Washington SB 6011: Concerning health care benefits for public school employees.

Bill Text

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 6011
Chapter 111, Laws of 2026
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
COURT OF APPEALS BAILIFFS—THREAT ASSESSMENTS
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2026
Passed by the Senate February 10,
2026
Yeas 49 Nays 0
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 4, 2026
Yeas 96 Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
the Senate of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that
the attached is SENATE BILL 6011 as
passed by the Senate and the House
of Representatives on the dates
hereon set forth.
SARAH BANNISTER
Secretary
Approved March 18, 2026 10:53 AM FILED
March 19, 2026
BOB FERGUSON
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to the authority of court of appeals bailiffs to 1
assess threats to court of appeals judicial officers and staff 2
members; amending RCW 10.97.050; and adding a new section to chapter 3
2.06 RCW.4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 2.06 RCW 6
to read as follows:7
(1) Bailiffs of the court of appeals are authorized to conduct 8
threat assessments on behalf of court of appeals judicial officers 9
and staff members. The court of appeals shall ensure that court of 10
appeals bailiffs are qualified by training and experience if they 11
perform these duties.12
(2) Bailiffs of the court of appeals are authorized to receive 13
criminal history record information that includes nonconviction data 14
for purposes exclusively related to the investigation of any person 15
making a threat as defined in RCW 9A.04.110 against a court of 16
appeals judicial officer or staff member. Dissemination or use of 17
criminal history records or nonconviction data for purposes other 18
than authorized in this section is prohibited.19
(3) Founded threats investigated under this section must be 20
referred to local law enforcement for further action. Local law 21
SENATE BILL 6011
Passed Legislature - 2026 Regular Session
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Senators Dhingra, Cortes, Kauffman, Lovick, Nobles, Pedersen, and
Riccelli
Prefiled 01/07/26. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee
on Law & Justice.
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enforcement is authorized to report the outcome and any anticipated 1
action to bailiffs of the court of appeals.2
Sec. 2. RCW 10.97.050 and 2024 c 303 s 2 are each amended to 3
read as follows:4
(1) Conviction records may be disseminated without restriction.5
(2) Any criminal history record information which pertains to an 6
incident that occurred within the last twelve months for which a 7
person is currently being processed by the criminal justice system, 8
including the entire period of correctional supervision extending 9
through final discharge from parole, when applicable, may be 10
disseminated without restriction.11
(3) Criminal history record information which includes 12
nonconviction data may be disseminated by a criminal justice agency 13
to another criminal justice agency for any purpose associated with 14
the administration of criminal justice, or in connection with the 15
employment of the subject of the record by a criminal justice or 16
juvenile justice agency, except as provided under RCW 13.50.260. A 17
criminal justice agency may respond to any inquiry from another 18
criminal justice agency without any obligation to ascertain the 19
purpose for which the information is to be used by the agency making 20
the inquiry.21
(4) Criminal history record information which includes 22
nonconviction data may be disseminated by a criminal justice agency 23
to implement a statute, ordinance, executive order, or a court rule, 24
decision, or order which expressly refers to records of arrest, 25
charges, or allegations of criminal conduct or other nonconviction 26
data and authorizes or directs that it be available or accessible for 27
a specific purpose.28
(5) Criminal history record information which includes 29
nonconviction data may be disseminated to individuals and agencies 30
pursuant to a contract with a criminal justice agency to provide 31
services related to the administration of criminal justice. Such 32
contract must specifically authorize access to criminal history 33
record information, but need not specifically state that access to 34
nonconviction data is included. The agreement must limit the use of 35
the criminal history record information to stated purposes and insure 36
the confidentiality and security of the information consistent with 37
state law and any applicable federal statutes and regulations.38
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(6) Criminal history record information which includes 1
nonconviction data may be disseminated to individuals and agencies 2
for the express purpose of research, evaluative, or statistical 3
activities pursuant to an agreement with a criminal justice agency. 4
Such agreement must auth