Bill > SB5998

This bill makes supplemental operating appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, totaling over $349 billion. * **House of Representatives:** $128,889,000 from the General Fund—State. $250,000 of this is for the joint legislative-executive committee on budget transparency and fiscal sustainability. * **Senate:** $97,481,000 from the General Fund—State. $250,000 of this is for the joint legislative-executive committee on budget transparency and fiscal sustainability. * **Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee:** $13,966,000 from the Performance Audits of Government Account—State. This includes funds for specific reviews of juvenile rehabilitation programs, the ignition interlock device revolving account, and the department of natural resources' forest health planning. * **Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program Committee:** $5,627,000 from the Performance Audits of Government Account—State. * **Joint Legislative Systems Committee:** $45,474,000 from the General Fund—State, including $1,003,000 for IT equipment for the Pritchard building in FY 2026. * **Office of State Legislative Labor Relations:** $1,894,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Office of the State Actuary:** $9,176,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and the Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account. $50,000 from the Volunteer Firefighters' and Reserve Officers' Administrative Account is for reviewing relief and pension funds. * **Statute Law Committee:** $12,732,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Office of Legislative Support Services:** $13,875,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Supreme Court:** $32,206,000 from the General Fund—State. The court is requested to provide a report on court processes for child welfare cases without removal from the home. * **Commission on Judicial Conduct:** $5,814,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Court of Appeals:** $56,605,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Administrator for the Courts:** $349,397,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Judicial Stabilization Trust Account—State, and Judicial Information Systems Account—State. This includes significant funding for truancy and at-risk youth referrals, early intervention services, and costs associated with the State v. Blake ruling. * **Office of Public Defense:** $187,478,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and the Judicial Stabilization Trust Account—State. This includes funding for improving trial court public defense services and administering contracts for appellate attorneys. * **Office of Civil Legal Aid:** $136,903,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and the Judicial Stabilization Trust Account—State. This includes funding for the appointed counsel program for children and youth in dependency cases and for tenants at risk of eviction. * **Office of the Governor:** $71,586,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Private/Local, Economic Development Strategic Reserve Account, and GOV Central Service Account. This includes funding for the office of the education ombuds and flexible funding to support children in crisis. * **Lieutenant Governor:** $3,105,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and General Fund—Private/Local. This includes funding for a review of retail or commercial properties with potential for redevelopment as residential or mixed-use properties. * **Public Disclosure Commission:** $13,604,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and the Public Disclosure Transparency Account. No funds may be expended to establish an electronic directory of political advertising without legislative authorization. * **Secretary of State:** $135,089,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Public Records Efficiency, Preservation, and Access Account, and Election Account—Federal. This includes funding for election reconciliation reporting and security operations. * **Governor's Office of Indian Affairs:** $2,195,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and the Climate Commitment Account. The office will assist in providing government-to-government training sessions. * **Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs:** $1,252,000 from the General Fund—State. * **State Treasurer:** $25,221,000 from the State Treasurer's Service Account. This includes funding for enhancing local government access to infrastructure financing. * **State Auditor:** $22,536,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, Auditing Services Revolving Account, and Performance Audits of Government Account. This includes funding for verifying school district data, law enforcement audits, and cybersecurity audits. * **Attorney General:** $563,870,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Legal Services Revolving Account. This includes funding for legal services related to the State v. Blake ruling and the YES tip line program. * **Caseload Forecast Council:** $5,148,000 from the General Fund—State and the Workforce Education Investment Account—State. This includes funding for forecasting caseloads for the Washington college grant program. * **Department of Commerce—Community Services:** $441,067,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Climate Commitment Account, Community Reinvestment Account, and Domestic Violence Co-Responder Account. This includes grants for alternative dispute resolution centers, the Washington new Americans program, and violence prevention services. * **Department of Commerce—Housing:** $1,245,060,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Home Security Fund Account, Affordable Housing for