Supply chain competitiveness

AN ACT Relating to creating a Washington state supply chain 1
competitiveness infrastructure program; reenacting and amending RCW 2
43.84.092 and 43.84.092; adding new sections to chapter 47.04 RCW; 3
creating a new section; providing an effective date; and providing an 4
expiration date. 5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:6
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. It is the intent of the legislature that 7
the state of Washington, being one of the most trade driven states in 8
the nation, maintain and expand its abilities to compete in the 9
global trade market and be a national leader in trade. The 10
legislature finds it is imperative to maintain and expand critical 11
and strategic infrastructure for the transport and movement of the 12
overall supply chain of goods from point of entry, to unload and load 13
processes, and to transport via ground and maritime facilities, to 14
warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and final destinations. 15
Strategic infrastructure investments targeted at increased capacity 16
for the supply chain is crucial to the state's public welfare of 17
sending and receiving crucial supplies, goods, and services.18
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 47.04 19
RCW to read as follows: 20
H-1164.1
HOUSE BILL 1860
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Reed, Parshley, Leavitt, Waters, Paul, Zahn,
Nance, and Cortes
Read first time 02/06/25. Referred to Committee on Technology,
Economic Development, & Veterans.
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The department, in collaboration with the department of commerce, 1
the freight mobility strategic investment board, Washington public 2
ports association, federally recognized tribal governments with port 3
operations, and other critical supply chain stakeholders including, 4
but not limited to, those representing trucking, rail, marine, 5
warehouse, agricultural, manufacturing, and clean energy, shall set 6
priorities to ensure the successful and efficient operation of a 7
supply chain competitiveness infrastructure program to include grants 8
and loans to public ports and federally recognized tribal governments 9
with established public port operations. The department may adopt 10
rules under chapter 34.05 RCW to implement the supply chain 11
competitiveness infrastructure program. 12
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 47.04 13
RCW to read as follows: 14
(1) The supply chain competitiveness infrastructure program 15
account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from the 16
legislature, proceeds of bonds when authorized by the legislature, 17
and principal and interest payments made on loans from the account 18
must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be 19
spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be 20
used only for the purposes set forth in section 5 of this act. Public 21
and private entities may deposit moneys from federal, state, local, 22
or private sources in the account. 23
(2) The legislature intends that supply chain competitiveness 24
infrastructure grant funds will be appropriated to the department 25
using existing transportation accounts. 26
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. A new section is added to chapter 47.04 27
RCW to read as follows: 28
(1) In addition to the priorities identified through the 29
stakeholder process in section 2 of this act, projects for the supply 30
chain competitiveness infrastructure program must align with the 31
following programmatic goals: 32
(a) Development or maintenance of transportation infrastructure 33
that ensures the successful and efficient operation of the supply 34
chain to and from the state's public ports and federally recognized 35
tribal governments with established public port operations;36
(b) Economic, safety, or environmental advantages of efficient 37
freight movement; 38
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(c) Sustaining the state's international trade economy;1
(d) Increased access to efficient and cost-effective transport to 2
market for Washington's agricultural and industrial products;3
(e) Model integration and cooperation within the regional, 4
national, and international systems of freight distribution; and5
(f) Mitigation of impacts of increased freight traffic on 6
communities. 7
(2) The collaborative process in section 2 of this act shall 8
result in the development of performance metrics that result in 9
strengthening the state's supply chain competitiveness and evaluation 10
criteria by which to prioritize projects for funding.11
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. A new section is added to chapter 47.04 12
RCW to read as follows: 13
(1) Supply chain competitiveness infrastructure projects funded 14
from the supply chain competitiveness infrastructure program shall 15
focus on enhancing supply chain competitiveness for public ports and 16
federally recognized tribal governments with established public port 17
operations, and the capacity of ground and maritime transportation 18
and facilities. The department shall govern and operate the grant and 19
revolving loan program. The collaborative process in section 2 of 20
this act shall result in a list of project types eligible for the 21
supply chain competitiveness infrastructure grant and loan program.22
(2) All eligible projects must be included in a port's freight 23
