Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records.

Summary

The bill orders the Division of Archives and Records Management, the University of Washington, and state health and archaeology agencies to develop a plan to catalog, preserve, digitize, and eventually provide public access to historical documents and artifacts from Lakeland Village, a state‑run facility for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. It also amends state law so that any public records no longer needed for day‑to‑day operations must be moved to the state archives, with confidentiality protections and a rule that they become publicly accessible after 75 years. The goal is to protect vulnerable records and make Washington’s history more widely available.

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