This bill amends existing law (amending RCW 74.08A.500, .505, and .510 and referencing chapter 126, Laws of 2018) to rename and reconstitute the current WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force and intergenerational poverty advisory committee as the "legislative-executive economic justice and well-being task force" and the "economic justice and well-being advisory council." It changes membership composition and appointing authorities, expands and clarifies the task force’s duties to align with the state’s 10-year plan to dismantle poverty (including overseeing WorkFirst and TANF budgets and performance, determining evidence-based outcome measures with the advisory council, developing agency accountability measures, monitoring strategies using disaggregated data, seeking input from lived experts and stakeholders, and recommending priorities to the governor and legislature), and requires collaboration with the Washington economic justice alliance. The department of social and health services is designated to provide task force staff support, legislative members receive legislative staff support, state agencies must respond timely to data requests, and reimbursement rules for travel are specified. The advisory council’s procedures are revised: members serve staggered terms with one-half appointed every two years, the secretary may remove members for inability or good cause, vacancies may be filled for unexpired terms, the council must elect cochairs, a majority constitutes a quorum, and it must meet at least quarterly when requested. The council must provide verifiable, data-supported recommendations to the task force, gather input from diverse communities about the impacts of poverty, monitor implementation of the 10-year plan, and recommend policy options. A December 1, 2026, deadline directs agency representatives, the Washington economic justice alliance, and the advisory council to report to the task force and governor on review and update of the 10-year plan. Affected agencies and entities named include DSHS, DCYF, Commerce, Employment Security, OSPI, Health, Corrections, Revenue, HCA, workforce and postsecondary boards, several commissions, the governor’s equity/Indian/OFM offices, OFM as a budget-reporting partner, and the Washington economic justice alliance. Some text is incomplete in the provided excerpts: the full rules for staggering or adjusting advisory council term lengths are cut off, certain earlier struck or replaced language is not shown, and in one excerpt the specific "secretary" and "department" referenced are not named. Those missing portions may affect the exact mechanics of appointments, term adjustments, and any other amended provisions not fully visible here.

If enacted, the bill formally renames and restructures a legislative-executive task force and its advisory council and gives them new, active roles in overseeing Washington’s 10-year plan to dismantle poverty. In practice that means the Department of Social and Health Services will have to provide staff support, many state agencies (for example DSHS, DCYF, Commerce, Employment Security, OSPI, Health, Corrections, Revenue, Health Care Authority, OFM and others) must prepare regular reports, respond promptly to data requests, and work with the Office of Financial Management and the Washington economic justice alliance to analyze how budgets and programs affect low-income people. Expect added staff time and analytic work, some near-term costs for meetings and travel reimbursements, and greater program oversight that could shift agency workloads toward tracking outcomes, disaggregated data, and stakeholder engagement; there is a specific deadline of December 1, 2026 for a coordinated review/update of the 10-year plan. The advisory council will have staggered appointments (half appointed every two years) with four-year member terms, must meet at least quarterly, and can be asked to produce evidence-backed recommendations to the task force, which means ongoing time commitments and travel costs for community members and advocacy groups who serve. Some implementation details in the extracted text are incomplete or truncated—most notably the full rules for staggering or adjusting advisory council terms and certain edited provisions—so the precise membership structure and a few operational requirements remain unclear and could affect how agencies and participants schedule staffing and budgets.