CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5750
Chapter 96, Laws of 2022
67th Legislature
2022 Regular Session
WASHINGTON STATE LEADERSHIP BOARD—TRUSTEE OF THE STATE
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2022
Passed by the Senate February 9, 2022 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 47 Nays 0
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
the Senate of the State of
DENNY HECK Washington, do hereby certify that
President of the Senate the attached is SENATE BILL 5750 as
passed by the Senate and the House
of Representatives on the dates
hereon set forth.
Passed by the House March 3, 2022
Yeas 96 Nays 2
SARAH BANNISTER
LAURIE JINKINS Secretary
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Approved March 17, 2022 12:58 PM FILED
March 17, 2022
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 SENATE BILL 5750
Passed Legislature - 2022 Regular Session
State of Washington 67th Legislature 2022 Regular Session
By Senators C. Wilson and Kuderer; by request of Lieutenant Governor
Prefiled 01/07/22. Read first time 01/10/22. Referred to Committee
on State Government & Elections.
1 AN ACT Relating to designating the Washington state leadership
2 board a trustee of the state of Washington; amending RCW 43.15.030,
3 43.15.020, 43.15.095, and 43.15.100; reenacting and amending RCW
4 46.68.420; adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW; creating a new
5 section; recodifying RCW 43.15.030, 43.15.040, and 43.15.100; and
6 providing an effective date.
7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
8 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that:
9 (1) The Washington state leadership board has been a nonprofit
10 organization with significant, vested interest in the improvement of
11 Washington state through their service and dedication to marginalized
12 students and their ability to bestow honors on behalf of the state.
13 (2) There has been a lack of substantive extracurricular
14 activities for historically marginalized students in Washington state
15 to be involved in, and the Washington state leadership board has
16 created equitable and accessible programs for marginalized students
17 to succeed. The Washington state leadership board bridges the gap
18 between student accessibility and student achievement by utilizing
19 public and private funds to create three unique programs for
20 marginalized students: The Washington world fellows program,
21 boundless Washington program, and compassion scholars program.
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 1 (3) The Washington world fellows program is a global leadership
2 development program that provides students who may lack access with
3 training that enhances high school academics, supports their
4 trajectory into college, and establishes strong leadership traits.
5 The program includes college preparation through research, mentoring,
6 and preparation for college entrance exams, including the opportunity
7 for students to participate in a global leadership exchange
8 experience.
9 (4) The boundless Washington program provides an opportunity for
10 students with physical and sensory disabilities to develop leadership
11 skills through the outdoors. Students with physical and sensory
12 disabilities explore the outdoors through immersive excursions that
13 students learn about through online curriculum and practice through
14 outdoor activities with peers.
15 (5) The compassion scholars program creates life-changing
16 compassion scholars' excursions, with a delegation that includes
17 students, elected officials, and community leaders, that focus on
18 highlighting for high school students the positive work of public
19 servants that have dedicated themselves to improving their community.
20 (6) The Washington state leadership board has bestowed honors
21 like the Washingtonian of the year and the organization of the year
22 on behalf of the state for over 45 years.
23 Sec. 2. RCW 43.15.030 and 2021 c 176 s 5222 are each amended to
24 read as follows:
25 (1) The Washington state leadership board is ((organized as a
26 private, nonprofit, nonpartisan corporation in accordance with
27 chapter 24.03A RCW and this section)) designated a trustee for the
28 state of Washington.
29 (2) The purpose of the Washington state leadership board is to:
30 (a) Provide the state a means of extending formal recognition for
31 an individual's outstanding services to the state; and
32 (b) ((Bring together those individuals to serve the state as
33 ambassadors of trade, tourism, and international goodwill; and
34 (c))) Expand educational, sports, leadership, and/or employment
35 opportunities for youth, veterans, and people with disabilities in
36 Washington state by administering the following programs:
37 (i) Washington world fellows;
38 (ii) Sports mentoring;
39 (iii) Boundless Washington; and
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 1 (iv) Compassion scholars.
2 (3) The Washington state leadership board may conduct activities
3 in support of their mission.
4 (4)(a) The Washington state leadership board is governed by a
5 board of directors. The board of directors is composed of the
6 governor, the lieutenant governor, and the secretary of state, who
7 serve as ex officio, nonvoting members, and other officers and
8 members as the Washington state leadership board designates. In
9 addition, four legislators may be appointed to the board of directors
10 as ex officio members in the following manner: One legislator from
11 each of the two largest caucuses of the senate, appointed by the
12 president of the senate, and one legislator from each of the two
13 largest caucuses of the house of representatives, appointed by the
14 speaker of the house of representatives.
15 (b) The Washington state leadership board shall appoint its
16 executive director with the consent of the lieutenant governor. The
17 lieutenant governor may remove an executive director for cause if a
18 majority of the Washington state leadership board votes for removal.
19 (5) The board of directors shall adopt bylaws and establish
20 governance and transparency policies.
