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1.04.010 | Revised Code of Washington enacted. | The ninety-one titles with chapters and sections designated as the "Revised Code of Washington" and attested by the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives of the legislature of the state of Washington, are hereby enacted and designated as the "Revised Code of Washington." Said code ... |
1.04.013 | 1950 Supplement enacted. | The titles, chapters, and sections designated as the "1950 Supplement to the Revised Code of Washington" attested by the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives of the legislature of the state of Washington, and filed with the secretary of state, are hereby enacted and consolidated i... |
1.04.014 | Numbering system adopted—Application. | The system of numbering employed in the 1950 supplement is hereby adopted as the general system to be followed in designating sections of the revised code. Specific numbers, in accordance with such system, are authorized to be assigned to sections of the revised code as follows: Those chapters and sections of the revis... |
1.04.015 | Numbering new sections, chapters—Corrections. | New chapters or sections added to the Revised Code of Washington (as supplemented or modified by the 1950 supplement), as the result of laws enacted at this or subsequent sessions of the legislature, shall be numbered in harmony with said general numbering system, and shall bear such respective numbers in accordance th... |
1.04.016 | Expansion of numbering system—Decimal factor. | It is the intent that under said numbering system the section factor of the section number shall be treated as a decimal figure, and where new sections must hereafter in codifying be inserted between sections then already consecutively numbered, the proper number for such new section shall be created by the insertion o... |
1.04.020 | Code as evidence of the law—Rule of construction—Effect of amendment. | The contents of the Revised Code of Washington, after striking therefrom sections repealed or superseded by laws of the state of Washington enacted since January 1, 1949, as the revised code is supplemented or modified in the 1950 supplement, shall establish the laws of this state of a general and permanent nature in e... |
1.04.021 | Rule of construction—Prima facie law. | The contents of said code shall establish prima facie the laws of this state of a general and permanent nature in effect on January 1, 1949, but nothing herein shall be construed as changing the meaning of any such laws. In case of any omissions, or any inconsistency between any of the provisions of said code and the l... |
1.04.030 | New laws to be added to code. | All laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after January 1, 1949, shall, from time to time, be incorporated into and become a part of said code.
[ 1950 ex.s. c 16 s 3 .] |
1.04.040 | Code may be cited as "RCW." | The code may be cited by the abbreviation "RCW."
[ 1950 ex.s. c 16 s 4 .] |
1.08.001 | Statute law committee created—Membership. | There is created a permanent statute law committee consisting of eleven members as follows: (1) The secretary of the senate, ex officio; (2) Two members of the senate, one from each of the two largest caucuses in the senate, appointed by the president of the senate; (3) The chief clerk of the house of representatives, ... |
1.08.003 | Terms of members—Filling vacancies. | The term of the member of the committee appointed by the State Bar Association, shall be for two years. The term of any ex officio member expires upon expiration of tenure of the position by virtue of which he or she is a member of the committee. The remaining members of the committee shall serve at the pleasure of the... |
1.08.005 | Compensation and expenses of members. | For attendance at meetings of the committee or in attending to such other business of the committee as may be authorized thereby, each legislative member of the committee shall receive the per diem and travel allowances provided for such members by RCW 44.04.120 , and each other member shall be compensated in accordanc... |
1.08.007 | Committee meetings. | The committee shall from time to time elect a chair from among its members and adopt rules to govern its procedures. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business but no proceeding of the committee shall be valid unless carried by the vote of a majority of the members prese... |
1.08.011 | Employment of code reviser and staff. | The committee shall employ on behalf of the state and from time to time fix the compensation of a competent code reviser, with power to terminate any such employment at any time. The committee shall also employ on behalf of the state and fix the compensation of such additional legal and clerical assistance to the code ... |
1.08.013 | Code reviser defined. | Code reviser shall mean any lawyer or law publisher employing competent lawyers, each deemed by the committee to be qualified to compile the statutory law of the state of Washington as enacted by the legislature into a code or compilation of laws by title, chapter and section, without substantive change or alteration o... |
1.08.015 | Codification and revision of laws—Scope of revision. | Subject to such general policies as may be promulgated by the committee and to the general supervision of the committee, the reviser shall: (1) Codify for consolidation into the Revised Code of Washington all laws of a general and permanent nature heretofore or hereafter enacted by the legislature, and assign permanent... |
1.08.016 | Code correction—Committee orders. | The committee may at any time by order correct any section or portion of the code in any of the respects enumerated in RCW 1.08.015 . Orders shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the committee chair and each order shall be followed by an explanatory note reciting the reason therefor. Unless otherwise prescribed... |
1.08.017 | Code reviser may omit certain provisions of legislative acts from code; may omit annotations after ten years. | (1) The reviser may omit from the code all titles to acts, enacting and repealing clauses, preambles, declarations of emergency, severability, and validity and construction sections unless, in a particular instance, it may be necessary to retain such to preserve the full intent of the law. The omission of validity or c... |
1.08.020 | Code index. | The reviser, as soon as practicable, shall compile and thereafter maintain a comprehensive index and from time to time prepare for publication supplements thereto.
