Bill > SB5187

This bill makes operating appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium and second supplemental operating appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. * **House of Representatives:** $122,088,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Senate:** $92,171,000 from the General Fund—State. This includes $530,000 for membership dues to various state government organizations. * **Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee:** $14,936,000 from the Performance Audits of Government Account—State. This includes $250,000 for tax preference review and $1,503,000 for implementing a special education funding bill, which would lapse if the bill is not enacted. * **Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program Committee:** $5,326,000 from the Performance Audits of Government Account—State. * **Joint Legislative Systems Committee:** $41,352,000 from the General Fund—State, to provide IT support for legislative district offices. * **Office of State Legislative Labor Relations:** $1,925,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Office of the State Actuary:** $8,483,000 from various state accounts, including the General Fund—State and the Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account—State. * **Statute Law Committee:** $13,009,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Office of Legislative Support Services:** $12,317,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Supreme Court:** $30,079,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Commission on Judicial Conduct:** $4,431,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Court of Appeals:** $52,392,000 from the General Fund—State. This includes $1,528,000 for implementing a postconviction counsel bill, which would lapse if the bill is not enacted. * **Administrator for the Courts:** $436,836,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, General Fund—Private/Local, Judicial Stabilization Trust Account—State, and Judicial Information Systems Account—State. This includes significant funding for truancy and at-risk youth referrals, fiscal impact on Thurston County, court-appointed attorney and visitor costs, security for court facilities, equity dashboard expansion, and implementation of protection orders/hope cards. * **Office of Public Defense:** $147,024,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Judicial Stabilization Trust Account—State. This funding is for improving trial court public defense services, statewide attorney training, and prefiling legal representation for parents at risk of child welfare removal. * **Office of Civil Legal Aid:** $118,440,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Judicial Stabilization Trust Account—State. This funding is for the appointed counsel program for children in dependency cases, civil legal aid for tenants at risk of eviction, and a statewide reentry legal aid project. * **Office of the Governor:** $70,765,000 from various state accounts, including the General Fund—State, Economic Development Strategic Reserve Account—State, GOV Central Service Account—State, and Performance Audits of Government Account—State. This includes funding for the office of the education ombuds, the office of equity, and a process to develop recommendations for improving riparian habitat for salmon recovery. * **Lieutenant Governor:** $3,349,000 from various state appropriations, including the General Fund—State and General Fund—Private/Local. This includes funding for an analysis of the statewide economic impact of the military and defense sector. * **Public Disclosure Commission:** $14,289,000 from various state appropriations, including the General Fund—State and Public Disclosure Transparency Account—State. This funding is for improving public access to information about political campaigns and lobbying, and for implementing a campaign finance disclosure bill, which would lapse if not enacted. * **Secretary of State:** $143,561,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Public Records Efficiency, Preservation, and Access Account—State, Charitable Organization Education Account—State, Washington State Library Operations Account—State, Local Government Archives Account—State, Election Account—Federal, and Personnel Service Account—State. This funding is for election costs, television coverage of state government, humanities Washington speaker's bureau community conversations, election reconciliation reporting, voter registration system maintenance, and election security operations. * **Governor's Office of Indian Affairs:** $2,256,000 from various state appropriations, including the General Fund—State and Climate Commitment Account—State. This funding is for assisting with government-to-government training sessions and analyzing the educational opportunity gap for Native American students. * **Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs:** $1,810,000 from the General Fund—State. This funding is for analyzing the educational opportunity gap for Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students. * **State Treasurer:** $23,658,000 from the State Treasurer's Service Account—State. This funding is for reviewing local government tax increment financing proposals and studying laws in other jurisdictions that limit consideration of material factors in public financing and investments. * **State Auditor:** $22,542,000 from various state appropriations, including the General Fund—State, Auditing Services Revolving Account—State, and Performance Audits of Government Account—State. This funding is for verifying school district data, conducting performance audits of charter schools, and conducting law enforcement audits. * **Citizens' Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials:** $594,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Attorney General:** $516,080,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Public Service Revolving Account—State, New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Account—State, Medicaid Fraud Penalty Account—State, Child Rescue Fund—State, Legal Services Revolving Account—State, Local Government Archives Account—State, and Tobacco Prevention