In 2024, the Legislature directed the Department of Agriculture (WSDA) to convene a work group to address mental health and suicide prevention in the agricultural sector. The work group submitted a required final report to the Legislature in 2025 that contained a series of recommendations, some of which related to alleviating financial uncertainty and streamlining regulatory processes.

A joint legislative task force on reducing regulatory stress for agricultural producers is established. The task force must review aspects of the regulatory environment that lead to agricultural producer stress and recommend actions to alleviate that stress by streamlining, modifying, or eliminating existing regulations related to land use and zoning, stewardship of water resources, grazing rights, and pesticides.

 The task force membership is:

• one member from each of the two largest caucuses of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate;
• one member from each of the two largest caucuses of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
• the Director of WSDA, or designee;
• the Director of the Department of Commerce, or designee;
• the Director of the Department of Ecology, or designee;
• the Commissioner of Public Lands, or designee;
• the Director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife, or designee;
• the Director of the Governor's Office of Regulatory Innovation and Assistance, or designee;
• the Secretary of Health, or designee; and
• the Director of the Department of Labor and Industries, or designee.

The task force will be staffed by Senate Committee Services and the House Office of Program Research. Guidelines for task force expenses and travel reimbursement are established. The task force must report its findings and recommendations to the appropriate committees of the Legislature by November 1, 2028.