Council Action

We are a state advisory body 

The EJ Council has broad authority under the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act to provide guidance to the governor, legislature, and state agencies. Below are our recommendations and other actions our Council has taken organized by date (most recent actions at the top).

Budget Recommendations 

• 2025-2027 Budget recommendations crosswalk with final operating, capital, and transportation budgets (PDF) – Shared by staff May 28, 2025 

• 2025-2027 Budget recommendations (PDF) – Adopted September 26 & November 21, 2024 

• 2025-2027 Agency decision package endorsements (PDF) – Adopted October 24, 2024 

• 2024 Supplemental budget recommendations (PDF) – Adopted September 28, October 26, and November 16, 2023 

• 2023-2025 Budget recommendation (PDF) – Adopted January 26, 2023 

Engagement 

• Community engagement values & guidance (PDF) – Adopted August 25, 2023 

Governance & Operations 

• 2025-2026 Workplan (PDF) – Adopted May 9, 2025 

• Bylaws (PDF) – Adopted March 28, 2024 

• Framework for making policy guidance and recommendations and responding to requests for non-guidance/recommendations input (PDF) – Adopted January 25, 2024 

• 2024 Interim Council workplan (PDF) – Adopted January 25, 2024 

• Workload planning and management principles (PDF) – Adopted January 25, 2024 

Policy  

• 2025 Legislative session policy statement (PDF) – Adopted November 21, 2024

Positions 

• Statement uplifting Tribal sovereignty; self determination; and free, prior, and informed consent (PDF) – Adopted July 2, 2024 

• Position on the proposed Badger Mountain Solar Project (PDF) – Adopted July 2, 2024 

• Position on the proposed Goldendale Pump Storage Project at Pushpum (PDF) – Adopted July 2, 2024 

• Position not to link Washington’s Cap and Invest Program with California and Québec's at this time (PDF) – Adopted October 26, 2023  

• Response from Laura Watson, director of the Department of Ecology (PDF) – Sent November 2, 2024

Reporting 

• Distribution of funds from CCA accounts: fiscal year 2024 (PDF) – Published by the Department of Ecology on November 27, 2024 

• 2023 Report to Community, Governor, and Legislature (PDF) - Adopted November 16, 2023 

• HEAL Act Agencies annual update to the Council (PPT) – Shared September 1, 2023