development plan as defined in RCW 53.20.055. 24
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. A new section is added to chapter 47.04 25
RCW to read as follows: 26
For the purposes of this act, public ports are those authorized 27
under chapter 53.04 RCW. 28
Sec. 7. RCW 43.84.092 and 2024 c 210 s 4 and 2024 c 168 s 12 are 29
each reenacted and amended to read as follows: 30
(1) All earnings of investments of surplus balances in the state 31
treasury shall be deposited to the treasury income account, which 32
account is hereby established in the state treasury.33
(2) The treasury income account shall be utilized to pay or 34
receive funds associated with federal programs as required by the 35
federal cash management improvement act of 1990. The treasury income 36
account is subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no 37
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appropriation is required for refunds or allocations of interest 1
earnings required by the cash management improvement act. Refunds of 2
interest to the federal treasury required under the cash management 3
improvement act fall under RCW 43.88.180 and shall not require 4
appropriation. The office of financial management shall determine the 5
amounts due to or from the federal government pursuant to the cash 6
management improvement act. The office of financial management may 7
direct transfers of funds between accounts as deemed necessary to 8
implement the provisions of the cash management improvement act, and 9
this subsection. Refunds or allocations shall occur prior to the 10
distributions of earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this 11
section. 12
(3) Except for the provisions of RCW 43.84.160, the treasury 13
income account may be utilized for the payment of purchased banking 14
services on behalf of treasury funds including, but not limited to, 15
depository, safekeeping, and disbursement functions for the state 16
treasury and affected state agencies. The treasury income account is 17
subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is 18
required for payments to financial institutions. Payments shall occur 19
prior to distribution of earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this 20
section. 21
(4) Monthly, the state treasurer shall distribute the earnings 22
credited to the treasury income account. The state treasurer shall 23
credit the general fund with all the earnings credited to the 24
treasury income account except: 25
(a) The following accounts and funds shall receive their 26
proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's and fund's 27
average daily balance for the period: The abandoned recreational 28
vehicle disposal account, the aeronautics account, the Alaskan Way 29
viaduct replacement project account, the ambulance transport fund, 30
the budget stabilization account, the capital vessel replacement 31
account, the capitol building construction account, the Central 32
Washington University capital projects account, the charitable, 33
educational, penal and reformatory institutions account, the Chehalis 34
basin account, the Chehalis basin taxable account, the clean fuels 35
credit account, the clean fuels transportation investment account, 36
the cleanup settlement account, the climate active transportation 37
account, the climate transit programs account, the Columbia river 38
basin water supply development account, the Columbia river basin 39
taxable bond water supply development account, the Columbia river 40
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basin water supply revenue recovery account, the common school 1
construction fund, the community forest trust account, the connecting 2
Washington account, the county arterial preservation account, the 3
county criminal justice assistance account, the covenant 4
homeownership account, the deferred compensation administrative 5
account, the deferred compensation principal account, the department 6
of licensing services account, the department of retirement systems 7
expense account, the developmental disabilities community services 8
account, the diesel idle reduction account, the opioid abatement 9
settlement account, the drinking water assistance account, the 10
administrative subaccount of the drinking water assistance account, 11
the early learning facilities development account, the early learning 12
facilities revolving account, the Eastern Washington University 13
capital projects account, the education construction fund, the 14
education legacy trust account, the election account, the electric 15
vehicle account, the energy freedom account, the energy recovery act 16
account, the essential rail assistance account, The Evergreen State 17
College capital projects account, the fair start for kids account, 18
the family medicine workforce development account, the ferry bond 19
retirement fund, the fish, wildlife, and conservation account, the 20
freight mobility investment account, the freight mobility multimodal 21
account, the grade crossing protective fund, the higher education 22
retirement plan supplemental benefit fund, the Washington student 23
loan account, the highway bond retirement fund, the highway 24
infrastructure account, the highway safety fund, the hospital safety 25
net assessment fund, the Interstate 5 bridge replacement project 26
account, the Interstate 405 and state route number 167 express toll 27
lanes account, the judges' retirement account, the judicial 28
