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WA HB1333
Bill
Status
1/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jamila Taylor
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AI Summary
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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
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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
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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
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Prohibits the inclusion of personal identifying information in reports about individuals who experience pregnancy loss while incarcerated
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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