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Substitute SB 5802 would pause several transportation-related fund transfers; unions warn of trade-offs for operating budgets
Summary
Committee staff briefed lawmakers on a substitute to SB 5802 that temporarily suspends several scheduled transfers and sales-tax deferrals tied to major transportation packages and accelerates repayment of some deferrals; labor witnesses said the transfers would worsen operating budget shortfalls and risk cuts to services.
Committee staff told the Ways & Means Committee that substitute Senate Bill 5802 would revise multiple long-term fund transfers and sales‑tax deferrals that have supported transportation projects, pausing some transfers in the 2023–25 biennium and accelerating repayment of certain deferrals.
Brian Moore, transportation committee staff, explained that the bill pauses transfers tied to the 2016 Connecting Washington package and the 2022 Move Ahead Washington package for the 2023–25 biennium and would…
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