Title 19, BUSINESS REGULATIONS—MISCELLANEOUS

(1) The commission may require an applicant to pay an application fee for a declaratory order requested under RCW 19.405.160. The amount of the fee must be set by the commission to solely cover the cost of reviewing the project and preparing a declaratory order, including a legal…

For affected market customers, the commission must, on its own motion or if requested, enforce compliance with the requirements of this chapter. [ 2026 c 181 s 3.]

This chapter may be known and cited as the Washington clean energy transformation act. [ 2019 c 288 s 26.]

This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [May 7, 2019]. [ 2019 c 288 s 31.]

(1) Subject to amounts appropriated for this purpose, the psilocybin therapy services pilot program is established within, and administered by, the University of Washington department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. No later than January 1, 2025, the University of Washingt…

Medical professionals licensed by the state of Washington shall not be subject to adverse licensing action for recommending psilocybin therapy services. [ 2023 c 364 s 9.] Notes: Reviser's note: 2023 c 364 ss 1-5, 7, 10, 11, and 13 were vetoed. 2023 c 364 s 13 directed ss 1-5 and…

(1) The legislature finds that: (a) Consumer access to affordable and reliable products that contain digital electronics, including computers, cell phones, appliances, and other nonexempted consumer products, is essential to overcome digital inequities in Washington state and tha…

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Authorized repair provider" means an individual or business that is unaffiliated with an original manufacturer and that has an arrangement with the original manufactu…

(1) Effective January 1, 2026: (a) An original manufacturer shall make available to any independent repair provider or owner on fair and reasonable terms any parts, tools, and documentation intended for the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of digital electronic products and part…

Before accepting digital electronic products for repair, authorized repair providers and independent repair providers shall provide to customers a written or electronic notice that contains the following information: (1) The steps taken by the authorized repair provider or the in…

(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require an original manufacturer to divulge a trade secret to an independent repair provider, except as necessary to provide parts, tools, and documentation on fair and reasonable terms. (2) Nothing in this chapter shall be constr…

(1) No original manufacturer or authorized repair provider shall be liable for any damage or injury to any digital electronic product caused by an independent repair provider or owner which occurs during the course of repair, diagnosis, or maintenance and is not attributable to t…

(1) The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and pres…

This chapter may be known and cited as the right to repair act. [ 2025 c 353 s 9.]

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Additional documentary material" means the additional documentary material filed with a Hart-Scott-Rodino form. (2) "Electronic" means relating to technology having e…

(1) A person filing a premerger notification shall file contemporaneously a complete electronic copy of the Hart-Scott-Rodino form with the attorney general if: (a) The person has its principal place of business in this state; (b) The person or a person it controls directly or in…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section or RCW 19.420.040, the attorney general may not make public or disclose: (a) A Hart-Scott-Rodino form filed under RCW 19.420.020; (b) The additional documentary material filed or provided under RCW 19.420.020; (c) A Hart-Sc…

(1) The attorney general may disclose a Hart-Scott-Rodino form and additional documentary material filed or provided under RCW 19.420.020 to the attorney general of another state that enacts the uniform antitrust premerger notification act or a substantively equivalent act. The o…

The attorney general may seek imposition of a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 per day of noncompliance on a person that fails to comply with RCW 19.420.020 (1), (2), or (3). A civil penalty imposed under this section is subject to procedural requirements applicable to the …

This chapter may be known and cited as the uniform antitrust premerger notification act. [ 2025 c 7 s 1.]

In applying and construing this uniform act, a court shall consider the promotion of uniformity of the law among jurisdictions that enact it. [ 2025 c 7 s 7.]

This chapter applies only to a premerger notification filed on or after July 27, 2025. [ 2025 c 7 s 8.]

The legislature finds that access to reliable mobility devices is critical for Washingtonians living with disabilities, the growing senior population, developmentally delayed children, and others. For those who rely on a power wheelchair or other mobility device, any delay in rep…

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Authorized repair provider" means an individual or business that is unaffiliated with an original equipment manufacturer and that has an arrangement with the original…

For the purpose of providing services for equipment in the state, an original equipment manufacturer shall, on fair and reasonable terms and costs, make available to any independent repair provider or owner of the original equipment manufacturer's equipment any documentation, par…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to: (1) Require an original equipment manufacturer to sell parts if the parts are no longer made available to authorized repair providers by the original equipment manufacturer; (2) Require an original equipment manufacturer to divulge a…

(1) An original equipment manufacturer or authorized repair provider shall not be liable for any damage or injury to any equipment caused by an independent repair provider or owner which occurs during the course of services and is not attributable to the original equipment manufa…

Before providing services or repairs for equipment, an independent repair provider shall provide the consumer seeking services or repairs with written notice, provided either electronically or in a hard copy document, indicating: (1) That the independent repair provider is not an…

(1) The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and pres…

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Concession fee" means payment of a monetary fee by a duty-free sales enterprise to Washington state in relation to the sale of merchandise from a duty-free sales ente…

(1) Upon every duty-free sales enterprise operating in Washington, there is levied and collected a concession fee in an amount equal to the gross proceeds of sales of merchandise by the duty-free sales enterprise, multiplied by the rate of 0.10. (2) The concession fee in this sec…

The department may adopt rules to implement this chapter. [ 2025 c 406 s 6.] Notes: Findings—Intent—Effective date—2025 c 406: See notes following RCW 19.430.010.

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Artificial intelligence" means the use of machine learning and related technologies that use data to train statistical models for the purpose of enabling computer sys…

(1) To the extent commercially and technically reasonable, a covered provider shall include provenance data in any video, image, or audio content, or content that is any combination thereof, created or materially altered by the covered provider's generative artificial intelligenc…

(1) Any waiver of the provisions of this chapter is contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable. (2) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state, or as parens patriae on behalf of persons residing in the state, to enforce this chapter. For action…

(1) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to require the disclosure of a trade secret or confidential or proprietary information about the design or use of an artificial intelligence system. (2) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to apply to any business-to-business uses…

(1) This chapter does not apply to any product, service, internet website, or application that provides exclusively video game or interactive experiences including, but not limited to, the sale of goods or services directly to consumers through the internet, allowing customers to…

(1) The legislature finds that rapid advances in artificial intelligence technology, including generative and conversational models capable of simulating human-like interaction, have created new forms of digital companionship. While these systems, commonly referred to as AI compa…

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1)(a) "AI companion chatbot" or "AI companion" means an artificial intelligence system with a natural language interface that provides adaptive, human-like responses to u…

(1) An operator must provide a clear and conspicuous disclosure that an AI companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human. (2) The notification described in subsection (1) of this section must be provided: (a) At the beginning of the interaction; and (b) At least every…

(1) If the operator knows that the user of an AI companion chatbot is a minor, or if the AI companion chatbot is directed to minors, the operator shall: (a) Issue a clear and conspicuous notification indicating that the [AI companion] chatbot is artificially generated and not hum…

(1) An operator may not make available or deploy an AI companion chatbot unless it maintains and implements a protocol for detecting and addressing suicidal ideation or expressions of self-harm by users. (2) The protocol must: (a) Include reasonable methods for identifying expres…

The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preserva…

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Drug store" means a retail establishment or portion of a retail establishment that sells nonprescription medication and may also sell a wide range of consumer product…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a private agreement that imposes a negative use restriction upon real property in this state so as to prohibit or restrict the use of such real property for a grocery store or pharmacy when the use would otherwise be permi…

(1) A city, town, or county may establish that upon the written request of an owner or operator and the requestor's presentation of evidence establishing extenuating circumstances that demonstrate good cause for the extension, the city, town, or county may, by written determinati…