Concerning regularly updating the budget outlook to reflect the most recent revenue forecast.

 H-2947.1

HOUSE BILL 2628

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Representatives Chase, Orcutt, Couture, Marshall, Schmidt, Jacobsen, and Barnard

Read first time 01/22/26. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

AN ACT Relating to regularly updating the budget outlook to reflect the most recent revenue forecast; and amending RCW 82.33.060 .

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

Sec. 1. RCW 82.33.060 and 2020 c 218 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) To facilitate compliance with, and subject to the terms of, RCW 43.88.055 and 43.88.030 , the state budget outlook work group shall prepare, subject to the approval of the economic and revenue forecast council under RCW 82.33.010 , an official state budget outlook for state revenues and expenditures for the general fund and related funds. The revenue and caseload projections used in the outlook must reflect the most recent official forecasts adopted by the economic and revenue forecast council and the caseload forecast council for the years for which those forecasts are available.