This bill amends RCW 40.24.030 to expand and specify who may apply to have a secretary-of-state–designated address serve as their address (or the address of a minor or incapacitated person). Eligible applicants include adults, parents or guardians for minors, guardians under RCW 11.130.010, certain election officials and criminal justice participants who are targets of specified threats or harassment, protected health care services providers/employees/affiliates (and household members), and persons appointed under RCW 34.12.030 (and household members). It creates procedural rules for applications: applicants must file with the office of the secretary of state, submit sworn statements under penalty of perjury asserting one of the enumerated safety reasons (with an extra sworn statement in some law-enforcement–related victimization cases), designate the secretary of state as agent for service of process and mail, provide a residential address and contact phone number (not to be disclosed), and sign the form along with any assisting representative designated under RCW 40.24.080. The amendment establishes an administrative certification that lasts four years from filing unless withdrawn or invalidated, requires the secretary of state to set renewal procedures by rule, and directs the secretary of state to provide, during the application process, a form that the applicant may sign to instruct the Department of Licensing (DOL) to change vehicle/vessel registration and driver license/identicard addresses to the secretary-of-state address. The DOL form may include only limited identity and ownership data, is valid only if signed by the applicant, and DOL must update records within 30 days of receiving a completed signed directive. Applicants may be certified without signing the DOL directive. Knowingly providing false or incorrect information or falsely attesting to safety dangers is punishable under RCW 40.16.030 or other applicable statutes. Affected agencies named are the Office of the Secretary of State and the Department of Licensing, plus the listed applicant categories and any assistants. Important definitions for terms like “election official,” “criminal justice participant,” “guardian,” and “protected health care services” are referenced to other RCWs and are not included here. The text also refers to positions under RCW 34.12.030 and a header mentioning administrative law judges and Office of Administrative Hearings staff, but how those references map to the amendment cannot be determined from the provided excerpt. This appears to be Section 1 and may be part of a larger bill; other sections, if any, are not included.

If enacted, the law would give certain people who fear for their safety—including eligible adults, parents or guardians for minors, guardians, some election and criminal justice participants, protected health care workers and people appointed under RCW 34.12.030, plus people living with them—the practical option to replace their home address with a secretary-of-state–designated address for service of process and mail. Those certified would be able to have their driver’s license and vehicle or vessel registration records changed to that substitute address, but the Department of Licensing will only make those changes when it receives a completed directive signed by the applicant, and must update records within 30 days; certification by the secretary of state lasts four years and applicants must make sworn statements about safety concerns, with penalties for false claims. The Office of the Secretary of State will need to take on new duties: processing and certifying applications, acting as agent for service and mail, issuing DOL directives, and setting up renewal rules, while the Department of Licensing will face added workload to process signed update requests within the 30‑day window. People who qualify gain a way to reduce public exposure of their home address, but they still must provide their residential address and contact number to the secretary of state (which the office says it will not disclose), and some important details—exact eligibility definitions and how positions under RCW 34.12.030 map to administrative law judges or staff—are left unclear in the provided text.