Government Sources by Subject: Washington State

Washington State

Access Washington
The state's official webpage, with links to information on doing business in Washington, employment, government, and more.
Washington State Library
Information on state government, law, elections, maps, and more. . .
Washington State Agency Databases
Publicly available state agency databases on crime, courts, health, transportation, and more.

How to Trace Washington State Laws
An in-depth chart showing where to go for information on bills, laws, codes, and much more...Print sources here in the UW Libraries are included.
Executive Request Legislation, Washington State
Find bills requested by the governor.
Laws and Agency Rules
Links to the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) for permanent laws now in force; the Session Laws for enactments of the Legislature; the Washington State Register for proposed rules; and the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) which describe how statutes should be put into effect.
Session Law Information
How to find enactments of the legislature, compiled year by year, beginning with the 1854 territorial legislature.
TVW
Washington state public affairs programming, including online audio and video archives of legislative events.
Washington State Legislature
Research current and past bills, members of the legislature, legislative committees, daily legislative activity, and more.

Data.WA.gov
Open data portal for WA State
Office of Financial Management
Includes data related to the state budget, public policy and demographics, including health care, human services and education. See also their Washington State Data Book.
Department of Health
Data on infectious diseases, injury & trauma, maternal & child health and more.
Department of Revenue
Use "Create a Report" tool to download tables on gross business income, taxable retail sales, local tax distributions and more.
Department of Transportation
Annual mileage, collisions and traffic data.
Department of Commerce
Business and trade data.
Employment Security Department - Labor Market Info
Data on employment/unemployment, occupations, industries and wages.
PDC: Public Disclosure Commission
Campaign finance and lobbyist expenditures for public officials and candidates.
Washington State Statistical Analysis Center
State justice-related data
Office of Financial Management - county and city data
Criminal justice, demographics, the economy, local government finance, and human services
Washington State Election Database
Dataset of estimated racial demographics in electoral precincts in Washington State, 2007 to 2022; additional dataset on language minority groups by county