[ 1953 c 257 s 7 .] |
1.08.021 | Historical records. | The reviser shall prepare and maintain full historical records showing the enactment, amendment, revision, supersession, and repeal of the various sections of the revised code.
[ 1951 c 157 s 9 .] |
1.08.023 | Annotations. | The reviser may prepare and maintain complete annotations of court decisions construing the statutes of this state.
[ 1951 c 157 s 10 .] |
1.08.024 | Inclusion in code of rules of court. | The committee may provide for inclusion in the published sets of the code the rules of court promulgated by the supreme court.
[ 1953 c 257 s 8 .] |
1.08.025 | Improvement of statutes. | The committee, or the reviser with the approval of the committee, shall from time to time make written recommendations to the legislature concerning deficiencies, conflicts, or obsolete provisions in, and need for reorganization or revision of, the statutes, and shall prepare for submission to the legislature, legislat... |
1.08.026 | Examination of code—Hearings—Recommendations to legislature. | The committee also shall examine the revised code and from time to time submit to the legislature proposals for enactment of the several titles, chapters and sections thereof, to the end that, as expeditiously as possible, the revised code, and each part thereof, shall constitute conclusive, rather than prima facie evi... |
1.08.027 | Bill drafting service. | The reviser shall be in charge of and shall at all times maintain an expert bill drafting service for the use and benefit of the legislature, its committees and its members. Prior to any session thereof, the legislature shall provide quarters convenient to both houses and shall augment the reviser's staff with such add... |
1.08.028 | Opinions as to validity or constitutionality. | Neither the reviser nor any member of his or her staff shall be required to furnish any written opinion as to the validity or constitutionality of any proposed legislation, which he or she may be requested to draft or prepare, nor shall any member of the committee be required to pass upon the constitutionality of any m... |
1.08.031 | Information service to legislators. | The reviser shall, to the extent reasonably feasible through available facilities and public sources of information, provide objective and factual information in writing to and upon request of any member of the legislature relative to any matter which is or may be the subject of or involved in, legislation.
[ 1951 c 15... |
1.08.033 | Reviser's office location. | The department of public institutions shall provide suitable office and storage space and facilities for the reviser and his or her staff at Olympia, at a location convenient to the legislature and to the state law library.
[ 2011 c 336 s 5 ; 1955 c 235 s 5 ; 1951 c 157 s 15 .]
