New WA sheriff standards law faces another lawsuit

By: Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: April 10, 2026

Words: 824

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Washington’s new law that seeks to hold sheriffs to higher standards and paves the way for their removal from office is the target of a second lawsuit.

This one comes from the Washington State Sheriffs’ Association and a candidate for Kitsap County sheriff. They argue Senate Bill 5974, signed last week, improperly shifts power from local voters to an unelected state board, calling it a “delegation of standardless discretion to agencies to gatekeep …

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