Washington Patriot State PAC: Alleged violations of RCW 42.17A.235, .240 and .320 for failure to timely & accurately report expenditures & display complete sponsor ID on website (JUL 25 EY24 &25)

Case

#176587

Respondent

Washington Patriot State PAC

Complainant

Andreas Koeppen

Description

Allegation One: Alleged violation of RCW 42.17A.235, & .240 for failure to timely & accurately report expenditures in 2024 and 2025 (e.g. Domain name, other website expenses, and incomplete expenditure & in-kind descriptions)
Allegation Two: Alleged violation of RCW 42.17A.320 for failure to display complete sponsor ID on website

The complaint in this case alleged that Washington Patriot State PAC violated RCW 42.17A.235, .240 and .320 by failing to timely and accurately report contributions and expenditures in election years 2025 and 2025, specifically website-related expenditures and expenditure descriptions, and displaying complete sponsor ID on their website.

Based on the attached findings and pursuant to WAC 390-37-060(1)(d), the Respondent received a formal written warning concerning their failure to timely and accurately disclose an in-kind contribution for their website domain in 2024 and include complete sponsor ID on their website. PDC staff expect the committee to timely and accurately file all required reports and include complete sponsor ID on political advertising in the future. The Commission will consider this formal written warning in deciding on further Commission action if there are future violations of PDC laws or rules.

PDC staff also reminded the committee about the importance of including complete description details for expenditures and in-kind contributions on C-4 reports, including vendor name and address, in accordance with the PDC laws, rules or guidance.

Disposition

Case Closed with Written Warning

Date Opened

July 29, 2025

Areas of Law*

RCW 29B.25.090/42.17A.235, RCW 29B.25.100/42.17A.240, RCW 29B.30.050/42.17A.320

*On January 1, 2026, RCW 42.17A was recodified to RCW 29B