Rulemaking Activities
This page provides information about anticipated rules and those recently adopted and administered by the Office of Financial Management (OFM), including the State Human Resources (SHR) Division. For additional information on SHR rulemaking, please visit the civil service rules webpage.
Contact the rules coordinator
For additional information on OFM or SHR rule-making activities, contact:
Nathan Sherrard, Rules Coordinator
Office of Financial Management
PO Box 43113
Olympia, WA 98504-3113
360-972-6551
nathan.sherrard@ofm.wa.gov
Rules Under Development
| Rules | Rules Review Meeting |
Rule Documents | Filed Date | Comment Period Ends |
Hearing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 357-31 WAC Partial wage replacement |
06/26/2026 | 08/06/2026 | 08/13/2026 | ||
| Chapter 357-26 WAC Pregnancy accommodations |
06/26/2026 | 08/06/2026 | 08/13/2026 | ||
| Chapter 357-28 WAC Employers' salary determination policies (SDP) |
06/26/2026 | 08/06/2026 | 08/13/2026 | ||
| Chapter 357-31 WAC Shared leave |
06/26/2026 | 08/06/2026 | 08/13/2026 | ||
| WAC 357-16-110 Veterans and members of uniformed services preference in hiring process |
06/26/2026 | 08/06/2026 | 08/13/2026 |
Recently Adopted Rules
| Rules | Rule Documents | Filed Date | Effective Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title 357 Gender-neutral language |
12/23/2025 | 05/01/2026 | |
| Chapter 357-28 WAC Salary determination policy rules clean-up |
03/31/2026 | 05/01/2026 | |
| WAC 357-31-326 Leave with pay related to impacts of December 2025 weather event |
12/19/2025 | 12/19/2025 | |
| WAC 357-16-017 Wage and salary disclosure |
12/01/2025 | 01/01/2026 | |
| Title 357 WAC Victims of hate crimes |
12/01/2025 | 01/01/2026 | |
| WAC 357-31-100 and WAC 357-31-130 Paid sick leave for immigration proceedings |
12/01/2025 | 01/01/2026 |