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SB6276 • 2026

Workforce ed. inv. account

Protecting revenues devoted to the workforce education investment account.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Senator Nobles, Senator Hansen, Senator Conway, Senator Dhingra, Senator Kauffman, Senator Krishnadasan, Senator Liias, Senator Lovick, Senator Shewmake, Senator Slatter, Senator Warnick, Senator C. Wilson
Last action
2026-01-22
Official status
S Ways & Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Workforce ed. inv. account

Workforce ed.

What This Bill Does

  • Workforce ed.
  • inv.
  • account

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-22 Senate

    First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

Official Summary Text

Workforce ed. inv. account

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
AN ACT Relating to protecting revenues devoted toward the 1
workforce education investment account; and reenacting and amending 2
RCW 43.79.195. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
Sec. 1. RCW 43.79.195 and 2025 c 424 s 951 and 2025 c 58 s 3010 5
are each reenacted and amended to read as follows: 6
(1) The workforce education investment account is created in the 7
state treasury. All revenues from the workforce investment surcharge 8
created in RCW 82.04.299 and those revenues as specified under RCW 9
82.04.290(2)(c) must be deposited directly into the account. Moneys 10
in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures 11
from the account may be used only for higher education programs, 12
higher education operations, higher education compensation, state-13
funded student aid programs, and workforce development including 14
career connected learning as defined by RCW 28C.30.020.15
(2) ((Except in the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, expenditures )) 16
Expenditures from the workforce education investment account must be 17
used to supplement, not supplant, any other federal, state, and local 18
((funding)) funds appropriated or allocated for higher education. 19
((It is the intent of the legislature to continue this policy in the 20
2027-2029 fiscal biennium. )) The legislature affirms that 21
S-4168.1
SENATE BILL 6276
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Senators Nobles, Hansen, Conway, Dhingra, Kauffman, Krishnadasan,
Liias, Lovick, Shewmake, Slatter, Warnick, and C. Wilson
Read first time 01/22/26. Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
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appropriations from this account are intended to provide additional, 1
enhanced, and expanded support for higher-education programs and 2
services, and may not be used as a replacement, offset, or reduction 3
of existing or projected funding obligations from other sources.4
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