Washington SB 5595: Adopting the evergreen state as the state nickname.

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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5595
Chapter 300, Laws of 2025
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
SHARED STREETS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025
Passed by the Senate April 17, 2025
Yeas 31 Nays 18
JOHN LOVICK
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 11, 2025
Yeas 64 Nays 32
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 ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL 5595 as passed by the Senate
and the House of Representatives on
the dates hereon set forth.
SARAH BANNISTER
Secretary
Approved May 17, 2025 11:21 AM FILED
May 19, 2025
BOB FERGUSON
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to establishing shared streets; amending RCW 1
46.61.250, 46.61.415, 46.61.110, 46.61.240, and 46.61.770; and adding 2
a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW.3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 46.61 5
RCW to read as follows:6
(1)(a) A local authority may designate a nonarterial highway, 7
except as provided in (b) of this subsection, to be a shared street 8
under this section, if the local authority has developed procedures 9
for establishing shared streets.10
(b) Nonarterial highways that are state highways may not be 11
designated shared streets unless they are the primary roads through a 12
central business district.13
(2) Vehicular traffic traveling along a shared street shall yield 14
the right-of-way to any pedestrian, bicyclist, or operator of a 15
micromobility device on the shared street.16
(3) A bicyclist or operator of a micromobility device shall yield 17
the right-of-way to any pedestrian on a shared street.18
(4) Any local authority that designates a nonarterial highway to 19
be a shared street as provided by this section must post an annual 20
report on the local authority's website of the number of traffic 21
ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5595
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Senators Alvarado, Liias, Frame, Nobles, Pedersen, Saldaña, and
Shewmake
Read first time 01/30/25. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
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accidents, including those that involve a pedestrian, bicyclist, or 1
operator of a micromobility device, that occurred on the designated 2
shared street. The report must also include the number of speeding 3
violations and driving under the influence violations that occurred 4
on the designated shared street.5
(5) For purposes of this section:6
(a) "Micromobility device" means personal or shared nonmotorized 7
scooters, "motorized foot scooters" as defined in RCW 46.04.336, and 8
"electric personal assistive mobility devices" (EPAMD) as defined in 9
RCW 46.04.1695; and10
(b) "Shared street" means a city street designated by placement 11
of official traffic control devices where pedestrians, bicyclists, 12
and vehicular traffic share a portion or all of the same street.13
Sec. 2. RCW 46.61.250 and 2022 c 235 s 3 are each amended to 14
read as follows:15
(1) Where sidewalks are provided and are accessible, it is 16
unlawful for any pedestrian to walk or otherwise move along and upon 17
an adjacent roadway. Where sidewalks are provided but wheelchair 18
access is not available, persons with disabilities who require such 19
access may walk or otherwise move along and upon an adjacent roadway 20
until they reach an access point in the sidewalk.21
(2) Where sidewalks are not provided or are inaccessible, a 22
pedestrian walking or otherwise moving along and upon a highway, and 23
any personal delivery device moving along and upon a highway, shall:24
(a) When shoulders are provided and are accessible, walk or move 25
on the shoulder of the roadway as far as is practicable from the edge 26
of the roadway, facing traffic when a shoulder is available in this 27
direction; or28
(b) When shoulders are not provided or are inaccessible, walk or 29
move as near as is practicable to the outside edge of the roadway 30
facing traffic, and when practicable, move clear of the roadway upon 31
meeting an oncoming vehicle.32
(3) A pedestrian traveling to the nearest emergency reporting 33
device on a one-way roadway of a controlled access highway is not 34
required to travel facing traffic as otherwise required by subsection 35
(2) of this section.36
(4) When walking or otherwise moving along and upon an adjacent 37
roadway, a pedestrian shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with 38
any vehicle upon the roadway.39
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(5) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section do not apply when the 1
roadway is duly closed to vehicular traffic by placement of official 2
traffic control devices for the sole purposes of pedestrian and 3
bicyclist use of the roadway.4
(6) Subsections (1), (2), and (4) of this section do not apply on 5
a shared street as defined