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Efficient, Effective and Accountable Government

Last Updated: 10/07/2024

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Agency: 040 - Statute Law Committee

A001 - Modification, Publication and Revision of State Laws

The activities of the Statute Law Committee, and the Code Reviser who serves as its secretary, include codifying, indexing, and publishing the Revised Code of Washington and also revising, correcting, and reconciling the statutes by means of administrative or legislative action. The Statute Law Committee functions as the official bill-drafting arm of the Legislature and its various committees, and prepares and prints for the Legislature all bills, memorials, resolutions, amendments, and conference reports. Under the authority of RCW 34.05.210, the Code Reviser also compiles, indexes, and publishes the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) and the Washington State Register (WSR). The Code Reviser's office sells the RCW, the session laws, the WAC, and subscriptions to the Register. The Order Typing Service (OTS) provides typing and editorial services to state agencies drafting administrative rules.

Account FY 2024 FY 2025 Biennium Total
FTE 93.2 93.2 93.2
001 - General Fund
State 12,394,000 13,671,000 26,065,000
197 - Statute Law Committee Publications
Non-Appropriated 409,000 431,000 840,000
FY 2024 FY 2025 Biennium Total
FTES 46.6 46.6 46.6
GFS 6,193,000.0 6,863,000.0 13,056,000.0
Other 203,000.0 222,000.0 425,000.0
Totals 6,396,000.0 7,085,000.0 13,481,000.0

001384 - Meet Publication Timelines

Percent of the Code Reviser's Office publications that meet statutory and internal timelines.
Biennium Period Actual Target
2019-21 Q1 100% 100%
2019-21 Q2 100% 100%
2019-21 Q3 100% 100%
2019-21 Q4 100% 100%
2019-21 Q5 100% 100%
2019-21 Q6 100% 100%
2019-21 Q7 100% 100%
2019-21 Q8 100% 100%

001942 - The Number of Bill Drafts drafted during a legislative session

This performance measure informs interested parties in the number of bill draft files opened and worked on during each yearly legislative session.
Biennium Period Actual Target
2019-21 A2 5,463 5,000
2019-21 A3 5,036 8,000

001943 - Number of Session Law Chapters Published

Reporting the number of session law chapters published after a legislative session.
Biennium Period Actual Target
2019-21 A2 357 300
2019-21 A3 334 400

001944 - Number of clients trained in Washington State Register electronic filing procedures.

These classes train client agencies how to file electronically for the Washington State Register. This expidites the filing process and is an energy efficient alternative to driving to our office and filing in person.
Biennium Period Actual Target
2019-21 A2 87 87
2019-21 A3 79 79

001946 - Number of files worked on in Order Typing Service

Order Typing Service provides typing and editing of WAC rules to be filed in the Washignton State Register. OTS provides this service to state agencies at no charge.
Biennium Period Actual Target
2019-21 A2 1,806 1,806
2019-21 A3 1,507 1,507

001947 - Percentage of WSR filings electronically filed.

Since 2006, filings for the Washington State Register can be transmitted electronically.
Biennium Period Actual Target
2019-21 M1 1% 95%
2019-21 M10 1% 95%
2019-21 M11 1% 95%
2019-21 M12 1% 95%
2019-21 M13 1% 95%
2019-21 M14 1% 95%
2019-21 M15 1% 95%
2019-21 M16 1% 95%
2019-21 M17 1% 95%
2019-21 M18 1% 95%
2019-21 M19 1% 95%
2019-21 M2 1% 95%
2019-21 M20 1% 95%
2019-21 M21 1% 95%
2019-21 M22 1% 95%
2019-21 M23 1% 95%
2019-21 M24 1% 95%
2019-21 M3 1% 95%
2019-21 M4 1% 95%
2019-21 M5 1% 95%
2019-21 M6 1% 95%
2019-21 M7 1% 95%
2019-21 M8 1% 95%
2019-21 M9 1% 95%