On May 2, 2025, the Governor's Office received an appeal from Bianca Williams, relating to the Department of Financial Institutions' denial of a petition to amend or repeal RCW 19.86.020; RCW 18.140; and WAC 208-660 (Mortgage brokers and loan originators - Licensing). The petition was denied on June 16, 2025.

On May 2, 2025, the Governor's Office received the appeal you filed in response to the Department of Financial Institutions' decision to deny your petition to amend Chapter 208-660 WAC. Under RCW 34.05.330(3), an agency's denial of a petition to repeal or amend a rule may be appealed to the Governor. However, the Governor lacks jurisdiction under this statute to consider an appeal of other matters, such as an agency's denial of a petition to adopt a new rule. See RCW 34.05.330(3).

On February 28, 2025, you petitioned the Department of Financial Institutions to amend RCW 19.86.020 and chapter 18.140 RCW. On March 5, 2025, you submitted a "revised petition" to the Department that "revised and expanded the proposed amendments to include newly created WAC codes where gaps exist." The revised petition proposes twelve "amendments" to the rules implementing the Mortgage Broker Practices Act, RCW 19.146. Although they are labeled "amendments," the proposals are for twelve new rules to be included in chapter 208-660 WAC, complete with placeholders for new code-section numbering. The Department responded to your March 5 revised petition on April 29, 2025, by denying each of your requests.

On May 2, 2025, you wrote to the Governor's office appealing the Department's denial of your revised petition. While you refer to your petition as requesting rule "amendments," your petition, in substance and by its own terms, instead exclusively seeks "newly created WAC codes." As noted above,RCW 34.05.330(3) provides that the Governor can review agency denials of a petition to repeal or amend a rule; however, requests for new rules are outside of the scope of this rule appeal process. Accordingly, the Governor does not have statutory authority to take action pursuant to RCW 34.05.330 in response to your requests.