WA HB2252

Extends the moratorium on destroying Lakeland Village historical records from fiscal year 2026 to fiscal year 2030, protecting documents and artifacts of past residents with intellectual or developmental disabilities at this state-operated facility.

Requires the Division of Archives and Records Management, in collaboration with UW Institute on Human Development and Disability, DSHS, and Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, to create a preservation plan for organizing, cataloguing, and storing these historical materials.

Mandates the preservation plan include identification of at-risk records, condition assessments, storage and digitization procedures, timeline, budget, and future public access plans, with a report due to the legislature by September 1, 2025.

Establishes that restricted records transferred to state archives automatically become open to public inspection and copying after 75 years from creation, eliminating previous requirements for case-by-case determinations involving originating jurisdictions.

Caps University of Washington indirect costs for this preservation project at 15 percent.