Bill > SB5949

This bill: This bill provides a supplemental capital budget for the 2023-2025 biennium. Key provisions include: - Appropriations totaling over $1.4 billion for various capital projects and programs across state agencies, including funding for broadband infrastructure, energy efficiency upgrades, housing and homelessness, behavioral health facilities, early learning facilities, school construction, and natural resource programs. - Provisions allowing the Department of Commerce to enter into multibiennium contracts for certain projects, such as the Legislative Campus Modernization and the Humanities & Social Science Complex at Central Washington University. - Changes to the school construction assistance program, including increasing the maximum state funding per small district modernization project from $6 million to $12 million. - Appropriations from the Climate Commitment Account and Natural Climate Solutions Account to support programs and projects focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving energy efficiency, and increasing climate resilience. - Tribal consultation requirements for projects funded from certain climate-related accounts to ensure early and meaningful engagement with affected tribes. - Provisions allowing the legislature to transfer funds from the Resource Management Cost Account to the Land Bank Account during the 2023-2025 biennium. The bill also includes several other miscellaneous provisions related to accounts, financial contracts, and legislative oversight.

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5949&Year=2023&Initiative=false