retirement administrative account, the judicial retirement principal 29
account, the limited fish and wildlife account, the local leasehold 30
excise tax account, the local real estate excise tax account, the 31
local sales and use tax account, the marine resources stewardship 32
trust account, the medical aid account, the money-purchase retirement 33
savings administrative account, the money-purchase retirement savings 34
principal account, the motor vehicle fund, the motorcycle safety 35
education account, the move ahead WA account, the move ahead WA 36
flexible account, the multimodal transportation account, the multiuse 37
roadway safety account, the municipal criminal justice assistance 38
account, the oyster reserve land account, the pension funding 39
stabilization account, the perpetual surveillance and maintenance 40
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account, the pilotage account, the pollution liability insurance 1
agency underground storage tank revolving account, the public 2
employees' retirement system plan 1 account, the public employees' 3
retirement system combined plan 2 and plan 3 account, the public 4
facilities construction loan revolving account, the public health 5
supplemental account, the public works assistance account, the Puget 6
Sound capital construction account, the Puget Sound ferry operations 7
account, the Puget Sound Gateway facility account, the Puget Sound 8
taxpayer accountability account, the real estate appraiser commission 9
account, the recreational vehicle account, the regional mobility 10
grant program account, the reserve officers' relief and pension 11
principal fund, the resource management cost account, the rural 12
arterial trust account, the rural mobility grant program account, the 13
rural Washington loan fund, the second injury fund, the sexual 14
assault prevention and response account, the site closure account, 15
the skilled nursing facility safety net trust fund, the small city 16
pavement and sidewalk account, the special category C account, the 17
special wildlife account, the state hazard mitigation revolving loan 18
account, the state investment board expense account, the state 19
investment board commingled trust fund accounts, the state patrol 20
highway account, the state reclamation revolving account, the state 21
route number 520 civil penalties account, the state route number 520 22
corridor account, the statewide broadband account, the statewide 23
tourism marketing account, the supplemental pension account, the 24
supply chain competitiveness infrastructure program account, the 25
Tacoma Narrows toll bridge account, the teachers' retirement system 26
plan 1 account, the teachers' retirement system combined plan 2 and 27
plan 3 account, the tobacco prevention and control account, the 28
tobacco settlement account, the toll facility bond retirement 29
account, the transportation 2003 account (nickel account), the 30
transportation equipment fund, the JUDY transportation future funding 31
program account, the transportation improvement account, the 32
transportation improvement board bond retirement account, the 33
transportation infrastructure account, the transportation partnership 34
account, the traumatic brain injury account, the tribal opioid 35
prevention and treatment account, the University of Washington bond 36
retirement fund, the University of Washington building account, the 37
voluntary cleanup account, the volunteer firefighters' relief and 38
pension principal fund, the volunteer firefighters' and reserve 39
officers' administrative fund, the vulnerable roadway user education 40
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account, the Washington judicial retirement system account, the 1
Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' system plan 1 2
retirement account, the Washington law enforcement officers' and 3
firefighters' system plan 2 retirement account, the Washington public 4
safety employees' plan 2 retirement account, the Washington school 5
employees' retirement system combined plan 2 and 3 account, the 6
Washington state patrol retirement account, the Washington State 7
University building account, the Washington State University bond 8
retirement fund, the water pollution control revolving administration 9
account, the water pollution control revolving fund, the Western 10
Washington University capital projects account, the Yakima integrated 11
plan implementation account, the Yakima integrated plan 12
implementation revenue recovery account, and the Yakima integrated 13
plan implementation taxable bond account. Earnings derived from 14
investing balances of the agricultural permanent fund, the normal 15
school permanent fund, the permanent common school fund, the 16
scientific permanent fund, and the state university permanent fund 17
shall be allocated to their respective beneficiary accounts.18
(b) Any state agency that has independent authority over accounts 19
or funds not statutorily required to be held in the state treasury 20
that deposits funds into a fund or account in the state treasury 21
pursuant to an agreement with the office of the state treasurer shall 22
receive its proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's 23
or fund's average daily balance for the period. 24
(5) In conformance with Article II, section 37 of the state 25
Constitution, no treasury accounts or funds shall be allocated 26
earnings without the specific affirmative directive of this section.27
