Emergencys

Effective Date of Rule: May 20, 2025. Purpose: This emergency rule opens spring Chinook seasons on portions of the Snake River. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-312-050. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the

Effective Date of Rule: May 15, 2025. Purpose: This emergency rule is needed to close salmon fishing in Catch Record Card Area 13. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-313-060. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This emergency rule: WAC 220-340-52000D: (1) Closes Subarea 23A-E to commercial spot shrimp harvest effective one hour after sunset on May 15, 2025. (2) Maintains areas open to commercial spot shrimp harvest in Puget Sound. (3) Designates the commercial spot shrimp catch accounting periods and catch limits. (4) Implements a reduced pot limit in Region 5 concurrent with RCW 77.50.100 . (5) Maintains areas open to commercial nonspot shrimp

Effective Date of Rule: May 17, 2025. Purpose: This rule is necessary to close spring Chinook seasons on the Snake River. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-05000C. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the t

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: To bring the Seattle Colleges' student conduct code, chapter 132F-121 WAC, into compliance with reissuing of the final rule issued by the United States Department of Education pursuant to its authority under Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972 and to update other provisions of the student conduct code to reflect current issues and needs of the college district and its students. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WA

Effective Date of Rule: May 16, 2025. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to open hatchery Chinook seasons in the Icicle River. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-312-050. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that ob

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) for hospitals. Complementing recently enacted legislation, the department of health (department) is continuing emergency rules to ensure that state law protects access to treatment, including abortion care, for emergency medical conditions in hospital emergency departments. These requirements are subject to applicable protections of conscience and the free exercise of religion unde

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The health care authority (agency) is amending this rule to expand eligibility for family planning only (FPO) coverage to people age 26 and younger who are confidentially seeking those services. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-532-510. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.05.021 and 41.05.160 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is nece

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This emergency rule: WAC 220-340-52000E: (1) Maintains areas open to commercial spot shrimp harvest effective in Puget Sound. (2) Designates the commercial spot shrimp catch accounting periods and catch limits. (3) Implements a reduced pot limit in Region 5 concurrent with RCW 77.50.100 . (4) Opens Subregions 1B and 1C to commercial nonspot shrimp pot harvest effective immediately. (5) Maintains areas open to commercial nonspot shrimp har

Effective Date of Rule: May 9, 2025. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to open spring Chinook harvest opportunity in the Columbia River downstream of Highway 730 at the Washington/Oregon border. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-312-050 and 220-312-060. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessa

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This emergency rule reduces the weekly landing limits in the coastal commercial salmon troll fishery. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-354-30000G; and amending WAC 220-354-300. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the

Effective Date of Rule: May 21, 2025. Purpose: Amend Puget Sound recreational shrimp rules. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-330-07000B; and amending WAC 220-330-070. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the t

Effective Date of Rule: May 10, 2025. Purpose: Opens recreational razor clam seasons May 10 through 15. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-330-16000I; and amending WAC 220-330-160. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that obs

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This emergency rule is necessary to set a date to remove temporary pot limits placed on the Quinault Secondary Special Management Area, beginning May 9, 2025. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-340-42000F; and amending WAC 220-340-420. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or

Effective Date of Rule: May 5, 2025. Purpose: Effective May 5, 2025, the department of social and health services (department) is adopting emergency amendments to WAC 388-400-0030 Who is eligible for refugee cash assistance? and 388-466-0120 Refugee cash assistance (RCA). These amendments are necessary to modify the eligibility period for refugee cash assistance as determined by the United States Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) pursuant to 45 C.F.R. § 400.211 and Federal Register, ORR; Noti

Effective Date of Rule: May 3, 2025. Purpose: The purpose of this rule is to close recreational clam, mussel, and oyster harvest on the beaches of Wolfe Property State Park and Shine Tidelands State Park. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-330-110 and 220-330-140. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary

Effective Date of Rule: May 6, 2025. Purpose: Opens spring Chinook season in a portion of Snake River. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-312-050. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of not

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule making is to expand access to running start in alignment with 2SHB 1316 (2023). The rules provide for funding, reporting, and administration of participating student's enrollment in running start courses. This is a renewal of emergency rule filing as the office of superintendent of public instruction (OSPI) continues to conduct permanent rule making. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WA

