FINAL BILL REPORT
ESSB 5949
C 375 L 24
Synopsis as Enacted
Brief Description: Concerning the capital budget.
Sponsors: Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Mullet and Schoesler; by request of Office of Financial Management).
Senate Committee on Ways & Means
Background:

The capital expenses of state government, and its agencies and programs, are funded on a biennial basis by an omnibus capital budget adopted by the Legislature in odd numbered years. State capital expenses are paid from state general obligation bonds and from various dedicated funds and accounts.? The?primary two-year budget is passed in odd-numbered years, and a supplemental budget making adjustments to the two-year budget is passed during even-numbered years.?The current capital budget covers the period from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025.

Summary:

The 2023-2025 biennial capital budget appropriations, including appropriations for general government agencies, human services programs, natural resources agencies, and educational institutions, are modified. ?Budget summary materials can be found by navigating to the Senate 2024 Supplemental Capital Budget Proposal at fiscal.wa.gov.

Votes on Final Passage:
Final Passage Votes
Senate 49 0
House 96 0 (House amended)
Senate 46 0 (Senate concurred)
Effective:

March 29, 2024

January 1, 2025 (Sections 1017, 1025, 1027 through 1029, 1037 and 1038, 2017, 3012 through 3016, 3027, 3034, 3037 and 3038, 5019, 5021 through 5023, 5025 and 5026, 5036)