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Board updates petition-for-rulemaking policy to add preliminary screening and clarity for petitioners

Washington State Board of Health · March 12, 2026
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Summary

The board adopted revisions to its petition-for-rulemaking policy to add a formal preliminary screening step checking whether petitions request rules, fall within board authority, and are sufficiently specific; staff will update web guidance to help petitioners.

The State Board of Health voted to revise its petition-for-rulemaking policy to add a formal preliminary screening step and clarify appeals timing and staff communication with petitioners.

Policy advisor Shay Bauman described three screening factors: whether a petition requests a rulemaking-appropriate outcome, whether the request is within the board's statutory authority, and whether the…

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