Reviser's note: Powers and duties of depa... |
1.08.037 | Publication of code—Specifications—Certificate of compliance. | The committee shall from time to time formulate specifications relative to the format, size and style of type, paper stock, number of volumes, method and quality of binding, contents, indexing, and general scope and character of footnotes, and annotations, if any, for any publication for general use of the revised code... |
1.08.038 | Publication, sale, and distribution of code and supplements—Reprints. | The statute law committee shall publish, sell and distribute, and arrange for the publication, sale and distribution of the Revised Code of Washington and of supplements thereto and of such other materials as in their discretion may be incorporated in or appended to the code. They may republish, reprint or authorize th... |
1.08.039 | Publication, sale, and distribution of code and supplements—Contracts or other arrangements. | The committee may enter into contracts or otherwise arrange for the publication and/or distribution, provided for in RCW 1.08.038 , with or without calling for bids, by the department of enterprise services, upon specifications formulated under the authority of RCW 1.08.037 , and upon such basis as the committee deems ... |
1.08.0392 | Publication, sale, and distribution of code and supplements—Statute law committee publications account created—Purpose—Disbursements. | For the purposes of financing the production and sale of such of its publications as in the judgment of the statute law committee may be advantageously financed by the use of revolving fund moneys, there is hereby created, and the committee is authorized to maintain, a revolving fund to be known as statute law committe... |
1.08.040 | Certification—Official code—Prima facie evidence. | The Revised Code of Washington containing the certificate of the temporary code committee and any supplement or addition thereto or reprint edition thereof, which contains the certificate of the statute law committee referred to in RCW 1.08.037 , shall be deemed official, and shall be prima facie evidence of the laws c... |
1.08.050 | Amendment, repeal to include code numbers—Assignment of code numbers. | The legislature in amending or repealing laws shall include in such act references to the code numbers of the law affected. The reviser shall assign code numbers to such permanent and general laws as are hereafter enacted at any legislative session.
[ 1959 c 95 s 5 ; 1955 c 5 s 3 ; 1951 c 157 s 17 . Prior: (i) 1941 c 1... |
1.08.060 | Loans and exchanges of codes and supplements. | The committee may loan sets of the code and materials supplemental thereto (1) for the use of senate committees, a quantity as required by advice from the secretary of the senate, not to exceed twenty-five sets; (2) for use of the house committees, a quantity as required by advice from the chief clerk of the house, not... |
1.08.070 | Legislators to receive codes and supplements on digital media without charge. | Each member of the legislature may receive one set of the Revised Code of Washington on digital media without charge. All persons receiving codes under this section may receive supplements to the code on digital media free of charge, during their term of office as a member or officer of the legislature.
[ 2011 c 156 s ... |
1.08.080 | Statute law committee publications to be permanently available in digital form on legislative websites. | Current digital copies of the Revised Code of Washington, the Washington Administrative Code, the Washington State Register, and the session laws of the Washington state legislature shall be maintained and made freely available for permanent public access on the code reviser or legislative website. All historical digit... |
1.08.110 | Publication of Washington State Register—Rule-making authority. | The statute law committee, in addition to the other responsibilities enumerated in this chapter, shall publish the Washington State Register as created in RCW 34.08.020 . The statute law committee or the code reviser may adopt rules as are necessary for the effective operation of this service. The statute law committee... |
1.08.112 | Report on rule-making activity. | (1) The code reviser shall compile and publish on a quarterly basis a report on state agency rule-making activity. The report shall summarize the following information by agency and by type of activity for new, amended, and repealed rules adopted by state agencies pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW: (a) The number adopted, ... |
1.08.120 | Substitution of words designating department or secretary of transportation. | For purposes of harmonizing and clarifying the provisions of the statute sections published in the revised code of Washington, the code reviser may substitute words designating the department of transportation or the secretary of transportation, as appropriate, whenever necessary to effect the changes in meaning provid... |
1.12.010 | Code to be liberally construed. | The provisions of this code shall be liberally construed, and shall not be limited by any rule of strict construction.
[1891 c 23 s 1, part; Code 1881 ss 758, 1686; 1877 p 153 s 763 ; 1854 p 221 s 504 ; RRS s 144.]
Reviser's note: (1) This section is a part of 1891 c 23 s 1 . The introductory phrase of that section pro... |
1.12.020 | Statutes continued, when. | The provisions of a statute, so far as they are substantially the same as those of a statute existing at the time of their enactment, must be construed as continuations thereof.
[1891 c 23 s 1, part; Code 1881 ss 761, 1292, 1681; RRS s 145.]
