Washington HB 1222: Concerning public inspection and copying of proprietary financial and security information submitted to or obtained by the gambling commission.

Bill Text

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1222
Chapter 81, Laws of 2025
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
GAMBLING COMMISSION—PROPRIETARY FINANCIAL AND SECURITY INFORMATION—
PUBLIC RECORDS ACT EXEMPTION
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025
Passed by the House February 13, 2025
Yeas 73 Nays 21
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 8, 2025
Yeas 47 Nays 2
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives of the
State of Washington, do hereby
certify that the attached is HOUSE
BILL 1222 as passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
Approved April 21, 2025 9:20 AM FILED
April 21, 2025
BOB FERGUSON
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to public inspection and copying of proprietary 1
financial and security information submitted to or obtained by the 2
gambling commission; and amending RCW 42.56.270.3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
Sec. 1. RCW 42.56.270 and 2023 c 340 s 11 are each amended to 5
read as follows:6
The following financial, commercial, and proprietary information 7
is exempt from disclosure under this chapter:8
(1) Valuable formulae, designs, drawings, computer source code or 9
object code, and research data obtained by any agency within five 10
years of the request for disclosure when disclosure would produce 11
private gain and public loss;12
(2) Financial information supplied by or on behalf of a person, 13
firm, or corporation for the purpose of qualifying to submit a bid or 14
proposal for (a) a ferry system construction or repair contract as 15
required by RCW 47.60.680 through 47.60.750; (b) highway construction 16
or improvement as required by RCW 47.28.070; or (c) alternative 17
public works contracting procedures as required by RCW 39.10.200 18
through 39.10.905;19
(3) Financial and commercial information and records supplied by 20
private persons pertaining to export services provided under chapters 21
HOUSE BILL 1222
Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Stearns and Kloba; by request of Gambling
Commission
Prefiled 01/09/25. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee
on State Government & Tribal Relations.
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43.163 and 53.31 RCW, and by persons pertaining to export projects 1
under RCW 43.23.035;2
(4) Financial and commercial information and records supplied by 3
businesses or individuals during application for loans or program 4
services provided by chapters 43.325, 43.163, 43.160, 43.330, 43.168, 5
and 43.181 RCW and RCW 43.155.160, or during application for economic 6
development loans or program services provided by any local agency;7
(5) Financial information, business plans, examination reports, 8
and any information produced or obtained in evaluating or examining a 9
business and industrial development corporation organized or seeking 10
certification under chapter 31.24 RCW;11
(6) Financial and commercial information supplied to the state 12
investment board by any person when the information relates to the 13
investment of public trust or retirement funds and when disclosure 14
would result in loss to such funds or in private loss to the 15
providers of this information;16
(7) Financial and valuable trade information under RCW 51.36.120;17
(8) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research 18
information and data submitted to or obtained by the clean Washington 19
center in applications for, or delivery of, program services under 20
chapter 70.95H RCW;21
(9) Financial and commercial information requested by the public 22
stadium authority from any person or organization that leases or uses 23
the stadium and exhibition center as defined in RCW 36.102.010;24
(10)(a) Financial information, including but not limited to 25
account numbers and values, and other identification numbers supplied 26
by or on behalf of a person, firm, corporation, limited liability 27
company, partnership, or other entity related to an application for a 28
horse racing license submitted pursuant to RCW 67.16.260(1)(b), 29
cannabis producer, processor, or retailer license, liquor license, 30
gambling license, or lottery retail license;31
(b) ((Internal control documents, independent auditors' reports 32
and financial statements, and supporting documents: (i) Of house-33
banked social card game licensees required by the gambling commission 34
pursuant to rules adopted under chapter 9.46 RCW; or (ii) submitted 35
by tribes with an approved tribal/state compact for class III 36
gaming)) Proprietary financial and security information submitted to 37
or obtained by the gambling commission from and on behalf of license 38
applicants, licensees, gaming facilities, or a tribe pursuant to an 39
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approved tribal/state compact. Proprietary finan