This bill creates a new statutory section defining the functions, powers, and duties of the state transportation commission and amends several existing transportation statutes. It modifies RCW 47.01.051 to set commission composition, appointment, residency and term rules, and nonvoting member representation; requires annual public involvement reporting to the legislature (due January 1); requires the commission to propose its operations budget before each odd-year regular session; authorizes rulemaking, contracting for administrative services, and conducting studies as directed. These are procedural and organizational changes to the commission’s authority and duties. The bill amends RCW 47.04.280 to enumerate six statewide transportation policy goals (Preservation; Safety; Stewardship; Mobility; Economic vitality; Environment), designates preservation and safety as priorities, and directs the office of financial management to establish objectives and performance measures for transportation agencies and submit them to the legislature in even-numbered years. This is a substantive policy framework change and a procedural rule for performance measurement; the section states it does not create a private right of action. It revises agency planning and program duties: it changes the department’s planning role (RCW 47.06.020), requires the Department of Transportation to develop and update a comprehensive statewide multimodal transportation plan every four years with specified state-owned and state-interest components, directs OFM to propose a 10-year investment program based on that plan, and tightens regional and local planning coordination. It adds or clarifies requirements that cities with large container ports include port elements in comprehensive plans, requires four-year arterial inventory submissions to the Transportation Improvement Board, removes prior “official consultant” designations and instead requires certain agency heads to consult with the secretary of transportation on priorities, and permits the department to acquire or develop advanced environmental mitigation sites in advance of programmed projects. The advanced environmental mitigation provisions (including allowable actions, consistency with CEQ mitigation definition and an executive order, environmental considerations, and partnership options) are added; the text excerpt defining advanced mitigation is incomplete in the provided material. The act also repeals RCW 47.01.071, 47.01.075, and 47.26.440 and lists other RCWs amended in the bill header. Affected entities named in the extract include the transportation commission, Department of Transportation, Office of Financial Management, Department of Commerce, Transportation Improvement Board, ports and cities with ports, regional planning organizations, and various state and local agencies. Important portions of the bill text are missing from the extract (for example, the full definition and remaining provisions for advanced environmental mitigation and the detailed language of some listed amendments and repeals), so some specific operational details and transitional provisions cannot be confirmed from the provided facts.

If enacted, the bill gives the state Transportation Commission a clearer, expanded role in shaping statewide transportation policy, requires annual public reporting on public views, and obligates the commission to propose its operations budget before odd‑numbered legislative sessions. That will likely increase the commission’s workload and need for funding to do public outreach, rulemaking, and studies, and it makes the Office of Financial Management and the Department of Transportation more responsible for setting measurable goals and a 10‑year investment program that will steer where state transportation dollars are prioritized. The Department of Transportation must lead a comprehensive multimodal plan updated every four years and is explicitly allowed to acquire or develop environmental mitigation sites in advance of projects, which could raise up‑front costs but provide earlier permit compliance and more flexibility through partnerships that can share cost and credits. Cities with large marine container or industrial ports must add port planning elements to their comprehensive plans (with matching grants available for container port work), and counties and cities must submit arterial inventories to the Transportation Improvement Board every four years. Some key text is missing from the extracts—notably the full advanced mitigation language and several listed amendments and repeals—so timing, specific funding sources, and certain implementation details remain unclear.