21 (6) The lieutenant governor's office may provide ((technical and
22 financial assistance)) facilities and administrative support for the
23 Washington state leadership board, where the work of the board aligns
24 with the mission of the office. Assistance from the lieutenant
25 governor's office may include, but is not limited to:
26 (a) Collaboration with the Washington state leadership board on
27 the Washington world fellows program, a college readiness and study
28 abroad fellowship ((administered by the office of the lieutenant
29 governor));
30 (b) ((Beginning January 1, 2019, collaboration)) Collaboration
31 with the Washington state leadership board to administer the sports
32 mentoring program as established under RCW 43.15.100 (as recodified
33 by this act), a mentoring program to encourage underserved youth to
34 join sports or otherwise participate in the area of sports. If
35 approved by the board of directors, boundless Washington, an outdoor
36 leadership program for young people with disabilities, shall satisfy
37 the terms of the sports mentoring program; and
38 (c) The compilation of a yearly financial report, which shall be
39 made available to the appropriate committees of the legislature no
40 later than January 15th of each year, detailing all revenues and
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 1 expenditures associated with the Washington world fellows program and
2 the sports mentoring program. ((Any expenditures made by the
3 Washington state leadership board in support of the Washington world
4 fellows program and the sports mentoring program shall be made
5 available to the office of the lieutenant governor for the purpose of
6 inclusion in the annual financial report.))
7 (7) The legislature may make appropriations in support of the
8 Washington state leadership board subject to the availability of
9 funds.
10 (8) The ((office of the lieutenant governor)) Washington state
11 leadership board must post on its website detailed information on all
12 funds received by the ((Washington state leadership)) board and all
13 expenditures by the ((Washington state leadership)) board.
14 NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. (1) The Washington state leadership board
15 account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from
16 appropriations must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the
17 account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the
18 account may be used only for the purposes of this chapter.
19 (2)(a) The Washington state leadership board special license
20 plate account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All
21 receipts from special license plate disposition under RCW 46.68.420
22 must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may
23 be used only for the purposes of this chapter. Only the executive
24 director of the Washington state leadership board or the executive
25 director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The
26 account is subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88
27 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
28 (b) The Washington state leadership board special license plate
29 account may accept gifts, grants, or endowments from public and
30 private sources that are made in trust or otherwise for the use and
31 benefit of the purposes of this chapter.
32 Sec. 4. RCW 46.68.420 and 2020 c 129 s 3 and 2020 c 93 s 3 are
33 each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
34 (1) The department shall:
35 (a) Collect special license plate fees established under RCW
36 46.17.220;
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 1 (b) Deduct an amount not to exceed twelve dollars for initial
2 issue and two dollars for renewal issue for administration and
3 collection expenses incurred by it; and
4 (c) Remit the remaining proceeds to the custody of the state
5 treasurer with a proper identifying detailed report.
6 (2) The state treasurer shall credit the proceeds to the motor
7 vehicle fund until the department determines that the state has been
8 reimbursed for the cost of implementing the special license plate.
9 Upon determination by the department that the state has been
10 reimbursed, the state treasurer shall credit the remaining special
11 license plate fee amounts for each special license plate to the
12 following appropriate account as created in this section in the
13 custody of the state treasurer:
14 ACCOUNT CONDITIONS FOR USE OF
15 FUNDS
16 4-H programs Support Washington 4-H
17 programs
18 Fred Hutch Support cancer research at the
19 Fred Hutchinson cancer research
20 center
21 Gonzaga University alumni Scholarship funds to needy and
22 association qualified students attending or
23 planning to attend Gonzaga
24 University
25 Helping kids speak Provide free diagnostic and
26 therapeutic services to families of
27 children who suffer from a delay
28 in language or speech
29 development
30 Law enforcement memorial Provide support and assistance to
31 survivors and families of law
32 enforcement officers in
33 Washington killed in the line of
34 duty and to organize, finance,
35 fund, construct, utilize, and
36 maintain a memorial on the state
37 capitol grounds to honor those
38 fallen officers
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 1 Lighthouse environmental Support selected Washington state
2 programs lighthouses that are accessible to
3 the public and staffed by
4 volunteers; provide environmental
5 education programs; provide
6 grants for other Washington
7 lighthouses to assist in funding
8 infrastructure preservation and
9 restoration; encourage and support
10 interpretive programs by
11 lighthouse docents
12 Music matters awareness Promote music education in
13 schools throughout Washington
14 San Juan Islands programs Provide funds to the Madrona
15 institute
16 Seattle Mariners Provide funds to the sports
17 mentoring program and to support
18 the Washington world fellows
19 program in the following manner:
20 (a) Seventy-five percent to the
21 ((office of the lieutenant
22 governor)) Washington state
23 leadership board solely to
24 administer the sports mentoring
25 program established under RCW
26 43.15.100 (as recodified by this
27 act), to encourage youth who have
28 economic needs or face
29 adversities to experience spectator
30 sports or get involved in youth
31 sports, and (b) up to twenty-five
32 percent to the ((office of the
33 lieutenant governor)) Washington
34 state leadership board solely to
35 administer the Washington world
36 fellows program, an equity
37 focused program
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 1 Seattle NHL hockey Provide funds to the NHL Seattle
2 foundation and to support the
3 boundless Washington program in
4 the following manner: (a) Fifty
5 percent to the NHL Seattle
6 foundation, or its successor
7 organization, to help marginalized
8 youth succeed in life through
9 increased access to sports and
10 other opportunities; (b) twenty-
11 five percent to the ((office of the
12 lieutenant governor)) Washington
13 state leadership board solely to
14 administer the boundless
15 Washington program to facilitate
16 opportunities for young people
17 with physical and sensory
18 disabilities to enjoy and
19 experience the outdoors; and (c)
20 twenty-five percent to the NHL
21 Seattle foundation, or its
22 successor organization, for
23 providing financial support to
24 allow youth to participate in
25 hockey
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 1 Seattle Seahawks Provide funds to InvestED and to
2 support the Washington world
3 fellows program in the following
4 manner: (a) Seventy-five percent,
5 to InvestED, to encourage
6 secondary students who have
7