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WA HB1333

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jamila Taylor

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes deaths from "known or suspected abortion" and deaths due to "premature birth or stillbirth" from the list of cases that automatically fall under coroner/medical examiner jurisdiction in RCW 68.50.010

  • Requires detention facilities and private detention facilities to report annually to the Department of Health on the number of incarcerated individuals who experience miscarriage, stillbirth, or perinatal loss

  • Mandates the Department of Health to deliver an annual statewide report to the legislature on pregnancy loss in detention facilities, with the first report due by December 1, 2026

  • Prohibits the inclusion of personal identifying information in reports about individuals who experience pregnancy loss while incarcerated

  • Repeals RCW 9.02.050, the existing statute concerning "concealing birth"

Legislative Description

Concerning dignity in pregnancy loss.

Last Action

By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

1/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Civil Rights & Judiciary1/16/2025

Full Bill Text

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