Reviser's note: This section is a part of 1891 c 23 s 1 . The introductory phr... |
1.12.025 | Construction of multiple amendments to statutes—Publication—Decodification of repealed sections. | (1) If at any session of the legislature there are enacted two or more acts amending the same section of the session laws or of the official code, each amendment without reference to the others, each act shall be given effect to the extent that the amendments do not conflict in purpose, otherwise the act last filed in ... |
1.12.026 | Construction of statutes—Retrospective application. | The provisions of RCW 1.12.025 as now or hereafter amended shall apply retrospectively as well as prospectively.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 240 s 2 .] |
1.12.028 | Construction of statutes—Internal references as including amendments thereto. | If a statute refers to another statute of this state, the reference includes any amendments to the referenced statute unless a contrary intent is clearly expressed.
[ 1982 c 16 s 1 .] |
1.12.040 | Computation of time. | The time within which an act is to be done, as herein provided, shall be computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, Saturday, or Sunday, and then it is also excluded.
[ 1997 c 125 s 1 ; 1887 c 20 s 1 ; Code 1881 s 743; 1854 p 219 s 486 ; RRS s 150.]
Rules of court: CR... |
1.12.050 | Number and gender. | Words importing the singular number may also be applied to the plural of persons and things; words importing the plural may be applied to the singular; and words importing the masculine gender may be extended to females also.
[1891 c 23 s 1, part; Code 1881 ss 756, 965, 1920; 1877 p 153 s 761 ; 1857 p 45 s 1 ; 1854 p 9... |
1.12.060 | Certified mail—Use—Electronic return receipts authorized. | (1) Whenever the use of "registered" mail is authorized by this code, "certified" mail, with return receipt requested, may be used. (2) Whenever the use of "certified mail with a return receipt requested" is authorized or required by this code, electronic return receipt delivery confirmation provided by the United Stat... |
1.12.070 | Reports, claims, tax returns, remittances, etc.—Filing. | Except as otherwise specifically provided by law hereafter: (1) Any report, claim, tax return, statement or other document required to be filed with, or any payment made to the state or to any political subdivision thereof, which is (a) transmitted through the United States mail or private third-party delivery service,... |
1.12.080 | Construction of statutes—Domestic relations—Exceptions. | For the purposes of this code and any legislation hereafter enacted by the legislature or by the people, with the exception of chapter 26.04 RCW, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships... |
1.16.020 | "Fiscal biennium." | The fiscal biennium of the state shall commence on the first day of July in each odd-numbered year and end on the thirtieth day of June of the next succeeding odd-numbered year. The fiscal biennium of those cities and towns which utilize a biennial budget shall commence on the first day of January in each odd-numbered ... |
1.16.030 | "Fiscal year"—School districts and other taxing districts. | August 31st shall end the fiscal year of school districts and December 31st of all other taxing districts.
[1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 118 s 21; 1909 c 76 s 13 ; RRS s 9963.]
Severability — 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 118: See note following RCW 28A.505.010 . |
1.16.040 | "Folio." | The term "folio" when used as a measure for computing fees or compensation, shall be construed to mean one hundred words, counting every two figures necessarily used as a word. Any portion of a folio, when in the whole draft or paper there should not be a complete folio, and when there shall be an excess over the last ... |
1.16.050 | "Legal holidays" and "legislatively recognized days"—Unpaid holidays for employees with appointments or contracts of less than 12 consecutive months. | (1) The following are state legal holidays: (a) Sunday; (b) The first day of January, commonly called New Year's Day; (c) The third Monday of January, celebrated as the anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.; (d) The third Monday of February, to be known as Presidents' Day and celebrated as the anniversary... |
1.16.060 | "Month" or "months." | The word "month" or "months," whenever the same occurs in the statutes of this state now in force, or in statutes hereinafter enacted, or in any contract made in this state, shall be taken and construed to mean "calendar months."
[1891 c 23 s 1, part; Code 1881 s 759; 1877 p 333 s 1 ; RRS s 149.]
