Protecting revenues devoted to the workforce education investment account.

 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.

AN ACT Relating to protecting revenues devoted toward the workforce education investment account; and reenacting and amending RCW 43.79.195 .

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

Sec. 1. RCW 43.79.195 and 2025 c 424 s 951 and 2025 c 58 s 3010 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

(1) The workforce education investment account is created in the state treasury. All revenues from the workforce investment surcharge created in RCW 82.04.299 and those revenues as specified under RCW 82.04.290 (2)(c) must be deposited directly into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for higher education programs, higher education operations, higher education compensation, state-funded student aid programs, and workforce development including career connected learning as defined by RCW 28C.30.020 .