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Committee considers expanding shield law to cover agents and require businesses to notify AG on certain subpoenas
Summary
Senate Bill 56-32 would clarify the shield law that protects people involved with protected health care services, add agents to the law’s coverage, and require Washington businesses to notify the Attorney General if a subpoena lacking a required attestation arrives.
Senate Bill 56-32, a modest expansion and clarification of Washington’s 2023 shield law for protected health care services, was the subject of a public hearing before the Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee on March 21.
Matt Sterling, committee staff, summarized the bill: “Senate bill 56 32 relates to the shield law and protected health care services.” He explained that the 2023 law limits courts’ and law enforcement’s ability to issue or enforce subpoenas, warrants and other legal process related to the provision or receipt of protected health care services; the statute covers reproductive health care services and gender-affirming treatment and prohibits cooperation by state or local agencies to enforce another state’s laws that criminalize those services.
The bill would require Washington…
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