Following is the department of enterprise services' (DES) updated semi-annual rules development agenda. This list identifies rules that we have under active development and rules that DES anticipates starting some rule-making action on during the next three months.

This agenda also is available on our rule-making website. We update rule-making information on our website as rule making progresses. If we start rule-making activities not listed on this agenda or stop listed rule-making activities, we immediately post that information to our rule-making website and inform interested and known affected parties.

WAC Citation	Purpose of Rule Making	Current Activity/Approximate Filing Date
Title 200	The rule making is limited in scope. The purpose is to expand Title 200 WAC to: • Establish a clear process to verify that benefits are going to small businesses as intended, including a standard compliance process. • Make sure in-state businesses have increased opportunities for contracts under statewide procurement policies. • Support existing strategies encouraged by the statewide supplier diversity policy, such as preference points and reserved awards, to boost use of Washington small business. - DES uses a point system when evaluating vendor solicitations. Preference points are added points for small businesses. - Reserved awards are contracts set aside for small/Veteran-owned businesses under a multiple-award competitive solicitation. • Enhance reporting on small business use in state contracting.	We filed a CR-101 preproposal statement of inquiry with the office of the code reviser in September 2024. See WSR 24-19-015. We anticipate filing a proposed rule (CR-102) in May 2025.