All Account, and Washington Housing Trust Account. This includes funding for housing assistance, permanent supportive housing, and youth homelessness prevention programs. * **Department of Commerce—Local Government:** $156,098,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Climate Commitment Account, and Public Works Assistance Account. This includes funding for updating comprehensive plans and development regulations. * **Department of Commerce—Office of Economic Development:** $63,869,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Dedicated Cannabis Account. This includes funding for associate development organizations, small business export assistance, and the Andy Hill cancer research endowment program. * **Department of Commerce—Energy and Innovation:** $170,665,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Climate Commitment Account, and Low-Income Weatherization and Structural Rehabilitation Assistance Account. This includes funding for clean energy projects and analysis of electricity generation needs. * **Department of Commerce—Program Support:** $32,502,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Climate Commitment Account. This includes funding for language access activities and an evaluation of facility needs for the Pacific tower property. * **Washington State Lottery:** $31,851,000 from the Lottery Administrative Account—State. * **Commission on Hispanic Affairs:** $2,381,000 from the General Fund—State. This includes funding for a pilot program for gang youth intervention specialists. * **Commission on African-American Affairs:** $1,105,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Department of Retirement Systems—Operations:** $125,893,000 from the Department of Retirement Systems Expense Account—State. This includes funding for pension system modernization. * **Department of Revenue:** $1,010,964,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and the Timber Tax Distribution Account. This includes funding for implementing capital gains tax and the working families tax exemption program. * **Board of Tax Appeals:** $5,856,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises:** $15,718,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and the Minority and Women's Business Enterprises Account. * **Insurance Commissioner:** $114,457,000 from various funds, including the Insurance Commissioner's Regulatory Account and the Insurance Commissioner's Fraud Account. This includes funding for behavioral health parity compliance and a study on property and liability coverage for child care centers. * **State Investment Board:** $90,548,000 from the State Investment Board Expense Account—State. * **Liquor and Cannabis Board:** $140,757,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Dedicated Cannabis Account, and Liquor Revolving Account. This includes funding for tax and fee systems replacement and evaluation of the cannabis social equity program. * **Utilities and Transportation Commission:** $80,683,000 from various funds, including the Public Service Revolving Account and the Pipeline Safety Account. This includes funding for rural broadband expansion and solid waste management. * **Military Department:** $946,992,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and the 911 Account. This includes funding for homeland security and wildfire response. * **Public Employment Relations Commission:** $12,087,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and the Personnel Service Account. This includes funding for public employee bargaining and agricultural cannabis workers. * **Board of Accountancy:** $4,958,000 from the Certified Public Accountants' Account—State. * **Board for Volunteer Firefighters:** $1,517,000 from the Volunteer Firefighters' and Reserve Officers' Administrative Account—State. * **Forensic Investigation Council:** $840,000 from the Death Investigations Account—State. This includes funding for multiple death investigations and identifying human remains. * **Department of Enterprise Services:** $42,635,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, Building Code Council Account, and Climate Commitment Account. This includes funding for facilities and services charges for legislative agencies and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles. * **Department of Social and Health Services—Community Services:** $5,661,913,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Developmental Disabilities Community Services Account. This includes funding for rate increases for individual providers and community residential service providers. * **Department of Social and Health Services—Mental Health Program:** $1,613,865,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund—Federal. This includes funding for state psychiatric hospitals, diversion grant programs, and competency evaluation services. * **Department of Social and Health Services—Vocational Rehabilitation Program:** $171,197,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and General Fund—Federal. This includes grants to federally recognized tribes for vocational rehabilitation services. * **Department of Social and Health Services—Special Commitment Program:** $157,473,000 from the General Fund—State. This includes funding for services to juveniles committed under chapter 71.05 RCW. * **Department of Social and Health Services—Administration and Supporting Services Program:** $479,557,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and General Fund—Federal. This includes funding for the statewide broadband office and the underground economy task force. * **Department of Health:** $166,981,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Climate Commitment Account. This includes funding for community