This bill creates new law by adding sections to chapters 47.01, 46.64, and 46.63 RCW. It establishes a grant program, subject to amounts appropriated, administered by "the department" (not named in the provided text) to fund locally developed, nonpunitive interventions for nonmoving violations affecting low-income road users. Eligible applicants include cities, counties, tribal entities and organizations, law enforcement agencies, community colleges, and nonprofit organizations. Examples of eligible projects listed include helmet voucher programs, registration fee offsets, fix-it tickets, repair vouchers, and community education workshops. The department must post an annual report by December 1 listing grant recipients, locations, and project types. The bill also creates procedural changes governing stops, detentions, searches, and evidence. It narrows when a peace officer may stop or detain a vehicle operator for a primary offense and generally restricts enforcement of nonmoving violations (and specified moving violations) to secondary actions unless a primary stop is authorized. On first contact officers must immediately state the initial reason for the stop and generally limit questioning to that reason unless reasonable suspicion arises. For stops where the initial offense is a gross misdemeanor or felony, written consent is required before conducting a consent search; consent must follow an oral explanation and be documented on a written form meeting specified content and language/access requirements. Evidence recovered during a stop, detention, or consent search is inadmissible if it does not comply with these stop and search rules. The act allows officers to mail a warning for a nonmoving violation to the registered owner, without stopping the operator. Beginning January 1, 2026, peace officers must report specified detailed data for each stop or detention as listed in the act. Key definitions and affected groups in the provided text include a defined "low-income road user" (recipients of certain public assistance programs or individuals at or below 125% of the federal poverty level), "nonmoving violation" defined as equipment violations or paperwork violations relating to insurance, registration, licensing, or inspection, and a "vehicle" definition that excludes commercial motor vehicles. The text references other RCW sections and rules (for example RCW 46.20.2891, RCW 46.04.670, and RCW 43.101.010) for some definitions and meanings; those external provisions are not included here, and the exact identity of "the department" administering the grant program is not specified in the provided facts.

If enacted, the bill would create a state-run grant program (funding only if the legislature appropriates money) that local governments, tribes, law enforcement, community colleges, and nonprofits can apply to run alternatives to fines for nonmoving violations for people with low incomes. Practically, that means low-income drivers are more likely to be offered things like helmet or repair vouchers, registration fee offsets, "fix-it" tickets, and education workshops instead of immediate penalties, while applicant organizations could receive new funding but must develop local proposals and the administering department must publish annual reports on who was funded. The bill also changes routine police practices: officers would generally be limited from stopping drivers solely for many equipment and paperwork violations unless a primary stop is allowed, must tell drivers the initial reason for a stop and keep questioning to that issue unless new reasonable suspicion appears, need written consent for searches in cases that start as a gross misdemeanor or felony, and must begin submitting detailed stop data starting January 1, 2026. These rules raise compliance and reporting responsibilities for law enforcement, create a risk that improperly conducted stops or searches could make evidence inadmissible, and allow officers to mail warnings for some nonmoving violations instead of stopping a vehicle. It is unclear which specific executive department will administer the grants and some definitions rely on other statutes, so a few implementation details remain uncertain.