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Bill to modernize Adopt a Highway program conditions signs and reporting on transportation budget

2618384 · March 13, 2025
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Summary

Substitute Senate Bill 5556 would update Washington’s Adopt a Highway volunteer program, require annual reporting, and condition program authority and signage on amounts provided in the transportation budget, while agencies estimate existing administrative costs and litter‑removal expenses.

Substitute Senate Bill 5556, briefed March 13 before the House Transportation Committee, would modernize Washington’s Adopt a Highway program, affirm WSDOT’s authority to run the program, require annual reporting, and condition signage and program authority on amounts provided in the transportation budget.

Committee staff Chris Thomas summarized the program’s history — established in 1990 to allow volunteer groups and private sponsors to adopt state‑highway segments for litter…

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