and Control Account—State. This funding is for legal services to state agencies, tobacco master settlement agreement enforcement, the YES tip line program, supporting the missing and murdered indigenous women and people task force, and implementing various legislative initiatives. * **Caseload Forecast Council:** $5,112,000 from various state appropriations, including the General Fund—State and Workforce Education Investment Account—State. This funding is for forecasting caseloads for state programs. * **Department of Commerce—Community Services and Housing:** $1,919,639,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, General Fund—Private/Local, Affordable Housing for All Account—State, Apple Health and Homes Account—State, Climate Commitment Account—State, Community Reinvestment Account—State, Community and Economic Development Fee Account—State, Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund—Federal, Covenant Homeownership Account—State, Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Crimes Investigation and Prosecution Account—State, Home Security Fund Account—State, Lead Paint Account—State, Prostitution Prevention and Intervention Account—State, and Washington Housing Trust Account—State. This funding is for various programs related to community services, housing, homelessness, and behavioral health facilities. * **Department of Commerce—Local Government:** $210,194,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, General Fund—Private/Local, Climate Commitment Account—State, Community Preservation and Development Authority Account—State, Growth Management Planning and Environmental Review Fund—State, Liquor Excise Tax Account—State, Liquor Revolving Account—State, Model Toxics Control Stormwater Account—State, Natural Climate Solutions Account—State, Public Facilities Construction Loan Revolving Account—State, and Public Works Assistance Account—State. This funding is for technical assistance to local governments, water and environmental center at Walla Walla Community College, municipal research and services center of Washington, behavioral health facilities siting, growth management act implementation, and public works contracting training. * **Department of Commerce—Office of Economic Development:** $222,375,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, General Fund—Private/Local, Dedicated Cannabis Account—State, Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment Fund Match Transfer Account—State, Climate Commitment Account—State, Community and Economic Development Fee Account—State, Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund—Federal, Economic Development Strategic Reserve Account—State, and Statewide Tourism Marketing Account—State. This funding is for associate development organizations, northwest agriculture business center, regulatory roadmap program, small business export assistance, international market representation, the Andy Hill cancer research endowment program, and firearm violence prevention programs. * **Department of Commerce—Energy and Innovation:** $425,991,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, General Fund—Private/Local, Building Code Council Account—State, Climate Commitment Account—State, Community and Economic Development Fee Account—State, Electric Vehicle Incentive Account—State, Low-Income Weatherization and Structural Rehabilitation Assistance Account—State, Natural Climate Solutions Account—State. This funding is for electric vehicle incentive programs, community electric vehicle charging infrastructure, solar deployment and battery storage, mapping and forecasting tool for charging and refueling infrastructure, clean energy siting, and smart buildings education programs. * **Department of Commerce—Program Support:** $60,307,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, General Fund—Private/Local, Dedicated Cannabis Account—State, Affordable Housing for All Account—State, Building Code Council Account—State, Community and Economic Development Fee Account—State, Economic Development Strategic Reserve Account—State, Energy Efficiency Account—State, Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Crimes Investigation and Prosecution Account—State, Growth Management Planning and Environmental Review Fund—State, Home Security Fund Account—State, Lead Paint Account—State, Liquor Excise Tax Account—State, Liquor Revolving Account—State, Low-Income Weatherization and Structural Rehabilitation Assistance Account—State, Public Facilities Construction Loan Revolving Account—State, Public Works Assistance Account—State, and Washington Housing Trust Account—State. This funding is for child care programs, services to homeless families and youth, community beds for individuals with mental illness, and other support services. * **Office of Financial Management:** $252,724,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, General Fund—Private/Local, Climate Investment Account—State, Climate Commitment Account—State, Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund—Federal, Economic Development Strategic Reserve Account—State, Personnel Service Account—State, Higher Education Personnel Services Account—State, Statewide 988 Behavioral Health Crisis Response Line Account—State, Statewide Information Technology System Development Revolving Account—State, Office of Financial Management Central Service Account—State, Performance Audits of Government Account—State, and Workforce Education Investment Account—State. This funding is for various state agency operations, IT projects, and the behavioral health crisis response line. * **Office of Administrative Hearings:** $72,206,000 from the Administrative Hearings Revolving Account—State and Administrative Hearings Revolving Account—Local. This funding is for administrative hearings, including those related to cannabis social equity and working connections for child care. * **Washington State Lottery:** $32,896,000 from the Lottery Administrative Account—State. This funding is for lottery operations. * **Commission on Hispanic Affairs:** $2,841,000 from the General Fund—State. This funding is for analyzing the opportunity gap for Hispanic and Latinx students and for gang youth