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Wash. Rev. Code § 40.14.100 (2026)

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As used in RCW 40.14.010 and 40.14.100 through 40.14.180, unless the context requires otherwise, "legislative records" shall be defined as correspondence, amendments, reports, and minutes of meetings made by or submitted to legislative committees or subcommittees and transcripts or other records of hearings or supplementary written testimony or data thereof filed with committees or subcommittees in connection with the exercise of legislative or investigatory functions, but does not include the records of an official act of the legislature kept by the secretary of state, bills and their copies, published materials, digests, or multi-copied matter which are routinely retained and otherwise available at the state library or in a public repository, or reports or correspondence made or received by or in any way under the personal control of the individual members of the legislature.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 102 s 2.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2023 · leading case: Kitsap Cnty. v. Smith, 143 Wash. App. 893 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008).
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Kitsap Cnty. v. Smith, 143 Wash. App. 893 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “compact disc meeting current industry ISO [International Organization for Standardization] specifications, or other document, regardless of physical form or characteristics, and including such copies thereof, that have been made by or received by any agency of the state of…”
Arthur West v. Steve Vermillion, City Of Puyallup, 384 P.3d 634 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “For the office of the secretary of the senate and the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives, public records means legislative records as defined in RCW 40.14.100 and also means the following: All budget and financial records; personnel leave, travel, and…”
Seattle Times Co. v. Cnty. of Benton, 661 P.2d 964 (Wash. 1983). “RCW 40.14.100; RCW 40.14.060. Nevertheless, no such records were found in the legislative files pertaining to RCW 13.”
Kitsap Cnty. v. Smith, 180 P.3d 834 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “cording, map drawing, machine-readable material, compact disc meeting current industry ISO specifications, or other document, regardless of physical form or characteristics, and including such copies thereof, that have been made by or received by any agency of the state of…”
Assoc. Press v. Wash. State Legislature (Wash. 2019). · cites it 9× “While the PRA defines "public record" as "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government," a narrower definition applies to the Secretary and the Clerk: For the office ofthe secretary ofthe senate and the office ofthe chief clerk of the house of…”
Associated Press v. Wash. State Legislature (Wash. 2019). · cites it 9× “While the PRA defines "public record" as "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government," a narrower definition applies to the Secretary and the Clerk: For the office ofthe secretary ofthe senate and the office ofthe chief clerk of the house of…”
Does 1, 2, 4, 5, Appellants/cross-respondents V. Sam Sueoka, Respondents/cross-appellants (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). “2009 Records (3)] RCW 40.14.100 and budget, personnel, travel records and certain reports.”
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