Sec. 8. RCW 43.84.092 and 2024 c 210 s 5 and 2024 c 168 s 13 are 28
each reenacted and amended to read as follows: 29
(1) All earnings of investments of surplus balances in the state 30
treasury shall be deposited to the treasury income account, which 31
account is hereby established in the state treasury.32
(2) The treasury income account shall be utilized to pay or 33
receive funds associated with federal programs as required by the 34
federal cash management improvement act of 1990. The treasury income 35
account is subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no 36
appropriation is required for refunds or allocations of interest 37
earnings required by the cash management improvement act. Refunds of 38
interest to the federal treasury required under the cash management 39
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improvement act fall under RCW 43.88.180 and shall not require 1
appropriation. The office of financial management shall determine the 2
amounts due to or from the federal government pursuant to the cash 3
management improvement act. The office of financial management may 4
direct transfers of funds between accounts as deemed necessary to 5
implement the provisions of the cash management improvement act, and 6
this subsection. Refunds or allocations shall occur prior to the 7
distributions of earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this 8
section. 9
(3) Except for the provisions of RCW 43.84.160, the treasury 10
income account may be utilized for the payment of purchased banking 11
services on behalf of treasury funds including, but not limited to, 12
depository, safekeeping, and disbursement functions for the state 13
treasury and affected state agencies. The treasury income account is 14
subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is 15
required for payments to financial institutions. Payments shall occur 16
prior to distribution of earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this 17
section. 18
(4) Monthly, the state treasurer shall distribute the earnings 19
credited to the treasury income account. The state treasurer shall 20
credit the general fund with all the earnings credited to the 21
treasury income account except: 22
(a) The following accounts and funds shall receive their 23
proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's and fund's 24
average daily balance for the period: The abandoned recreational 25
vehicle disposal account, the aeronautics account, the Alaskan Way 26
viaduct replacement project account, the budget stabilization 27
account, the capital vessel replacement account, the capitol building 28
construction account, the Central Washington University capital 29
projects account, the charitable, educational, penal and reformatory 30
institutions account, the Chehalis basin account, the Chehalis basin 31
taxable account, the clean fuels credit account, the clean fuels 32
transportation investment account, the cleanup settlement account, 33
the climate active transportation account, the climate transit 34
programs account, the Columbia river basin water supply development 35
account, the Columbia river basin taxable bond water supply 36
development account, the Columbia river basin water supply revenue 37
recovery account, the common school construction fund, the community 38
forest trust account, the connecting Washington account, the county 39
arterial preservation account, the county criminal justice assistance 40
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account, the covenant homeownership account, the deferred 1
compensation administrative account, the deferred compensation 2
principal account, the department of licensing services account, the 3
department of retirement systems expense account, the developmental 4
disabilities community services account, the diesel idle reduction 5
account, the opioid abatement settlement account, the drinking water 6
assistance account, the administrative subaccount of the drinking 7
water assistance account, the early learning facilities development 8
account, the early learning facilities revolving account, the Eastern 9
Washington University capital projects account, the education 10
construction fund, the education legacy trust account, the election 11
account, the electric vehicle account, the energy freedom account, 12
the energy recovery act account, the essential rail assistance 13
account, The Evergreen State College capital projects account, the 14
fair start for kids account, the family medicine workforce 15
development account, the ferry bond retirement fund, the fish, 16
wildlife, and conservation account, the freight mobility investment 17
account, the freight mobility multimodal account, the grade crossing 18
protective fund, the higher education retirement plan supplemental 19
benefit fund, the Washington student loan account, the highway bond 20
retirement fund, the highway infrastructure account, the highway 21
safety fund, the hospital safety net assessment fund, the Interstate 22
5 bridge replacement project account, the Interstate 405 and state 23
route number 167 express toll lanes account, the judges' retirement 24
account, the judicial retirement administrative account, the judicial 25
retirement principal account, the limited fish and wildlife account, 26
the local leasehold excise tax account, the local real estate excise 27
tax account, the local sales and use tax account, the marine 28
