The bill creates a new statewide registry of detention facilities by adding sections to chapter 43.70 RCW and requires detention facilities to provide identifying information (facility name, street address, maximum capacity, average daily population for the prior calendar year, and the name and contact for the person in charge or owner). The registry requirement begins January 1, 2027. Facilities operating on that date must file an initial registration by February 1, 2027; facilities that begin operations after January 1, 2027, must register within 30 days of beginning operations; registrations must be renewed annually on a date set by the (unnamed) department. The duty to file is placed on the government agency responsible for detention at the facility, the property owner if different, and any private entity operating the facility. The bill also lists exclusions: juvenile rehabilitation facilities operated by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families or similar county facilities, agencies licensed under RCW 74.15.020, facilities detaining individuals for involuntary treatment or competency restoration (including hospitals), and private homes used for home detention. The bill establishes civil penalties and enforcement procedures as a procedural change: violations of the registration requirement may result in civil penalties up to $1,000 per violation per day, each violation treated as a separate offense, and penalties are imposed under chapter 34.05 RCW. The secretary may adopt a penalty matrix by rule subject to available appropriations. If a penalty is not paid within 15 days after notice, the attorney general may sue to recover the penalty in superior court (Thurston County or the county where the facility is located). The act creates a Washington state attorney general detention facility registration enforcement account to hold recovered penalties; those moneys are limited to attorney general costs of enforcing recovery and only the attorney general or a designee may authorize expenditures. The act takes effect immediately and exempts the state and its agencies from the civil penalties in this section. Important uncertainties in the provided text: the bill repeatedly refers to “the department” and “the secretary” but does not identify which state department or secretary is responsible; the text also appears to conflict on where moneys are deposited (one provision says deposit into the state general fund while another directs deposit into the attorney general enforcement account); and details are missing about the penalty matrix, the department-set annual renewal date, and other procedural specifics under chapter 34.05 RCW.

If enacted, the state will require almost all adult detention facilities to provide and annually update a set of basic details—name, street address, maximum capacity, prior-year average daily population, and the contact for the person in charge—into a new statewide registry. Existing facilities must file by February 1, 2027, facilities that open after January 1, 2027 must register within 30 days of opening, renewals will be required annually on a date the (unspecified) department sets, and facilities that close must notify the department within 30 days. The people most affected are government agencies that run jails or other adult detention sites, property owners of those facilities, and private operators; they will take on new reporting duties and modest administrative costs to collect and submit data, and they risk civil fines up to $1,000 per violation per day if they fail to comply, with unpaid penalties collectible by the attorney general and deposited into a new AG enforcement account to cover enforcement costs (the state and its agencies are exempt). The excerpt leaves key implementation details unclear: which specific department and secretary will run the registry, the department-set annual renewal date and penalty matrix, and a contradictory statement about whether penalty receipts go to the general fund or the AG enforcement account.