The bill adds a new section to chapter 46.08 RCW authorizing issuance of confidential drivers' licenses and identicards to investigators employed by the Office of the Attorney General for undercover or covert civil or criminal law enforcement activities. Any license or identicard issued under this authority must display an expiration date that complies with the department's rules and may be used only for the duration of the investigator's assignment. The director is authorized to adopt rules governing applications for, and the use of, confidential license plates, drivers' licenses, and identicards. This is a procedural change creating a new authorization and rulemaking authority rather than creating a new crime or changing penalties. The extracted text does not identify which agency is meant by "the department" or which official is the "director," does not define key terms (for example, "investigator," "undercover" or "covert," or "confidential"), and does not provide application, approval, issuance, recordkeeping, oversight, or specific rule content.

If passed, the bill lets the state licensing agency issue confidential drivers’ licenses and identicards to investigators employed by the Office of the Attorney General for use only while they are assigned to undercover or covert civil or criminal investigations; each confidential document must carry an expiration date set by the agency’s rules and the agency director is authorized to adopt rules governing applications and use of confidential license plates, drivers’ licenses, and identicards. The people most affected are Attorney General investigators, who would gain the option to carry these special IDs during assignments, and the licensing agency and its director, who would take on new rulemaking and administrative duties to issue and manage them; the bill does not identify which department or director that is, nor does it specify application procedures, oversight, recordkeeping, or funding, so the precise operational costs and accountability arrangements are unclear.