health programs, lead testing in child care facilities, and wildfire response. * **State Board of Health:** $3,431,000 from the General Fund—State. This includes funding for grants to local health jurisdictions for group B programs and for the black historic sites survey project. * **Department of Health—Resiliency and Health Security:** $45,455,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and General Fund—Federal. This includes funding for the statewide medical logistics center. * **Department of Corrections:** $1,656,347,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and the Supplemental Criminal Justice Account. This includes funding for correctional operations, reentry services, and medical staffing in prisons. * **Employment Security Department:** $931,326,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—Federal, Unemployment Compensation Administration Account—Federal, and Family and Medical Leave Insurance Account—State. This includes funding for the WorkFirst program, naturalization services, and refugee and immigrant employment services. * **State Health Care Authority—Medical Assistance:** $32,675,864,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Hospital Safety Net Assessment Account. This includes funding for accountable communities of health, the medicaid quality improvement program, and long-term support services. * **State Health Care Authority—Employee and Retiree Benefits Program:** $85,137,000 from various funds, including the State Health Care Authority Administrative Account and the School Employees' Insurance Administrative Account. * **State Health Care Authority—Health Benefit Exchange:** $313,949,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and the State Health Care Affordability Account. This includes funding for a premium assistance program. * **State Health Care Authority—Community Behavioral Health Program:** $6,234,456,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and the Statewide 988 Behavioral Health Crisis Response Line Account. This includes funding for Trueblood settlement agreement implementation and violence reduction teams. * **Department of Children, Youth, and Families—Community Services:** $1,677,552,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Opioid Abatement Settlement Account. This includes funding for grants to county juvenile courts for effective programs and for the expansion of juvenile rehabilitation institutions. * **Department of Children, Youth, and Families—Early Learning Program:** $3,320,452,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Education Legacy Trust Account, and Washington Opportunity Pathways Account. This includes funding for the early childhood education and assistance program. * **Department of Children, Youth, and Families—Program Support:** $10,246,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Climate Commitment Account. This includes funding for language access activities and an evaluation of facility needs. * **Department of Health:** $201,186,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Climate Commitment Account. This includes funding for community health worker services and a study on auditing, accountability, and risk management practices. * **Washington State Lottery:** $31,851,000 from the Lottery Administrative Account—State. * **Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission:** $260,607,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Climate Commitment Account, and Parks Renewal and Stewardship Account. This includes funding for maintenance and operation costs at Fort Worden state park and for wildfire response. * **Recreation and Conservation Office:** $22,151,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Natural Climate Solutions Account. This includes funding for port districts, counties, cities, towns, special purpose districts, and tribes to support siting and permitting of clean energy projects. * **Department of Natural Resources:** $1,063,360,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and the Wildfire Response, Forest Restoration, and Community Resilience Account. This includes funding for forest health and community wildfire resilience projects. * **Environmental and Land Use Hearings Office:** $8,329,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State and the Climate Commitment Account. This includes funding for staff to respond to increased caseloads related to the climate commitment act. * **Conservation Commission:** $49,587,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, Natural Climate Solutions Account, and Public Works Assistance Account. This includes funding for forest health and community wildfire resilience projects. * **Criminal Justice Training Commission:** $242,031,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Private/Local, and the Supplemental Criminal Justice Account. This includes funding for basic law enforcement training and officer wellness programs. * **Office of Independent Investigations:** $31,081,000 from the General Fund—State. * **Department of Labor and Industries:** $1,143,041,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, Accident Account, and Medical Aid Account. This includes funding for workers' compensation information system replacement and safety and health assessment research. * **Superintendent of Public Instruction:** $278,944,000 from various funds, including the General Fund—State, General Fund—Federal, and Dedicated Cannabis Account. This includes funding for the early childhood education and assistance program and WorkFirst job search activities. * **Superintendent of Public Instruction—General Apportionment:** $22,814,74

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5998&Year=2025&Initiative=false