The state budget outlines how Washington will spend money for services and programs. This financial plan helps the state direct funds where they're needed most. Learn more about the Washington state budget process.
Putting climate dollars and people to work across Washington: Building Washington’s clean and healthy future
Washington has enacted nation-leading policies to reduce pollution and help communities grapple with the effects of increasingly severe weather and sea rise. Environmental justice and equity are the center of these policies. Our clean energy economy is putting thousands of people to work and creating new industries on both sides of the state.
The Law Enforcement Officers’ and Fire Fighters’ (LEOFF) pension system provides a retirement benefit to our first responders who put their lives on the line to protect us. Governor Inslee’s proposal builds on our state’s 20-year history of prudent management. Due to the state’s successful investment practices, LEOFF Plan 1 has an approximate $2 billion surplus and LEOFF Plan 2 is fully funded. Under the proposal, LEOFF Plan 1 and LEOFF Plan 2 will remain separate, but their funding is combined into a single, stable pool dedicated to paying benefits.
Washington’s state employees provide the essential services that our communities depend on. They teach and provide care for our children. They operate our ferries and plow snow off our roads. They inspect food for safety. They provide skilled care to people in our veterans’ homes, behavioral health facilities, and corrections institutions. These are important jobs, and when we don’t have skilled people to perform these important jobs, services are delayed and people are harmed.
The Governor's proposed 2025 supplemental budget for state construction projects, grants and loans for local governments, and to build and improve schools and facilities for higher education.
The individual agency Recommendation Summaries in this document display the dollar and FTE differences between each agency’s current expenditure authority and the revised 2023-25 budget proposed by the Governor. The 2025 supplemental capital plan project list and fund summary are also included.