Reviser's note: This s... |
1.16.065 | "Officer." | Whenever any term indicating an officer is used it shall be construed, when required, to mean any person authorized by law to discharge the duties of such officer.
[Code 1881 s 755; 1854 p 221 s 501 ; RRS s 147.]
Reviser's note: This section was formerly a part of RCW 42.04.010 . It first appeared in "An Act to regulat... |
1.16.080 | "Person"—Construction of "association," "unincorporated association," and "person, firm, or corporation" to include a limited liability company. | (1) The term "person" may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. (2) Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the terms "association," "unincorporated association," and "person,... |
1.16.090 | Legislative declaration for civil liberties day of remembrance. | The legislature recognizes that on February 19, 1942, the President of the United States issued Executive Order 9066 which authorized military rule over civilian law and lives; that Executive Order 9066 led to the World War II evacuation and internment of more than one hundred twenty thousand Japanese Americans, most o... |
1.16.100 | Domestic relations terms—Exceptions. | For the purposes of this code, with the exception of chapter 26.04 RCW, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to ma... |
1.20.010 | State flag. | The official flag of the state of Washington shall be of dark green silk or bunting and shall bear in its center a reproduction of the seal of the state of Washington embroidered, printed, painted or stamped thereon. The edges of the flag may, or may not, be fringed. If a fringe is used the same shall be of gold or yel... |
1.20.015 | Display of national and state flags. | The flag of the United States and the flag of the state shall be prominently installed, displayed and maintained in schools, court rooms and state buildings.
[ 1955 c 88 s 1 .]
Crimes relating to flags: Chapter 9.86 RCW.
Flag exercises in schools: RCW 28A.230.140 . |
1.20.017 | Display of national league of families' POW/MIA flag. | (1) Each public entity must display the national league of families' POW/MIA flag along with the flag of the United States and the flag of the state upon or near the principal building of the public entity on the following days: (a) Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day on April 9th; (b) Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans... |
1.20.020 | State tree. | That certain evergreen tree known and described as the western hemlock ( Tsuga heterophylla ) is hereby designated as the official tree of the state of Washington.
[ 1947 c 191 s 1 ; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 10964-120.] |
1.20.025 | State grass. | Agropyron spicatum , the species of natural grass commonly called "bluebunch wheatgrass," is hereby designated as the official grass of the state of Washington.
[ 1989 c 354 s 62 .]
Severability — 1989 c 354: See note following RCW 15.36.012 . |
1.20.030 | State flower. | The native species, Rhododendron macrophyllum , is hereby designated as the official flower of the state of Washington.
[ 1959 c 29 s 1 ; 1949 c 18 s 1 ; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 10964-200.] |
1.20.035 | State fruit. | The official fruit of the state of Washington is the apple.
[ 1989 c 354 s 63 .]
Severability — 1989 c 354: See note following RCW 15.36.012 . |
1.20.037 | State marine mammal. | The orca, Orcinus orca , is hereby designated as the official marine mammal of the state of Washington.
[ 2005 c 51 s 2 .]
Finding — Intent — 2005 c 51: "The legislature finds that many people visit Washington state to watch orcas, the orca is a significant symbol for the Native American culture, there are pods of orca... |
1.20.038 | State endemic mammal. | The Olympic marmot, Marmota olympus , is hereby designated as the official endemic mammal of the state of Washington.
[ 2009 c 464 s 2 .]
Finding — Intent — 2009 c 464: "The legislature finds that the Olympic marmot, the only endemic mammal in Washington state, should be designated as the state endemic mammal. The Olym... |
1.20.040 | State bird. | The willow goldfinch is hereby designated as the official bird of the state of Washington.
[ 1951 c 249 s 1 .] |
1.20.041 | State dinosaur. | The Suciasaurus rex is hereby designated as the official dinosaur of the state of Washington.
[ 2023 c 330 s 2 .]