resources stewardship trust account, the medical aid account, the 29
money-purchase retirement savings administrative account, the money-30
purchase retirement savings principal account, the motor vehicle 31
fund, the motorcycle safety education account, the move ahead WA 32
account, the move ahead WA flexible account, the multimodal 33
transportation account, the multiuse roadway safety account, the 34
municipal criminal justice assistance account, the oyster reserve 35
land account, the pension funding stabilization account, the 36
perpetual surveillance and maintenance account, the pilotage account, 37
the pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank 38
revolving account, the public employees' retirement system plan 1 39
account, the public employees' retirement system combined plan 2 and 40
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plan 3 account, the public facilities construction loan revolving 1
account, the public health supplemental account, the public works 2
assistance account, the Puget Sound capital construction account, the 3
Puget Sound ferry operations account, the Puget Sound Gateway 4
facility account, the Puget Sound taxpayer accountability account, 5
the real estate appraiser commission account, the recreational 6
vehicle account, the regional mobility grant program account, the 7
reserve officers' relief and pension principal fund, the resource 8
management cost account, the rural arterial trust account, the rural 9
mobility grant program account, the rural Washington loan fund, the 10
second injury fund, the sexual assault prevention and response 11
account, the site closure account, the skilled nursing facility 12
safety net trust fund, the small city pavement and sidewalk account, 13
the special category C account, the special wildlife account, the 14
state hazard mitigation revolving loan account, the state investment 15
board expense account, the state investment board commingled trust 16
fund accounts, the state patrol highway account, the state 17
reclamation revolving account, the state route number 520 civil 18
penalties account, the state route number 520 corridor account, the 19
statewide broadband account, the statewide tourism marketing account, 20
the supplemental pension account, the supply chain competitiveness 21
infrastructure program account, the Tacoma Narrows toll bridge 22
account, the teachers' retirement system plan 1 account, the 23
teachers' retirement system combined plan 2 and plan 3 account, the 24
tobacco prevention and control account, the tobacco settlement 25
account, the toll facility bond retirement account, the 26
transportation 2003 account (nickel account), the transportation 27
equipment fund, the JUDY transportation future funding program 28
account, the transportation improvement account, the transportation 29
improvement board bond retirement account, the transportation 30
infrastructure account, the transportation partnership account, the 31
traumatic brain injury account, the tribal opioid prevention and 32
treatment account, the University of Washington bond retirement fund, 33
the University of Washington building account, the voluntary cleanup 34
account, the volunteer firefighters' relief and pension principal 35
fund, the volunteer firefighters' and reserve officers' 36
administrative fund, the vulnerable roadway user education account, 37
the Washington judicial retirement system account, the Washington law 38
enforcement officers' and firefighters' system plan 1 retirement 39
account, the Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' 40
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system plan 2 retirement account, the Washington public safety 1
employees' plan 2 retirement account, the Washington school 2
employees' retirement system combined plan 2 and 3 account, the 3
Washington state patrol retirement account, the Washington State 4
University building account, the Washington State University bond 5
retirement fund, the water pollution control revolving administration 6
account, the water pollution control revolving fund, the Western 7
Washington University capital projects account, the Yakima integrated 8
plan implementation account, the Yakima integrated plan 9
implementation revenue recovery account, and the Yakima integrated 10
plan implementation taxable bond account. Earnings derived from 11
investing balances of the agricultural permanent fund, the normal 12
school permanent fund, the permanent common school fund, the 13
scientific permanent fund, and the state university permanent fund 14
shall be allocated to their respective beneficiary accounts.15
(b) Any state agency that has independent authority over accounts 16
or funds not statutorily required to be held in the state treasury 17
that deposits funds into a fund or account in the state treasury 18
pursuant to an agreement with the office of the state treasurer shall 19
receive its proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's 20
or fund's average daily balance for the period. 21
(5) In conformance with Article II, section 37 of the state 22
Constitution, no treasury accounts or funds shall be allocated 23
earnings without the specific affirmative directive of this section.24
NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. Section 7 of this act expires July 1, 25
2028.26
NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. Section 8 of this act takes effect July 27
1, 2028.28
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