H-0401.3
HOUSE BILL 1266
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Dye, Walen, Connors, Couture, Bronoske, Jacobsen, Stearns, Schmidt, Richards, Reed, Abell, Dent, Ormsby, Nance, Eslick, Duerr, Timmons, and Caldier
Read first time 01/14/25. Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations.
AN ACT Relating to establishing the Washington state commission on boys and men; and adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The Washington state commission on boys and men is established in the office of the governor. In carrying out its duties under this chapter, the commission's areas of focus are limited to only the following: Mental and physical health; education and skills; means of livelihood, careers, and financial well-being; fatherhood, family, and relationships; evaluating the causes of the preschool to prison pipeline and developing prevention strategies; and the experiences of boys and men in other court systems.
(2) The commission shall be administered by an executive director who shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the governor. The governor shall set the salary of the executive director. The executive director shall employ the staff of the commission.