Complaint Opinion 22-08
Date
01/12/2023
Number
2022 – No. 8
Topic
Special Privileges - Harassment
Respondent
Rep. Robert Sutherland
Question/Complaint
Has RCW 42.52.070 been violated when a tries to enter a building from which he had been removed a day previously because he had not followed the COVID protocols? Has a member harassed a legislative employee under RCW 42.52.070 when responds to the employee by using several expletives?
Summary
Yes. The member used his position to try to enter a building from which he had previously been removed. Further, when a member responds to a legislative employee by using expletives, that action is considered harassment under the special privileges section of the statute.