Agency rule making

The Business Support Services Division of The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) oversees and provides information about rules administered by WSDOT and The Washington State Transportation Commission(WSTC).

Rules are known as Washington Administrative Code (WAC) and each state agency adopts rules to implement state and federal law. The law for rule making is found in the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW .

WSDOT and WSTC is committed to developing and adopting rules that are necessary, fair, understandable, and consistent. The Business Support Services Division is the official WSDOT and WSTC liaison with the Office of the Code Reviser and the Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee (JARRC).

The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) is the state law that outlines the standards that WSDOT and WSTC must follow to adopt a rule. The Regulatory Fairness Act requires WSDOT and WSTC to analyze the impact of its rules on small businesses.

All proposed, emergency, amended, new, or repealed rules are filed with the Office of the Code Reviser. These are published twice a month in the Washington State Register (WSR). If you would like to receive WSDOT and WSTC Washington State Register filings; email the WSDOT Rule Coordinator with your name, email address, mailing address and specify if you would like a hard copy or an electronic copy. Your information will be kept private.

Upcoming Washington State Department of Transportation public hearings:

Date & Time:

WAC 468-19: MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE ENFORCEABLE GOALS PROGRAM
September 29, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., at Nisqually Conference Room, 310 Maple Park Avenue S.E., 1st Floor Room 1D02, Olympia, WA 98501.

• Comments may be submitted in writing or electronically before 5:00 pm, September 29, 2023 to:
  Jackie Bayne, Deputy Director
  WSDOT Office of Equity and Civil Rights
  310 Maple Park Avenue SE
  Olympia, WA 98504-7314
  jackie.bayne@wsdot.wa.gov

WAC 468-30-110: NONHIGHWAY USE OF AIRSPACE ON STATE HIGHWAYS
September 29, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., at Nisqually Conference Room, 310 Maple Park Avenue S.E., 1st Floor Room 1D02, Olympia, WA 98501.

• Comments may be submitted in writing or electronically before 5:00 pm, September 29, 2023 to:
  Danielle Oliver, Rules Coordinator
  WSDOT Business Support Services
  310 Maple Park Avenue SE
  Olympia, WA 98504-7314
  danielle.oliver@wsdot.wa.gov

To see all Washington State Department of Transportation Washington State Register filings.

Upcoming Washington State Transportation Commission public hearings:

Date & Time:

• None at this time

To see all Washington State Transportation Commission Washington State Register filings.

For questions please contact:
WSDOT WAC Rules Coordinator
PO Box 47410
Olympia, WA 98504
Phone 360-704-6362
email: wac@wsdot.wa.gov