The Integrated Science Hub for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Climate is a collaborative nexus facilitating science-based solutions to protect and enhance natural resources, cultivate climate resilience, and improve agricultural viability. This capacity facilitates coordination between scientists and practitioners from conservation districts, Tribes, state and federal agencies, universities, and nongovernmental organizations, focusing on coordinated actions statewide and within priority watersheds. (General Fund - State)

Funding fulfills the Commission’s statutory requirement to provide grants, through a partnership with their local conservation district, to eligible farmers and ranchers who suffer losses from natural disasters. (General Fund - State)

Reduction to conservation districts work at the local level to reduce the impacts of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface. (Natural Climate Solutions Account - State)

The Commission works to conserve natural resources through voluntary and incentive-based collaboration with conservation districts and other partners. This work inherently affects Tribes and Tribal treaty rights. Staffing capacity is provided for a full-time tribal liaison to proactively support meaningful, early engagement and coordinate with Tribes. (General Fund - State)

The Riparian Plant Propagation Program aims to increase native tree and shrub availability for riparian restoration projects under the Governor’s Salmon Strategy. Resources are provided to increase plant nursery contracts to meet salmon recovery and riparian project demand. (Natural Climate Solutions Account - State)

Funding is provided for wage increases for state employees who are not represented by a union or are not under a bargaining agreement that is subject to financial feasibility determination. It is sufficient for a general wage increase of 3%, effective July 1, 2025, and a general wage increase of 2%, effective July 1, 2026. This item includes both general government and higher education workers. (General Fund - State, Natural Climate Solutions Account - State, Public Works Assistance Account - State)

Funding is provided for classified state employees who are not represented by a union or not covered by a bargaining agreement subject to financial feasibility determination, for pay increases in specific job classes in alignment with other employees. (General Fund - State, Public Works Assistance Account - State)

This item adjusts the employer funding rate for public employee insurance benefits to reflect policy-level decision packages. It increases the rate by $8 per month in the first fiscal year and decreases the rate by $34 per month in the second fiscal year, compared to the maintenance-level update, for a total rate of $1,315 in the first year and $1,355 in the second year. (General Fund - State, Public Works Assistance Account - State)

An adjustment is made for pension contribution rates, including to fund a benefit increase of 3%, up to a maximum of $110 per month for eligible Public Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems Plan 1 members. (General Fund - State)

An adjustment is made to the base pension rates, as set out in a proposed bill addressing the calculation of the base rate for the 2025–27 biennium, as well as amortization of Plan 1 benefit increases. (General Fund - State, Public Works Assistance Account - State)

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of audits performed by the State Auditor's Office. (General Fund - State)

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of legal services provided by the Attorney General's Office. Because legal services expenditures are based on consumption, funding provided in the central service model is not all inclusive. The methodology to estimate consumption is a two-year average and allows for analysis to incorporate unique agency circumstances. (General Fund - State)

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from Washington Technology Solutions for the Office of Cybersecurity, state network, enterprise and small agency IT services, enterprise architecture and data management, Microsoft 365 licenses, and other items. (General Fund - State)

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Department of Enterprise Services for Capitol Campus costs; real estate, risk management, and small agency services; the Perry Street and Capitol Campus child care centers; enterprise applications, and other items. (General Fund - State)

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of Financial Management for existing statewide applications, the One Washington program, and other central services. See Chapter 11 of the 2025–27 OFM Budget Instructions for allocation methodologies. (General Fund - State)