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Statute Law Committee approves table to merge 153 sections with 10 requiring later fixes
Summary
The Washington State Statute Law Committee approved a staff-prepared "multiple action" table listing RCW sections affected more than once during the 2025 regular session. Staff said 153 sections were listed and about 10 will need future legislative correction.
The Washington State Statute Law Committee voted to approve a staff-prepared "multiple action" table that identifies Revised Code of Washington (RCW) sections changed more than once during the 2025 regular session.
Kevin Shotwell, assistant code reviser, told the committee the table lists about 153 sections where a single RCW section was the subject of two or more actions during the session, including amendments, repeals or actions with staggered effective dates. "The table that's sent out, I believe, has 153 sections on it," Shotwell said.
Shotwell said most entries could be published in a single merged version using the committee's editorial authority, improving readability for clients. "All the others except 10 were able to use our ... editorial authority to publish a single version, and then 10 will have to be published twice and corrected by the legislature in a future bill," he said.
Committee members discussed the option of a technical corrections bill for 2026 but did not commit to one. Representative Goodman, the committee chair, called for a formal vote to approve the table so staff could proceed with merging where possible. The committee approved the multiple-action table by voice vote; committee members asked for no roll-call tally during the meeting.
The approved table will allow statute publication staff to merge versions where editorial authority permits and flag the roughly 10 sections that will remain published twice until corrected by future legislation. Staff said some of the duplicate publications result from delayed effective dates the legislature set by design and that other duplicates may be resolved by policy bills during the 2026 session.
Committee staff said they had circulated the table to clients including the House Office of Program Research and Senate Committee Services and that those offices were in agreement with the recommendations.
