WA SB5879

Eliminates the requirement for the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC) to produce biennial reports on municipal lodging tax revenue use, which had been required since 2015

Removes JLARC's mandate to conduct comprehensive reviews of the unemployment training benefits program every five years and when expenditures exceed $25 million or funds are suspended

Retains the Employment Security Department's existing requirement to report every five years on training benefits program status, participant demographics, employment outcomes, and program costs

Maintains all existing lodging tax reporting requirements from municipalities to local legislative bodies, the public, JLARC, and local lodging tax advisory committees