This bill amends RCW 43.41.110 to restate and assign duties to the Office of Financial Management (OFM) and to add an explicit limit on state employment. The text lists OFM responsibilities including planning and technical assistance to the governor and legislature, coordinating with state agencies, reviewing federal and state fund plans, participating in interstate planning, encouraging planning education and research, serving as the official state participant and data center for federal census and population estimates, certifying local annexations/incorporations to the U.S. Census, reviewing Census population estimates used for federal revenue sharing, providing a liaison for local governments to correct estimates, providing fiscal notes under chapter 43.88A RCW, and estimating and managing cash flow of public funds under chapter 43.88 RCW with required rulemaking. The amendment establishes a ratio limit on state employment: the state must not employ more than one full-time equivalent (FTE) employee for every 70 residents, with FTEs averaged over the state fiscal year and the state population defined as the population "as reported by the Office of Financial Management." This is an administrative and procedural change to an existing statute rather than a criminal or penalty provision; it creates a workforce cap and requires OFM rulemaking and fiscal-note procedures. The text provided does not include an effective date, does not specify which categories of employees are included or excluded from the FTE-per-population calculation, lacks numerical calculation methods beyond the averaging statement, and does not show enforcement mechanisms, penalties, exceptions, transition rules, or any fiscal impact analysis.

If enacted, the most immediate practical impact would be a new statewide staffing cap: the state cannot employ more than one full-time equivalent employee for every 70 residents, with agencies counted by an FTE average over the fiscal year and population measured by OFM. That is likely to force agencies to limit hiring, freeze positions, or reassign work to meet the ratio, which could slow services or shift costs (for example toward contractors or overtime) as departments adjust. Because the bill does not say which workers are excluded, how to calculate the average in detail, or what penalties or transition rules apply, agency managers will face uncertainty when planning budgets and staffing. The Office of Financial Management would take on clearer responsibilities and likely more workload: it must adopt rules to manage state cash flow, provide fiscal notes for proposed laws, carry out state census functions, certify local annexations/incorporations for federal use, and act as a liaison for local governments on census estimate corrections. That increases OFM’s operational duties and the demands on its time and resources, and local governments can expect more formal interaction with OFM on population counts used for revenue allocation. The bill text does not include an effective date or any funding to support these added duties, leaving practical implementation and fiscal impacts uncertain.