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule making is to amend college in the high school rules in alignment with 2SSB 5048 (2023) that eliminated fees for students. This is a renewal of emergency rule filing as the office of superintendent of public instruction (OSPI) continues to conduct permanent rule making. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 392-725-325; and amending WAC 392-725-005, 392-725-015, 392-725-050, 392-725-225,

Effective Date of Rule: May 5, 2025. Purpose: The health care authority is reducing the eligibility period for refugee medical assistance from 12 months to four months for persons whose date of eligibility is on or after May 5, 2025. This reduction requires amendments to WAC 182-507-0130 Refugee medical assistance. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-507-0130. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.05.021 and 41.05.160 . Other Authority: 45 C.F.R. 400.211. Under RCW 34.0

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to prohibit the feeding of wildlife including deer, elk, and moose located in Game Management Units (GMU) 124, 127, and 130. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 220-440-260. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.055 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservat

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal neurologic disease of cervids including deer, elk, moose, and caribou. It is caused by infectious proteins called prions that are transmitted directly from animal to animal or indirectly through environments. There is no cure or vaccine for CWD, and the disease is always fatal. It can only be confirmed through testing of an animal's lymph nodes or brainstem tissue. The purpose of the rule is to aid

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This emergency rule: WAC 220-340-52000D : • Opens Puget Sound to commercial spot shrimp harvest effective May 1, 2025. • Designates the commercial spot shrimp catch accounting periods and catch limits. • Implements a reduced pot limit in Region 5 congruent with RCW 77.50.100 . • Opens Puget Sound to commercial nonspot shrimp pot harvest effective May 1, 2025. • Delays the opening of Subregions 1B and 1C to nonspot harvest until an ovigery

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The state supplemental operating budget (section 211(34), chapter 376, Laws of 2024, (ESSB 5950)), included funding for the health care authority (HCA) to implement a birth doula benefit for apple health (medicaid) clients. HCA is developing new rules in chapter 182-533 WAC to accomplish this. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 182-533-0610, 182-533-0620, 182-533-0630, 182-533-0640, 182-533-0650, 182-533-0660, 182-533-0665,

Effective Date of Rule: May 1, 2025. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to set seasons for 2025 coastal salmon troll fisheries. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-354-300. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that o

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: Home care aide and nursing assistant-certified alternative certification time frames. The department of health (department) is establishing alternate certification time frames for individuals working toward certification as a home care aide or nursing assistant-certified (NA-C). This includes amending WAC 246-980-025, 246-980-030, 246-980-040, and 246-980-065; and adopting new WAC 246-980-011. Due to lasting impacts caused by the coronavi

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This emergency rule raises the hatchery Chinook daily limit in Catch Record Card Area 5 and sets a closure date for salmon fishing in Catch Record Card Area 11. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-313-06000K; and amending WAC 220-313-060. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, o

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This emergency rule: WAC 220-340-52000C : • Opens Puget Sound to commercial spot shrimp harvest effective May 1, 2025. • Designates the commercial spot shrimp catch accounting periods and catch limits. • Implements a reduced pot limit in Region 5 congruent with RCW 77.50.100 . • Opens Puget Sound to commercial nonspot shrimp pot harvest effective May 1, 2025. • Designates the commercial nonspot shrimp catch accounting periods and biweekly

Effective Date of Rule: May 1, 2025, 8:00 a.m. Purpose: This emergency rule will open the Quinault secondary special management area and Quileute special management area (SMA) on May 1, with pot limits. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-340-42000E and 220-340-45000X; and amending WAC 220-340-420 and 220-340-450. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate ado

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to open razor clam harvest in Razor Clam Areas 1, 3, 4, and 5. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-330-16000H; and amending WAC 220-330-160. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the

Effective Date of Rule: April 24, 2025. Purpose: This rule is necessary to open salmon seasons targeting spring Chinook salmon in the Skagit River. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-312-040. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, an

