Creates a new, voluntary statewide emergency notification system for public officials to be created and maintained by the military department. The department must keep a database of enrolled public officials, provide enrollment information to newly elected officials within 30 days of the start of their term and to current officials within 30 days of the section’s effective date, and send emergency notifications as soon as practicable when an enrolled official contacts a 911 emergency communications system or when a targeted threat to any public official is confirmed. Notifications must not include the name, address, or personal information of the 911 caller or of targeted individuals. The military department must adopt rules and procedures for enrollment, notifications, data storage consistent with law enforcement practices, and notification to the Department of Enterprise Services of incidents of statewide impact. The secretary of state may share a list of eligible public officials with the military department. The bill changes existing law by adding new sections to chapter 38.52 RCW, adding a records exemption in chapter 42.56 RCW for the system’s records (while allowing a public official to request inspection of their own information), and reenacting and amending RCW 38.52.520 to require the state 911 coordination office to provide data to the military department when triggered. It also expands duties of the state 911 coordinator to recommend the state 911 excise tax level to the Utilities and Transportation Commission by August 31 each year and to provide an annual report to the 911 advisory committee. This is fundamentally a procedural and records-confidentiality change rather than a criminal or penalty change. Important specifics are missing from the extracted text: the department and emergency management division referenced are not explicitly named here, the effective date for deadlines tied to the “effective date” is not provided, and technical, funding, operational, and federal-official enrollment details are not included.

If enacted, the state will set up a voluntary system run by the military department to alert public officials quickly when an enrolled official contacts 911 or when a targeted threat to any public official is confirmed; the department must notify eligible officials, keep enrollment records, and share necessary information with the state 911 coordination office and public safety answering points, while excluding names and personal details from those emergency notices. Newly elected and current officials must be offered enrollment information within 30 days, the military department must adopt rules about enrollment and notifications, and records used for the system are generally exempt from public disclosure except that an official can request their own records. The military department takes on new operational duties and likely needs staff, rulemaking, and ongoing management (cost and funding sources are not specified), the state 911 coordination office must send data and expand reporting, and counties and public safety answering points will receive and display the notifications. Public officials gain the option of rapid, limited-information alerts but cannot be automatically enrolled; key details about funding, technical operation, and the law’s effective date are not provided in the extracted facts, leaving timing and budget impacts unclear.