WA SB6332

Joint Legislative Audit Review Committee must conduct a performance audit of the regional transit authority (Sound Transit), with assistance from an independent forensic accounting expert, and submit results by December 1, 2027

Audit scope covers governance and internal controls, financial management and debt practices, capital project planning and cost performance, procurement transparency, and contract oversight

Regional transit authority community oversight panel must report governance concerns to the Joint Transportation Committee annually beginning December 1, 2026

Joint Transportation Committee's executive committee gains authority to appoint two members to regional transit authority oversight boards, including the community oversight panel

$600,000 appropriated from the carbon emissions reduction account for fiscal year ending June 30, 2027 to fund the audit