The bill creates a new "donate life" special vehicle license plate and amends and reenacts existing statutes governing special license plates (RCW 46.17.220, 46.18.200, and 46.68.420) while adding a new section to chapter 46.04 RCW that defines a "donate life license plate" as a special plate under RCW 46.18.200 displaying the donate life logo. The bill establishes the donate life plate's initial fee ($40) and renewal fee ($30), directs the Department of Licensing to collect special plate fees, permits the department to deduct up to $12 from the initial fee and $2 from renewal fees for administration, and requires the department to remit remaining proceeds to the state treasurer for crediting to specified accounts after departmental reimbursement for implementation costs. The bill also prescribes allocation formulas and recipients for the net proceeds of many special plates, names specific beneficiary organizations (for example, Life Center Northwest for the donate life plate and various nonprofit and public programs for other plates), requires that expenditures from those accounts be authorized only by the director or the director's designee, makes the accounts subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW without requiring a separate appropriation, and requires disbursement under specified conditions and by contract with qualified nonprofit organizations (501(c)(3) entities meeting RCW 46.18.100(1)). The bill includes explicit allocation conditions for some plates (examples include minimum or percentage distributions and program-specific uses for Seattle Storm, Seattle Mariners, Seattle Seahawks, and Seattle Sounders FC accounts). The bill makes procedural and eligibility changes for issuance and retention of certain specialty plates: the Department must approve and issue a specified list of plates and must not issue plates for vehicles registered under chapter 46.87 RCW; the Seattle NHL plate may not be issued until signature-sheet requirements in RCW 46.18.110(2)(f) are satisfied; and the bill codifies eligibility, limits, and surrender conditions for professional and volunteer firefighter plates (including proof of membership, years-of-service rules, limits on sets, and mandatory surrender upon conviction of RCW 46.61.502 or a felony). Some text and the full set of account-to-use conditions are missing from the provided extracts (subsection (2) and portions of the account table are truncated), so complete allocation details and the new section's full text cannot be confirmed from these facts alone.

If enacted, people could buy a new "donate life" special license plate by paying an extra $40 up front and $30 at renewal; the Department of Licensing would keep up to $12 of the initial fee and $2 of each renewal for administration and remit the remainder to the state treasurer to be used to support organ donation awareness and registration work through Life Center Northwest under contract with the department. Nonprofit recipients must be 501(c)(3) organizations, the director must authorize expenditures, and the accounts are subject to state allotment rules so funds can be spent without a separate appropriation. The most affected parties are vehicle owners who choose the plate (they pay higher fees), Life Center Northwest and other named nonprofit beneficiaries who are likely to receive new funding streams under the allocation formulas, and the Department of Licensing which must approve, issue plates, collect fees, verify eligibility for certain specialty plates, and manage contracts; the department’s administrative costs are partly offset by the fee deductions and reimbursements. Important implementation details and the full distribution table are missing from the provided text, so the exact dollar flows and some account-use conditions are unclear.