Finding — 2023 c 330: "The legislature finds that the Suciasaurus rex, the first and, as of July 23, 2023, only dinosaur discovered in Washington state, should be designated as the state dinosaur. In May 20... |
1.20.042 | State fossil. | The Columbian mammoth of North America, Mammuthus columbi , is hereby designated as the official fossil of the state of Washington.
[ 1998 c 129 s 2 .]
Legislative recognition — 1998 c 129: "The legislature recognizes that the large, hairy prehistoric elephants of the extinct genus Mammuthus roamed the North American c... |
1.20.045 | State fish. | The species of trout commonly called "steelhead trout" ( Salmo gairdnerii ) is hereby designated as the official fish of the state of Washington.
[ 1969 c 36 s 1 .] |
1.20.047 | State insect. | The common green darner dragonfly, Anax junius drury , is hereby designated as the official insect of the state of Washington.
[ 1997 c 6 s 2 .]
Finding — 1997 c 6: "The legislature finds that the common green darner dragonfly, Anax junius drury , can be found throughout Washington and is easily recognizable by its bri... |
1.20.050 | Standard time—Daylight saving time.(Contingent repeal.) | No county, city or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt any provision for the observance of daylight saving time, or any time other than standard, except pursuant to a gubernatorial proclamation declaring an emergency during a period of national war and authorizing such adoption, or unless other than s... |
1.20.051 | Daylight saving time.(Contingent repeal.) | At two o'clock antemeridian Pacific Standard Time of the second Sunday in March each year the time of the state of Washington shall be advanced one hour, and at two o'clock antemeridian Pacific Standard Time of the first Sunday in November in each year the time of the state of Washington shall, by the retarding of one ... |
1.20.052 | Permanent daylight saving time—Intent.(Contingent repeal.) | Under federal law as it exists on July 28, 2019, states are not permitted to observe daylight saving time year-round. If the United States congress amends federal law to authorize states to observe daylight saving time year-round, the legislature intends that Washington state make daylight saving time the permanent tim... |
1.20.055 | Pacific daylight time.(Contingent effective date.) | (1) The time of the state of Washington and all of its political subdivisions is Pacific daylight time throughout the calendar year, as determined by reference to coordinated universal time. (2) Pacific daylight time within the state is that of the fifth zone designated by federal law as Pacific Standard Time, 15 U.S.C... |
1.20.060 | Arbor day. | The second Wednesday in April of each year is designated as Arbor day.
[ 1957 c 220 s 1 .] |
1.20.070 | State song. | The song, music and lyrics, "Washington My Home", composed by Helen Davis, is hereby designated as the official song of the state of Washington.
[ 1959 c 281 s 1 .] |
1.20.071 | State song—Proceeds from sale. | All proceeds from the sale of the official song of the state as designated in RCW 1.20.070 shall be placed in the general fund.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 59 s 1 ; 1959 c 281 s 2 .]
Effective date — 1973 1st ex.s. c 59: See note following RCW 43.79.420 . |
1.20.073 | State folk song. | The legislature recognizes that winter recreational activities are part of the folk tradition of the state of Washington. Winter recreational activities serve to turn the darkness of a northwest winter into the dawn of renewed vitality. As the winter snows dissolve into the torrents of spring, the Columbia river is nou... |
1.20.075 | State dance. | The square dance is designated as the official dance of the state of Washington.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 10 s 1 .] |
1.20.080 | State seal. | The seal of the state of Washington shall be, a seal encircled with the words: "The Seal of the State of Washington," with the vignette of General George Washington as the central figure, and beneath the vignette the figures "1889" and shall be composed as appears in the illustration below:
[ 1967 ex.s. c 65 s 1 .] |
1.20.090 | State gem. | Petrified wood is hereby designated as the official gem of the state of Washington.
[ 1975 c 8 s 1 .] |
1.20.100 | Diverse cultures and languages encouraged—State policy. | The legislature finds that: (1) Diverse ethnic and linguistic communities have contributed to the social and economic prosperity of Washington state; (2) It is the welcomed responsibility and opportunity of this state to respect and facilitate the efforts of all cultural, ethnic, and linguistic segments of the populati... |
1.20.110 | State tartan. | The Washington state tartan is hereby designated. The tartan shall have a pattern of colors, called a sett, that is made up of a green background with stripes of blue, white, yellow, red, and black. The secretary of state shall register the tartan with the Scottish Register of Tartans.
