WA HB1424

Creates a seven-member Jail Oversight Board within the governor's office to provide independent oversight of Washington's city, county, and regional jails, with members including a jail administrator, medical provider, behavioral health provider, licensed attorney, jail employee, and two persons with lived incarceration experience

Requires the board to monitor each jail at least once every three years for compliance with health, safety, and legal requirements, and to publish reports within two months of monitoring visits

Establishes a statewide uniform jail reporting system to collect and publicly share data on medical care, population trends, use of force, deaths in custody, self-harm, staffing, and other jail operations

Grants the board and director access to jail facilities, records, and the ability to confidentially interview incarcerated individuals and staff, with information requests required to be fulfilled within 20 business days (or 5 days for urgent matters involving deaths or threats of harm)

Transfers responsibility for maintaining the public website of unexpected fatality review reports from the Department of Health to the Jail Oversight Board, and requires board participation on all fatality review teams