Reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating postgraduate degree requirements that are unnecessary.

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HOUSE BILL 2309

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Representatives Leavitt, Rude, Reed, Zahn, Kloba, Doglio, Ormsby, and Jacobsen; by request of Office of Financial Management

Prefiled 01/07/26. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations.

AN ACT Relating to reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating postgraduate degree requirements that are unnecessary; and reenacting and amending RCW 41.06.157 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 41.06.157 and 2024 c 330 s 11 and 2024 c 70 s 2 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

(1) To promote the most effective use of the state's workforce and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the delivery of services to the citizens of the state, the director shall adopt and maintain a comprehensive classification plan for all positions in the classified service. The classification plan must:

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