{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-50.04.299","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 50.04.299","heading":"Public health emergency.","body":"\"Public health emergency\" means a declaration or order that covers the jurisdiction where the unemployed individual was working on the date the individual became unemployed concerning any dangerous, contagious, or infectious diseases, including a pandemic, and is issued as follows:\n(1) The president of the United States has declared a national or regional emergency;\n(2) The governor of Washington declared a state of emergency under RCW 43.06.010(12); or\n(3) The governor or state executive of another state where the unemployed individual was working at the time of the declaration declared a state of emergency.","path":["Title 50","Chapter 50.04"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=50.04.299","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:23:45Z","sha256":"88b75777bce86fc09355f8155761c0c452e4c9a685a2a7ff813362ac9bdc0a01","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-50.04.298","next":"us-wa/rcw-50.04.300"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}