Washington Statutes
§ 43.386.900 — Findings—2020 c 257.
Washington § 43.386.900
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Wash. Rev. Code § 43.386.900 (2026).
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The legislature finds that:
(1)Unconstrained use of facial recognition services by state and local government agencies poses broad social ramifications that should be considered and addressed. Accordingly, legislation is required to establish safeguards that will allow state and local government agencies to use facial recognition services in a manner that benefits society while prohibiting uses that threaten our democratic freedoms and put our civil liberties at risk.
(2)However, state and local government agencies may use facial recognition services to locate or identify missing persons, and identify deceased persons, including missing or murdered indigenous women, subjects of Amber alerts and silver alerts, and other possible crime victims, for the purposes of keeping the public safe
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Legislative History
[2020 c 257 s 1.]
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