intervention specialists. * **Commission on African-American Affairs:** $1,322,000 from the General Fund—State. This funding is for analyzing the opportunity gap for African American and Black students. * **Department of Retirement Systems—Operations:** $115,475,000 from various state appropriations, including the General Fund—State and Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account—State. This funding is for pension system modernization and implementation of various legislative initiatives related to retirement benefits. * **Department of Revenue:** $898,344,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Climate Commitment Account—State, Timber Tax Distribution Account—State, Business License Account—State, Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control Account—State, Model Toxics Control Operating Account—State, and Financial Services Regulation Account—State. This funding is for capital gains tax implementation, working families tax exemption, and other revenue legislation. * **Board of Tax Appeals:** $5,618,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises:** $13,698,000 from various state appropriations, including the General Fund—State and Minority and Women's Business Enterprises Account—State. This funding is for supporting minority and women's business enterprises and for policy analyst positions. * **Insurance Commissioner:** $88,149,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—Federal and Insurance Commissioner's Regulatory Account—State. This funding is for regulating insurance and for studying approaches to improve health care affordability. * **State Investment Board:** $83,426,000 from the State Investment Board Expense Account—State. This funding is for the state investment board's operations. * **Liquor and Cannabis Board:** $158,782,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Dedicated Cannabis Account—State, and Liquor Revolving Account—State. This funding is for regulatory systems modernization, cannabis social equity, and agency operations. * **Utilities and Transportation Commission:** $75,339,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Insurance Commissioner's Regulatory Account—State, Insurance Commissioner's Fraud Account—State, and Pipeline Safety Account—State. This funding is for rural broadband expansion, electric transmission planning, and wildfire/electric utility issues. * **Military Department:** $1,482,052,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, 911 Account—State, Disaster Response Account—State, Disaster Response Account—Federal, Military Department Rent and Lease Account—State, Military Department Active State Service Account—State, Natural Climate Solutions Account—State, Oil Spill Prevention Account—State, Worker and Community Right to Know Fund—State. This funding is for homeland security, 911 assistance to counties, fire suppression training, and disaster response. * **Public Employment Relations Commission:** $11,673,000 from various state appropriations, including the General Fund—State, Personnel Service Account—State, and Higher Education Personnel Services Account—State. This funding is for labor relations and implementation of various legislative initiatives. * **Board of Accountancy:** $4,770,000 from the Certified Public Accountants' Account—State. * **Board for Volunteer Firefighters:** $3,533,000 from the Volunteer Firefighters' and Reserve Officers' Administrative Account—State. This funding is for a benefits management system. * **Forensic Investigation Council:** $822,000 from the Death Investigations Account—State. This funding is for financial assistance to local jurisdictions for death investigations and identifying human remains. * **Department of Enterprise Services:** $39,652,000 from various state appropriations, including the General Fund—State, Building Code Council Account—State, Electric Vehicle Incentive Account—State, Natural Climate Solutions Account—State. This funding is for facilities and services charges for legislative agencies, passenger motor vehicle purchases, and information technology infrastructure. * **Superintendent of Public Instruction:** $230,688,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, General Fund—Private/Local, Dedicated Cannabis Account—State, Washington Opportunity Pathways Account—State, Performance Audits of Government Account—State, Workforce Education Investment Account—State, and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief III Account—Federal. This funding is for base operations, data systems, work groups, and various educational programs. * **Superintendent of Public Instruction—General Apportionment:** $21,332,005,000 from the General Fund—State and Education Legacy Trust Account—State. This funding is for general apportionment to school districts, including adjustments for prior fiscal years and funding for teacher planning periods. * **Superintendent of Public Instruction—Special Education Programs:** $4,093,393,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Education Legacy Trust Account—State. This funding is for special education programs, including excess cost allocations and safety net awards. * **Superintendent of Public Instruction—Vocational Rehabilitation Program:** $163,679,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal. This funding is for vocational rehabilitation services. * **Superintendent of Public Instruction—Mental Health Program:** $1,448,984,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and General Fund—Private/Local. This funding is for state psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment facilities, community policing efforts, competency evaluations, competency restoration, and forensic bed capacity. * **Superintendent of Public Instruction—Economic Services Program:** $2,867,987,000 from various state and federal appropriations, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, General Fund—Private/Local, Domestic Violence Prevention Account—State. This funding is for the WorkFirst program, naturalization services, and employment services for refugees and immigrants. * **State Health Care Authority—Medical Assistance:** $23,499,379,000 from various state and federal