Concerning the legislative-executive poverty reduction task force.

SB 6255 updates Washington State's poverty reduction oversight structure by renaming the "WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force" to the "economic justice and well-being task force." The bill expands membership to include 11 executive branch agency representatives and additional voting members from state commissions focused on racial, cultural, and gender equity (like the African American Affairs Commission and LGBTQ Commission). It requires the task force to align its work with the state's 10-year poverty reduction plan, develop evidence-based outcome measures, and ensure data analysis disaggregated by race and culture to address systemic inequities. The task force must collaborate with the Washington economic justice alliance and provide policy recommendations to the governor and legislature to reduce poverty, particularly for historically underrepresented groups.