List of Washington state agencies

Washington State government consists of more than 190 agencies, departments, and commissions.

The main administrative departments are:

• Agriculture (WSDA)
• Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP)
• Commerce (COM)
• Corrections (DOC)
• Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF)
• Ecology (ECY)
• Employment Security Department (ESD)
• Washington State Technology Solutions (WaTech)
• Financial Institutions (DFI)
• Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)
• Health (DOH)
• Labor and Industries (L&I)
• Licensing (DOL)
• Washington Military Department (MIL)
• Natural Resources (DNR)
• Puget Sound Partnership
• Retirement Systems (DRS)
• Revenue (DOR)
• Services for the Blind (DSB)
• Social and Health Services (DSHS)
• Transportation (WSDOT)
• Veterans Affairs (DVA)

Others include:

• Accountancy, State Board of (WBOA)
• Administrative Hearings, Office of (OAH)
• Actuary, Office of the State (OSA)
• African-American Affairs, Washington State Commission on (CAA)
• Aging & Long Term Care of Eastern Washington (ALTCEW)
• Air National Guard (WAANG)
• Washington Apple Commission (APPLE)
• Architects, Board of Registration for (BRA)
• Army National Guard (WAARNG)
• Arts Commission, Washington State (ARTS)
• Asian Pacific American Affairs, State of Washington Commission on (CAPAA)
• Asparagus Commission (ASPAR)
• Attorney General, Office of the (ATG)
• Audit and Review Committee, Joint Legislative (JLARC)
• Auditor, Washington State (SAO)
• Aviation, Department of Transportation (DOTA)
• Bar Association (BAR)
• Beef Commission (BEEF)
• Biodiversity Council (BDC)
• Blind, Washington State School for the (WSSB)
• Blueberry Commission (BLUE)
• Building Code Council, State (SBCC)
• Caseload Forecast Council, State of Washington (CFC)
• Center for Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss, Washington State (WSD)
• Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials, Washington (SALARIES)
• Civil Legal Aid, Office of (OCLA)
• Code Reviser Statute Law Committee (SLC)
• Columbia River Gorge Commission (CRG)
• Combined Fund Drive (CFD)
• Community & Technical Colleges, State Board for (SBCTC)
• Conservation Commission, State (SCC)
• County Road Administration Board (CRAB)
• Court of Appeals (COA)
• Courts, Administrative Office of the (AOC)
• Criminal Justice Training Commission, Washington State (CJTC)
• Dairy Products Commission (DAIRY)
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Office of the (ODHH)
• Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC)
• Disability Issues and Employment, Governor's Committee on (GCDE)
• Early Learning, Department of (DEL)
• Economic and Revenue Forecast Council (ERFC)
• Economic Development Commission (WEDC)
• Economic Development Finance Authority (WEDFA)
• Education Research and Data Center (ERDC)
• Washington State Board of Education (SBE)
• Emergency Management Division (EMD)
• Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC)
• Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for (BRELS)
• Environmental Hearings Office (EHO)
• Executive Ethics Board (ETHICS)
• Expenditure Limit Committee (ELC)
• Extension Energy Program (ENERGY)
• Family Policy Council (FPC)
• Financial Management, Office of (OFM)
• Fish and Wildlife, Department of (DFW)
• Forest Practices Appeals Board (FPAB)
• Forest Practices Board (FPB)
• Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board (FMSIB)
• Fruit Commission (FRUIT)
• Gambling Commission, Washington State (WSGC)
• General Administration, Department of (GA)
• Geographic Information Council, Washington State (WAGIC)
• Geographic Names, Washington State Board on (WBGN)
• Governor, Office of the (GOVERNOR)
• Governor's Office of Indian Affairs (GOIA)
• Grain Commission (WGC)
• Growth Management Hearings Boards (GMBH)
• Hardwoods Commission (WHC)
• Health Care Authority, Washington State (HCA)
• Health Care Facilities Authority (WHCFA)
• Health, Washington State Board of (SBOH)
• Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB)
• Higher Education Facilities Authority (WHEFA)
• Hispanic Affairs, Washington State Commission on (CHA)
• Historical Society, Eastern Washington State (WSHSEAST)
• History Museum, State (WSHS)
• Home Care Referral Registry (HCRR)
• Horse Racing Commission, Washington State (WHRC)
• House of Representatives, Washington State (HOUSE)
• Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC)
• Human Rights Commission (HRC)
• Hydraulics Appeals Board (HAB)
• Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (SRB)
• Industrial Insurance Appeals, Board of (BIIA)
• Information Services, Department of (DIS)
• Insurance Commissioner, Office of the (OIC)
• Investment Board, Washington State (SIB)
• Jail Industries Board (JIB)
• Joint Transportation Committee (JTC)
• Judicial Conduct, Commission on (CJC)
• K-20 Education Network (K20)
• Labor Relations Office (LABOR)
• Land Commissioner, Office of the (CPL)
• Land Use Study Commission (LANDUSE)
• Landscape Architects, Board of Registration for (BRLA)
• Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters' Plan 2 Retirement Board (LEOFF)
• Law Library, State (SLL)
• Legislative Ethics Board (LEB)
• Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program Committee (LEAP)
• Legislature Customer Service Center (LEGCS)
• Legislature, State (LEG)
• Library, State (LIB)
• Licensing, Department of (DOL)
• Lieutenant Governor, Office of (LTGOV)
• Liquor Control Board (LIQ)
• Lottery, Washington State (LOTTERY)
• Marine Employees Commission (MAR)
• Medical Commission (WMC)
• Minority and Justice Commission, State (MJC)
• Minority and Women's Business Enterprises, Office of (OMWBE)
• Monitoring Salmon Recovery and Watershed Health, Forum on (MSRWH)
• National and Community Service, Commission for (WCNCS)
• Northwest Cherries (CHERRY)
• Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC)
• Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NPCC)
• Ombudsman, Office of the Education (OEO)
• Ombudsman, Office of the Family and Children's (OFCO)
• Ombudsman, Open Government (OGO)
• Parks and Recreation Commission, State (PARKS)
• Pension Policy, Select Committee on (SCPP)
• Personnel Resources Board (PRB)
• Personnel, Department of (DOP)
• Pesticide Registration, State Commission on (WSCPR)
• Pharmacy, Board of (BOP)
• Pilotage Commissioners, Board of (PILOTAGE)
• Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB)
• Pollution Liability Insurance Agency, Washington State (PLIA)
• Potato Commission (POTATO)
• Printing, Department of (PRT)
• Productivity Board (PB)
• Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB)
• Psychology, Board of (PSYCH)
• Public Defense, Office of (OPD)
• Public Deposit Protection Commission (PDPC)
• Public Disclosure Commission (PDC)
• Public Employees Benefits Board Program (PEBB)
• Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC)
• Public Instruction, Office of Superintendent of (OSPI)
• Public Policy, Washington State Institute for (WSIPP)
• Public Works Board (PWB)
• Puget Sound Partnership (PSP)
• Real Estate Appraiser Commission (REAC)
• Real Estate Commission (REC)
• Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)
• Red Raspberry Commission (RASP)
• Redistricting Committee, State (RDC)
• Regulatory Assistance, Office of (ORA)
• Revenue, Department of (DOR)
• Salaries for Elected Officials, Citizens Commission on (WCCSEO)
• Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB)
• Salmon Recovery Office, Governor's (GSRO)
• School Directors' Association, State (WSSDA)
• Secretary of State, Office of the (SECSTATE)
• Seed Potato Commission (SEED)
• Senate, Washington State (SENATE)
• Sentencing Guidelines Commission (SGC)
• Shorelines Hearings Board (SHB)
• Spokane Intercollegiate Research & Technology Institute (SIRTI)
• State Convention & Trade Center (CTC)
• State Fire Marshal, Office of the (FIRE)
• State Patrol, Washington (WSP)
• Substance Abuse, Governor's Council on (CSA)
• Supreme Court (SC)
• Tax Appeals, Board of (BTA)
• Tax Preferences, Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of (PMTP)
• Tobacco Settlement Authority (TOB)
• Traffic Records Committee (TRC)
• Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC)
• Transportation Commission, State (STC)
• Transportation Improvement Board (TIB)
• Treasurer, Office of the State (OST)
• Tree Fruit Research Commission (TREE)
• TVW, Public Affairs Network (TVW)
• Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC)
• Veterans Affairs, Department of (DVA)
• Volunteer Firefighters & Reserve Officers, Board for (BVFF)
• Washington Wellness (WW)
• Wine Commission (WINE)
• Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WFTECB)

References

• State Agencies, Boards and Commissions