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WashingtonSB 59252025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office.

Sponsored By: Drew Hansen (Democratic)

Became Law

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Bill Overview

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4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 4 mixed.

Court review and enforcement of CIDs

If you receive a CID, you can ask a court to extend the deadline, change it, or set it aside before the return date or within 30 days after service, whichever is sooner. File in Thurston County or in your home county; the court may apply civil discovery sanctions. The AG can ask a trial court to enforce a CID and seek sanctions. Within four years after this section takes effect, the AG must report to legislators on how many CIDs were issued, set aside, resolved informally, and taken to court.

New AG power to demand records

The law lets the attorney general issue civil investigative demands (CIDs) for documents, written answers, and sworn testimony before suing when facts point to possible violations of listed laws. An assistant attorney general in the investigating division must approve each CID. CIDs do not apply to criminal investigations, and the Criminal Justice Division cannot use them. The AG cannot issue CIDs to federal agencies or their employees for official acts, and this new tool does not replace other CID powers already in law.

Privacy rules for CID materials

Materials produced under a CID stay confidential inside the AG’s office and are not shared outside without your consent or a court order. A court can order that a CID stay secret; if so, disclosing it is a misdemeanor, except for certain financial institutions. The AG can share copies with civil enforcement officials in Washington, other states, or the federal government only under strict written nondisclosure. CID materials cannot be given to law enforcement for criminal investigations or used as criminal evidence. The AG can use CID materials to enforce civil laws and in court; trade secrets require court approval after notice.

What a CID must include

Every CID must name the law and section at issue and the general topic, and list the document types with reasonable detail. It must give a due date or a time and place for testimony, and name the AG staff who will receive materials. Service can be by hand delivery, delivery to the main Washington business address, or by registered or certified mail to the main office. You must make documents available at your main office during business hours; written answers and testimony follow superior-court civil rules. You have the right to a lawyer, and a CID cannot force privileged or unreasonably broad material.

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Drew Hansen

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Bob Hasegawa

    Democratic • Senate

  • Derek Stanford

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jamie Pedersen

    Democratic • Senate

  • John Lovick

    Democratic • Senate

  • Manka Dhingra

    Democratic • Senate

  • T'wina Nobles

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 135 • No: 109

Senate vote • 3/9/2026

Final Passage as Amended by the House

Yes: 30 • No: 19

House vote • 3/4/2026

Final Passage as Amended by the House

Yes: 56 • No: 41 • Other: 1

Senate vote • 2/11/2026

584 Christian Pg 1 Ln 7

Yes: 19 • No: 30

Senate vote • 2/11/2026

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 30 • No: 19

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date 6/11/2026.

    3/30/2026Senate

  2. Chapter 243, 2026 Laws.

    3/30/2026Senate

  3. Governor signed.

    3/30/2026legislature

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    3/12/2026legislature

  5. Speaker signed.

    3/11/2026legislature

  6. President signed.

    3/11/2026legislature

  7. Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    3/9/2026Senate

  8. Senate concurred in House amendments.

    3/9/2026House

  9. Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    3/4/2026Senate

  10. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    3/4/2026Senate

  11. Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.

    3/4/2026Senate

  12. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    3/2/2026Senate

  13. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    2/25/2026Senate

  14. CRJ - Executive action taken by committee.

    2/24/2026Senate

  15. Minority; do not pass.

    2/24/2026Senate

  16. CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    2/24/2026Senate

  17. First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.

    2/14/2026Senate

  18. Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    2/11/2026Senate

  19. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    2/11/2026Senate

  20. Floor amendment(s) adopted.

    2/11/2026Senate

  21. 1st substitute bill substituted.

    2/11/2026Senate

  22. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    2/6/2026Senate

  23. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    2/4/2026Senate

  24. Minority; do not pass.

    2/3/2026Senate

  25. LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    2/3/2026Senate

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