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The health care authority (HCA) is amending these rules to expand screening and preventative services for certain sexually transmitted infections, to include HIV testing, viral hepatitis B and C, and hepatitis A/B combination vaccines, when clinically appropriate or according to nationally recognized guidelines. HCA is also including coverage for family planning-related services and supplies, defined as those services provided as part of,

Effective Date of Rule: May 1, 2025. Purpose: This emergency rule reduces the salmon daily limit for Quillayute and Sol Duc rivers when seasons open May 1. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-312-020. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general wel

Effective Date of Rule: May 21, 2025. Purpose: Opens recreational shrimp harvest in waters of Puget Sound. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-330-070. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to close red sea urchin harvest in District 5 and conclude the 2024-2025 state urchin harvest season. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-340-75000Q. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservatio

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: To bring Cascadia College's (college) supplemental sex discrimination student conduct code and procedures into compliance with 2020 amendments to the Title IX regulations. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 132Z-120-005, 132Z-120-010, 132Z-120-015, 132Z-120-020, 132Z-120-025, 132Z-120-030, 132Z-120-035, 132Z-120-040, and 132Z-120-045; and repealing WAC 132Z-119-010, 132Z-119-020, 132Z-119-030, 132Z-119-040, 132Z-119-050, 13

Effective Date of Rule: April 11, 2025. Purpose: This emergency rule extends the 2025 spring recreational salmon and steelhead season in the mainstem Columbia River from Buoy 10 upstream to Bonneville Dam, including shad and hatchery steelhead. Additionally, this rule aligns the Deep River salmon and steelhead daily limit with the mainstem Columbia River when the mainstem is open. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-06000G; and amending WAC 220-312-030 and 220-312-060

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to amend commercial crab fishing regulations in Puget Sound: WAC 220-340-45500Y closes Region 3-3 on April 15, 2025; and WAC 220-340-47000V eliminates pot limits in closed areas and maintains pot limits in open areas. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-340-45500X and 220-340-47000U; and amending WAC 220-340-455 and 220-340-470. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 ,

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: To bring Columbia Basin College's public records officer up-to-date. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 132S-10-060. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28B.50.140 (13). Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opp

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Other Findings Required by Other Provisions of Law as Precondition to Adoption or Effectiveness of Rule: Issuance of a formal emergency drought declaration, directed by the governor and signed by the department of ecology (ecology) director. Purpose: Ecology is adopting a new emergency rule chapter 173-167 WAC, Emergency drought funding. This emergency rule describes the applicant and project eligibility criteria for grant funds to alleviate hards

Effective Date of Rule: April 9, 2025. Purpose: This emergency rule closes recreational salmon seasons in Catch Record Card Area 10 and maintains previously announced salmon seasons for Catch Record Card Areas 5 and 11. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-313-06000J; and amending WAC 220-313-060. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment,

Effective Date of Rule: April 12, 2025. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to open recreational razor clam seasons. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-330-16000G; and amending WAC 220-330-160. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or gener

Effective Date of Rule: April 11, 2025. Purpose: This emergency rule is needed to return Skagit River and Sauk River to permanent rules. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-04000F. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: To update licensing requirements for alternative automatic fire-extinguishing systems in the 2021 International Fire Code Section 904 and WAC 51-54A-0904. Editorial corrections are also made to match [or] clarify code language. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 51-54A-0904. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 19.27.031 . Other Authority: RCW 19.27.074 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immedi

Effective Date of Rule: April 15, 2025. Purpose: The developmental disabilities administration (DDA) is adopting a new chapter of rules on an emergency basis to implement ESSB 5950 (2024), which directs the department of social and health services (DSHS) "to operate a staff-secure, voluntary, and transitional treatment facility specializing in services for adolescents over the age of 13 who have complex developmental, intellectual disabilities, or autism spectrum disorder and may also have a men

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: WA HEALTH; the purpose of this rule is to continue to require acute care hospitals in Washington state, licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW, to report hospital maintenance and operation data to the department of health (department) through Washington's Healthcare Emergency and Logistics Tracking Hub (WA HEALTH) in accordance with the WA HEALTH User Guide. This eighth emergency rule continues the emergency rule originally filed on August 31,

Effective Date of Rule: April 3, 2025. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to set 2025 recreational halibut seasons. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-315-030. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the