This bill amends existing law and adds new sections. It changes RCW 9A.76.020 to make it a gross misdemeanor to willfully hinder, delay, or obstruct an "emergency responder" engaged in official duties, and it expands the definition of "emergency responder" to include Washington and federal peace officers, public officers enforcing fire/building/zoning/life‑safety codes, firefighting and emergency medical personnel (public or private) responding to active incidents, and persons defined as emergency workers or responders in specified RCW references. The bill adds new prohibitions and policy requirements for city/town and county agencies and for incident command systems. Those entities may not use agency funds, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to investigate, enforce, cooperate with, or assist federal registration or surveillance programs or other laws/rules/policies that target Washington residents or people working in Washington solely on the basis of race, religion, immigration or citizenship status, or national or ethnic origin, subject to specified exceptions. Agencies must revise policies to minimize information collection, limit disclosure, avoid conditioning services or requesting proof of immigration/citizenship/place of birth, and publish final policies; city and county agencies must begin implementation by January 1, 2027 and demonstrate full compliance by January 1, 2028. The prohibition on incident command systems applies to systems directing emergency response activities on or after January 1, 2027. The bill authorizes the governor and local executive authorities to designate "emergency operation zones" for up to 30 days (modifiable/renewable) and requires public notice of the zone and transmission of the notice to law enforcement. Law enforcement officers who intend to target an emergency responder in such a zone must disclose their authority and planned activities to the incident command team, obtain a judicial warrant when required and provide copies on request, and refrain from disrupting emergency operations except as authorized by a warrant; enumerated exemptions apply (for example, officers outside a zone, officers not targeting responders, certain undercover operations, and exigent pursuits). Violations of these requirements are not by themselves criminal or civil offenses but must be reported to the state attorney general, who has specified notification and reporting powers, including mandatory federal notification for some reported federal‑officer violations. The text available is incomplete: part of the disclosure obligations and some subsections are truncated, and other enforcement or implementation details beyond the attorney general reporting authority are not included in the provided excerpts.

If enacted, the bill would give a wider group of emergency workers stronger protection from being hindered while they work by making obstruction of those responders a gross misdemeanor, and it would restrict city, county, and incident command authorities from using their people, money, equipment, or facilities to help federal registration or surveillance programs that single out people by race, religion, immigration status, or national origin. Practically that means local governments will need to review and change policies, limit what personal information they collect and share, stop conditioning services on immigration or citizenship, publish new policies, and train staff to comply by the January 1, 2028 deadline (with implementation beginning January 1, 2027). Designated emergency operation zones could be declared for up to 30 days with public notice, and law enforcement operating in those zones must generally tell the incident command team what they plan to do and get judicial warrants when required, or face mandatory reporting to the attorney general; that reporting can trigger public reports and notifications to federal and legislative bodies. These changes most directly affect city and county agencies, incident command teams, and all law enforcement who operate in Washington, who will likely see added administrative costs for policy changes, training, and public notices and may face tighter limits on cooperating with certain federal programs or conducting enforcement in active emergency areas. Emergency medical, fire, and other responders named in the expanded definition would have clearer criminal protection against interference. Some details about officer disclosure requirements and other implementation steps are missing from the provided text, and the bill also says any parts that conflict with federal conditions on federal funds would not apply to agencies to the extent of the conflict, which could limit how broadly some prohibitions can be enforced.