[ 2019 c 64 s 2 ; 1991 c 62 s 1 .... |
1.20.120 | State arboretum. | The Washington park arboretum is hereby designated as an official arboretum of the state of Washington.
[ 1995 c 82 s 2 .]
Findings — 1995 c 82: "The legislature finds that the arboreta in this state act as living museums devoted to the display and conservation of woody plant species from around the world that can grow... |
1.20.130 | Preferred terminology in government documents. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2632.SL ) ***
(1) All state and local government statutes, codes, rules, regulations, and other official documents enacted after July 1, 2002, are required to use the term "Asian" when referring to persons of Asian descent. The use of the term "Oriental" is prohibited. (2) The legislature ur... |
1.20.140 | State vegetable. | The Walla Walla sweet onion is designated as the official vegetable of the state of Washington.
[ 2007 c 137 s 1 .] |
1.20.150 | State amphibian. | The Pacific chorus frog, Pseudacris regilla, is hereby designated as the official amphibian of the state of Washington.
[ 2007 c 224 s 1 .] |
1.20.160 | State ship. | The Lady Washington is hereby designated as the official ship of the state of Washington.
[ 2007 c 351 s 1 .] |
1.20.170 | State waterfall. | Palouse falls is hereby designated as the official waterfall of the state of Washington.
[ 2014 c 41 s 2 .]
Findings — 2014 c 41: "(1) The tourist industry is a vital part of the state's economy. Palouse falls has visitors numbering averaging over eighty thousand to one hundred thousand per year. The falls drop one hun... |
1.20.180 | State oyster. | The Ostrea lurida is hereby designated the official oyster of the state of Washington. This native oyster species plays an important role in the history and culture that surrounds shellfish in Washington state and along the west coast of the United States. Some of the common and historic names used for this species are... |
1.20.190 | Purple heart state. | Washington state is designated a purple heart state that honors people who have received the purple heart award.
[ 2021 c 213 s 2 .]
Findings — 2021 c 213: "(1) Washington state is grateful to be home to multitudes of United States armed forces members, veterans, and their families that have made the choice to protect ... |
1.20.200 | State sport. | The sport of pickleball is hereby designated as the official sport of the state of Washington.
[ 2022 c 188 s 2 .]
Finding — Intent — 2022 c 188: "The legislature recognizes that the sport of pickleball was created in 1965 on Bainbridge Island by Joel McFee Pritchard, who went on to be elected lieutenant governor and m... |
1.20.210 | Water safety day. | On the day recognized as water safety day under RCW 1.16.050 , individuals who work directly with children, from infants to age 18, in their profession are encouraged to provide training, educational materials, and other resources to the children and their families around water safety, water rescue, and drowning preven... |
1.20.220 | State marine forest. | Bull kelp ( Nereocystis luetkeana ) forests are hereby designated to be the official marine forest of the state of Washington.
[ 2025 c 45 s 2 .]
Findings — 2025 c 45: "(1) As the foundational species of the evergreen state's underwater forests, bull kelp is vital to Washington's culture, commerce, and ecology. Togethe... |
1.40.010 | State medal of merit established. | There is established a decoration of the state medal of merit with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances for award by the governor, in the name of the state, to any person who has been distinguished by exceptionally meritorious conduct in performing outstanding services to the people and state of Washington, upon the ... |
1.40.020 | Nominating committee created—Composition—Meeting—Rules. | There is created the state medal of merit committee for nominating candidates for the award of the state medal of merit. The committee membership consists of the governor, president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, and the chief justice of the supreme court, or their designees. The secretary of s... |
1.40.030 | Delegation of authority to make award. | The governor may delegate the awarding of the state medal of merit to the president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, or the chief justice of the supreme court.
[ 1986 c 92 s 3 .] |