Research Guides
State and Local Government Publications: Washington State
Resources for accessing Washington State and local government publications.
Washington State
- Access WashingtonThe state's official webpage, with links to information on doing business in Washington, employment, government, and more.
- Washington State LibraryInformation on state government, law, elections, maps, and more. . .
- Washington State Agency DatabasesPublicly available state agency databases on crime, courts, health, transportation, and more.
Washington State: Legislative Sources
- How to Trace Washington State LawsAn 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 StateFind bills requested by the governor.
- Laws and Agency RulesLinks 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 InformationHow to find enactments of the legislature, compiled year by year, beginning with the 1854 territorial legislature.
- TVWWashington state public affairs programming, including online audio and video archives of legislative events.
- Washington State LegislatureResearch current and past bills, members of the legislature, legislative committees, daily legislative activity, and more.
- Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new windowIncludes state court cases, statutes, & regulations.
Washington State Data
For additional data sources, see specific Washington state agencies, boards and commissions.
- Data.WA.govOpen data portal for WA State
- Office of Financial ManagementIncludes 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 HealthData on infectious diseases, injury & trauma, maternal & child health and more.
- Department of RevenueUse "Create a Report" tool to download tables on gross business income, taxable retail sales, local tax distributions and more.
- Department of TransportationAnnual mileage, collisions and traffic data.
- Department of CommerceBusiness and trade data.
- Employment Security Department - Labor Market InfoData on employment/unemployment, occupations, industries and wages.
- PDC: Public Disclosure CommissionCampaign finance and lobbyist expenditures for public officials and candidates.
- Washington State Statistical Analysis CenterState justice-related data
- Office of Financial Management - county and city dataCriminal justice, demographics, the economy, local government finance, and human services
- Washington State Election DatabaseDataset of estimated racial demographics in electoral precincts in Washington State, 2007 to 2022; additional dataset on language minority groups by county
