The bill creates new state law provisions that require certain counties, cities, and code cities to adopt ordinances making it unlawful to camp on specified public property (including a prohibition within 500 feet of certain sites described in the bill) and defines "camp"/"camping" and "public property" for that purpose. Jurisdictions required to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 must adopt the ordinance by May 1, 2027; other jurisdictions may adopt the ordinance voluntarily and be eligible for the same grant program. Adoption triggers ongoing procedural requirements: jurisdictions must submit copies of the ordinance to the Department of Commerce and annually, by May 1, must provide a signed certification that the ordinance remains in effect and is being reasonably and regularly enforced plus a report on enforcement actions, violations, monitoring/removal measures, and use of related revenues. The act creates an encampment cleanup grant program and an encampment cleanup account in the Department of Commerce, establishes grant eligibility and distribution rules, and amends RCW 36.70A.190 to restate the department’s grant, technical assistance, and dispute-resolution roles. For distribution, funds go to counties (which must subgrant to qualifying cities) with county allocations split 50% by state population share and 50% by relative share of unsheltered individuals; grantees must first use awarded funds for ordinance enforcement and cleanup (removing garbage, debris, hazardous materials, and preventing future encampments in protected areas) and may also use funds for housing and supportive services. The legislature must transfer at least $100,000,000 into the encampment cleanup account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. The bill imposes graduated funding penalties for jurisdictions that do not adopt the ordinance or fail to timely submit required materials (25% reduction after 1–2 years, 50% after 2–3 years, 75% after 3–4 years, and loss of eligibility after four consecutive years). The bill also requires a state department (not specified in the provided text) to develop and adopt by rule a model climate change and resiliency element in collaboration with specified state agencies and participating tribes to assist jurisdictions in meeting RCW 36.70A.070(9). It requires the department to maintain a publicly accessible dashboard, beginning January 1, 2026 and updated quarterly, reporting verified homeless encampment site metrics (site counts and locations, offers of shelter prior to site closure, and closure expenditures by fund source); local governments receiving certain state homelessness assistance or recording-fee funds must report data quarterly or face possible corrective actions, including withholding funds. Missing from the provided facts are the full texts of sections 3 and 4 (including the complete ordinance language and the full encampment cleanup grant program text), the identity of the department charged with the model element and dashboard, and any additional subsections or administrative details referenced but not included.

If enacted, cities and counties that must or choose to plan under state law will have to adopt an ordinance banning camping on certain public property near specified sites by May 1, 2027 and then annually certify and report to the Department of Commerce that the rule is in effect and is being enforced. In return, those jurisdictions become eligible for a new encampment cleanup grant program funded by a dedicated account that the Legislature must receive at least $100 million each year; the Department of Commerce will send grants to counties (50% split by population and 50% by share of unsheltered people) and counties must subgrant to cities based on each city’s share of unsheltered individuals. Grant money must first be used to enforce the ordinances and clear hazardous debris and can also be used for housing and supportive services; counties and cities will incur the costs and administrative work to enforce, clean up, and report to keep funding flowing. The practical tradeoff is that jurisdictions who do not adopt the ordinance or fail to file the required annual certification/report risk phased cuts to other planning grant funding and eventual ineligibility after repeated noncompliance, and local governments that fail to report encampment data to a quarterly public dashboard can face corrective actions including withholding homelessness assistance funds. Who is most affected: county and city governments (new enforcement, cleanup, reporting, and subgranting duties), the Department of Commerce (grant administration and reporting oversight), and people living in encampments (increased enforcement and site closures); key details about which exact sites are covered, some parts of the grant rules, and which agency must develop the model climate element and run the dashboard are not present in the extracted text.