# RCW 42.52.070: RCW 42.52.070: Special privileges and exemptions—Application of section to legislature

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S070

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 42.52.070
- **Heading:** RCW 42.52.070: Special privileges and exemptions—Application of section to legislature
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 070

## Text

(1) Except as required to perform duties within the scope of employment, no state officer or state employee may use his or her position to secure special privileges or exemptions for himself or herself, or his or her spouse, child, parents, or other persons. (2) For purposes of this section, and only as applied to legislators and employees under the jurisdiction of the legislative ethics board, activities within the scope of employment include but are not limited to duties enumerated in law and activities that have a tangible legislative nexus as described in RCW 42.52.175 . (3) For purposes of this section, and only as applied to legislators and employees of the legislative branch, "special privileges" includes, but is not limited to, engaging in behavior that constitutes harassment. As used in this section: (a) "Harassment" means engaging in physical, verbal, visual, or psychological conduct that: (i) Has the purpose or effect of interfering with the person's work performance; (ii) Creates a hostile, intimidating, or offensive work environment; or (iii) Constitutes sexual harassment. (b) "Sexual harassment" means unwelcome or unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual or romantic favors, sexually motivated bullying, or other verbal, visual, physical, or psychological conduct or communication of a sexual or romantic nature, when: (i) Submission to the conduct or communication is either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of current or future employment; (ii) Submission to or rejection of the conduct or communication is used as the basis of an employment decision affecting the person; or (iii) The conduct or communication unreasonably interferes with the person's job performance or creates a work environment that is hostile, intimidating, or offensive.

## Nearby sections

- [RCW 42.52.010 RCW 42.52.010: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S010.md)
- [RCW 42.52.020 RCW 42.52.020: Activities incompatible with public duties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S020.md)
- [RCW 42.52.030 RCW 42.52.030: Beneficial interests in transactions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S030.md)
- [RCW 42.52.040 RCW 42.52.040: Assisting in transactions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S040.md)
- [RCW 42.52.050 RCW 42.52.050: Confidential information—Improperly concealed records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S050.md)
- [RCW 42.52.060 RCW 42.52.060: Testimony of state officers and state employees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S060.md)
- [RCW 42.52.070 RCW 42.52.070: Special privileges and exemptions—Application of section to legislature.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S070.md)
- [RCW 42.52.080 RCW 42.52.080: Employment after public service.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S080.md)
- [RCW 42.52.090 RCW 42.52.090: Limited assistance by former state officers and employees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S090.md)
- [RCW 42.52.100 RCW 42.52.100: Conditions on appearance before state agencies or doing business with the state—Hearing—Judicial review.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S100.md)
- [RCW 42.52.110 RCW 42.52.110: Compensation for official duties or nonperformance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S110.md)
- [RCW 42.52.120 RCW 42.52.120: Compensation for outside activities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S120.md)
- [RCW 42.52.130 RCW 42.52.130: Honoraria.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S130.md)
- [RCW 42.52.150 RCW 42.52.150: Limitations on gifts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S150.md)

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