The bill adds a new section to chapter 28B.20 RCW that requires the Washington National Primate Research Center at the University of Washington to publish an annual report in a publicly accessible place on its website. The report must include, by species, counts for the previous year of nonhuman primates used in research, used in breeding, born, purchased or sold, housed in physical contact as stable pairs or compatible groups and the number individually caged, injured or died resulting in a USDA animal welfare citation, killed or died as part of research, injured or died for non-research causes, and showing symptoms or treated for unintended illness or infection. The report must also provide links to public descriptions of research using nonhuman primates, the total money awarded to the center from each source in the previous fiscal year, any USDA inspection reports from the previous year that include information about nonhuman primate welfare, any conservation efforts the center supports for species recovery, and documentation of the center’s accreditation. Legally, this is a new statutory reporting requirement (a procedural transparency change) created by adding a new section to the RCW; it does not create a new crime or change penalties. The text references the University of Washington’s primate center and the United States Department of Agriculture. The provided material does not state an effective date, specify enforcement or penalty mechanisms, define whether “previous year” means calendar year, establish data formatting or confidentiality rules, or resolve a minor inconsistency in the center’s name.

If enacted, the University of Washington’s Washington National Primate Research Center would have to post an annual public report on its website that makes species-by-species counts of primates in a range of categories (use in research, breeding, births, purchases/sales, housing arrangements, injuries or deaths including USDA-cited incidents and research-related deaths, and illnesses treated), provides links to descriptions of primate research, lists the total money awarded to the center by each source for the previous fiscal year, and includes any USDA inspection reports from the prior year, conservation activities it supports, and its accreditation documentation. The center and its staff will bear the responsibility of collecting, verifying, and publishing this information every year. In practice this will raise the center’s administrative workload and likely require dedicated staff time or resources to prepare the reports, and it will increase public visibility of welfare incidents, inspection findings, and funding sources, which could heighten reputational risk, public scrutiny, and legislative or donor responses. Important implementation details are missing from the text provided — there is no effective date, no enforcement or penalty language, no clear definition of “previous year” vs. fiscal year for all items, and no rules about formatting or confidentiality — so how and when the center must comply remains unclear.