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WA HB2192
Bill
Status
3/10/2026
Primary Sponsor
Sam Low
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AI Summary
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Establishes the Washington Traffic Safety Commission as a public health authority with expanded power to collect health care information from hospitals, emergency medical services, medical examiners, and coroners to analyze traffic fatality causes and trends
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Authorizes the commission to convene fatality review committees to examine motor vehicle collision deaths, with access to crash reports, toxicology reports, driver licensing records, medical records, and law enforcement documentation
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Exempts traffic fatality review information and documents from public disclosure, makes fatality review committee meetings confidential and not subject to open meetings requirements, and protects documents from use in civil or administrative proceedings
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Requires the commission to include Cooper Jones Active Transportation Safety Council members when reviewing pedestrian, bicyclist, or other active transportation user deaths, and to present findings to the council
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Grants civil immunity to commission representatives and fatality review committee members acting in good faith, and clarifies the bill does not create a private right of action
Legislative Description
Updating the role of the Washington traffic safety commission in identifying the risk factors that lead to roadway fatalities.
Last Action
Delivered to Governor.
3/10/2026