions
- HB 1773 · Disclosure, certain exemptions for wage replacement program
- HB 1793 · Disclosure, exemptions for fire loss/damage reporting to commissioner
- HB 1885 · Legislature, treating all communication concerning bills or preliminary drafts as public records
- HB 1934 · Disclosure, conditions for disclosure in employer investigations
- HB 1949 · Disclosure, exemptions for human subjects, peer review, and unpublished work
- HB 1964 · Disclosure, requiring declaration of noncommercial purposes for lists of individuals
- HB 1991 · Disclosure, exempting email addresses used for certain purposes
- HB 2067 · Document recording fee, modifying
- HB 2158 · Communications technology use for notarial acts
- HB 2176 · Collaborative drug therapy agreements exempt from public records disclosure
- HB 2235 · Public records exemption for certain firearm purchase and permit information
- HB 2244 · Public records exemptions accountability committee recommendations
- HB 2252 · Availability of historical records
- HB 2333 · Public officials' security and confidentiality
- HB 2356 · Enjoined records in certain homicide cases
- HB 2391 · Disclosure prohibition for solicitation or fundraising
- HB 2440 · Confidentiality of education ombuds records
- HB 2491 · Disclosure exemption for certain information submitted to Washington technology solutions
- HB 2576 · Substitute addresses used for confidentiality of certain persons
- HB 2637 · Disclosure exemptions for certain personal information held by state agencies
- HB 2661 · Legislative task force on public records act modernization established
- HB 2685 · Disclosure exemption for tribal data
- HB 2739 · Disclosure exemptions for Washington institute for scientific advancement established
- SB 5030 · Birth certificates, expanding acceptable documentation for educational services and eliminating certain fees
- SB 5049 · Public records exemption accountability committee, modifying meeting frequency
- SB 5102 · Exemptions, creating public records act exemption for proprietary information for public risk pools
- SB 5163 · Child fatality reviews, addressing confidentiality of and access to records
- SB 5196 · Gambling commission, exemption for proprietary financial and security information
- SB 5345 · Employee personnel files, requirements for employer disclosure
- SB 5419 · Disclosure, exemptions for fire loss/damage reporting to commissioner
- SB 5582 · Disclosure, exemption for critical energy infrastructure information
- SB 5623 · Public records exemptions accountability committee, to present recommendations during assembly days
- SB 5626 · Disclosure, certain exemptions for wage replacement program
- SB 5632 · Disclosure, confidentiality and subpoenas, warrants, court orders, and other civil or criminal legal process
- SB 5701 · Prevailing wage laws, provision of employee payroll records for enforcement
- SB 5707 · Disclosure, exempting email addresses for agency publication subscriptions
- SB 5863 · Availability of historical records
- SB 5920 · Cost schedule authorized for certain school records requests
- SB 5926 · Disclosure exemptions for child care providers
- SB 6002 · Automated license plate reader systems use restrictions and data retention
- SB 6014 · Public records exemptions for certain employees and applicants filing complaints or aiding investigations
- SB 6049 · Disclosure exemptions for hate crime victims and certain surveys
- SB 6081 · Sex designation and change requests exempted from public inspection
- SB 6095 · Public officials' security and confidentiality
- SB 6123 · Disclosure exemption for certain personal information of government employees
- SB 6164 · Disclosure exemption for certain information submitted to Washington technology solutions
- SB 6321 · Disclosure exemptions for Washington institute for scientific advancement established
- SB 6361 · Information sharing for federal immigration purposes prohibited
All topics · All 2025-26 Washington State bills
Source: the Washington State Legislature’s Topical Index. OlympiaTrack is an independent bill-tracking service and is not affiliated with the Legislature.