CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6186
Chapter 208, Laws of 2024
68th Legislature
2024 Regular Session
MISSING PERSONS—DISCLOSURE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT INFORMATION
TO WASHINGTON STATE PATROL
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the Senate February 6, 2024 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 49 Nays 0
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
the Senate of the State of
DENNY HECK Washington, do hereby certify that
President of the Senate the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE
BILL 6186 as passed by the Senate
and the House of Representatives on
the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the House February 27, 2024
Yeas 95 Nays 0
SARAH BANNISTER
LAURIE JINKINS Secretary
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Approved March 19, 2024 3:06 PM FILED
March 21, 2024
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6186
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By Senate Human Services (originally sponsored by Senators Kauffman,
Dhingra, Hasegawa, Valdez, and C. Wilson)
READ FIRST TIME 01/26/24.
1 AN ACT Relating to disclosure of recipient information to the
2 Washington state patrol for purposes of locating missing and murdered
3 indigenous women and other missing and murdered indigenous persons;
4 and amending RCW 74.04.062.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
6 Sec. 1. RCW 74.04.062 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 s 67 are each
7 amended to read as follows:
8 (1)(a) Upon written request of a person who has been properly
9 identified as an officer of the law or a properly identified United
10 States immigration official the department or authority shall
11 disclose to such officer the current address and location of a
12 recipient of public welfare if the officer furnishes the department
13 or authority with such person's name and social security account
14 number and satisfactorily demonstrates that such recipient is a
15 fugitive, that the location or apprehension of such fugitive is
16 within the officer's official duties, and that the request is made in
17 the proper exercise of those duties.
18 (b) When the department or authority becomes aware that a public
19 assistance recipient is the subject of an outstanding warrant, the
20 department or authority may contact the appropriate law enforcement
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 1 agency and, if the warrant is valid, provide the law enforcement
2 agency with the location of the recipient.
3 (2) To the extent allowed under federal law, upon written request
4 of a law enforcement officer from a state, local, or tribal law
5 enforcement agency, the department or authority shall disclose to
6 such officer whether the recipient has accessed his or her public
7 assistance benefits in the last 30 days for the purpose of assisting
8 the officer in confirming whether the recipient is alive if the
9 recipient is the subject of a missing person's report as described in
10 RCW 36.28A.120. For purposes of this section, "law enforcement
11 officer" and "law enforcement agency" have the same meaning as
12 defined in RCW 10.122.020.
Passed by the Senate February 6, 2024.
Passed by the House February 27, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 19, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 21, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
Original Bill: 74.04.062
Substitute Bill: 74.04.062
Bill as Passed Legislature: 74.04.062
Session Law: 74.04.062