WSLB’s Legislative Work

The WSLB serves as a state trustee agency, and we are proud of our commitment to cultivating leadership. On this page, you'll discover information about our budget request as well as the legislation we closely monitor.

Legislative sessions…

The Leadership Board is fully dedicated to diligently identifying and carefully analyzing legislative bills that significantly align with the initiatives outlined in our authorizing statute, RCW 43.388.

The WSLB monitors bills during each legislative session. You can review these bills by year below:

2025-2027 Biennial Budget:

This information is specific to the 2025–2027 budget. The process for developing and finalizing a budget is intricate. Budget documents are written, summarized, and compared before a budget is finalized and approved, and we post updates on this page.

    • Staff Compensation Adjustments: This decision package seeks funding to update salary ranges across all WSLB staffing positions and enable annual performance-based compensation increases of up to 3%. ($222k)

    • Staff Trauma Informed Care Certifications: This decision package seeks funding to certify WSLB staff in trauma-informed care, equipping them with the specialized skills needed to more effectively support program participants. ($25k)

    • Staff Expansion: This decision package seeks funding to hire 2.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. ($556k)

    • Previous Biennium Funding Correction: This decision package is a technical correction to ensure ongoing funding for the Staff and Program Expansions decision package from the FY23-25 biennium ($300k)

      2025-2027 Budget Request (one-pager)

  • When former Governor Jay Inslee submitted his proposed budget in December, he included the following budget requests for the WSLB:

    • The Budget Request for Staff Trauma Informed Care Certifications ($25k)

    • The Budget Request for the Previous Biennium’s Funding Correction Budget ($300k)

  • When the House submitted its proposal for the 2025-27 Biennial, it included the following request for the WSLB budget:

    • Instead of allocating any funds, they proposed the elimination of the WSLB.

  • When the Senate submitted its proposal for the 2025-27 Biennial, it included the following budget request for the WSLB:

    • The Budget Request for Staff Trauma Informed Care Certifications ($25k)

    Additionally, the proposal included:

    • A "temporary salary reduction," which is being characterized as 13 days of unpaid leave for the majority of state employees.

    • State funding amounting to $1,669,000.

    • Along with an estimated $280,000 from License Plate(s) funding.

      • This brings the total funding allocated to the WSLB $1,949,000.

    The proposal did not include:

    • The Budget Request for the Previous Biennium’s Funding Correction Budget ($300k)

  • Upon the adjournment of the 2025 Washington legislative session, the Washington State Legislature incorporated the WSLB into its final operating budget proposal, allocating a total of $1.9 million for its operations and programming.