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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 1159

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Relating to: management and preservation of records and correspondence of members of the legislature. (FE)

Legislature — Member Public record Public records board

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, the Public Records Board supervises the state’s public records management and preservation programs and may set retention schedules for public records. However, the records and correspondence of any member of the legislature are excluded from the definition of “public records” for public records retention purposes. This bill eliminates that exclusion.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Larson (D) , Spreitzer (D)

8 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Sinicki (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Anderson, Sinicki, Moore Omokunde, Bare, Miresse, Brown, Clancy and Rivera-Wagner

  2. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

  3. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1