Washington 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 6 D · 1 R cosponsors

SB 5400 — Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1.

Last action — Returned to Senate Rules 3.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill SB 5400 revised the timing of benefit increases for retirees from the public employees' and teachers' retirement systems. Most notably, the effective date for a 3% increase for those receiving benefits shifted from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2020. This change matters because it addresses the timing of financial support for retirees, allowing for a more delayed implementation of the benefit increase, which could affect their financial planning and stability.

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S-6163.1SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5400State of Washington66th Legislature2020 Regular SessionBySenate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Conway, Bailey, Hunt, Zeiger, Wilson, C., Van De Wege, Hasegawa, Holy, Kuderer, Pedersen, and Saldaña;
Z-0175.1SENATE BILL 5400State of Washington66th Legislature2019 Regular SessionBySenators Conway, Bailey, Hunt, Zeiger, Wilson, C., Van De Wege, Hasegawa, Holy, Kuderer, Pedersen, and Saldaña;
by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy)READ FIRST TIME 02/11/20.AN ACT Relating to providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1;
by request of Select Committee on Pension PolicyRead first time 01/21/19.Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.AN ACT Relating to providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1;
and providing an effective date.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:Sec.
providing an effective date;
and declaring an emergency.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:Sec.
RCW 41.40.1987 and 2018 c 151 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:(1) Beneficiaries who are receiving a monthly benefit from the public employees' retirement system plan 1 on July 1, 2017, shall receive, effective July 1, 2018, an increase to their monthly benefit of one and one-half percent multiplied by the beneficiaries' monthly benefit, not to exceed sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.(2) Beneficiaries who are receiving a monthly benefit from the public employees' retirement system plan 1 on July 1, 2019, shall receive, effective July 1, 2020, an increase to their monthly benefit of three percent multiplied by the beneficiaries' monthly benefit, not to exceed sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.(3) This section does not apply to those receiving benefits pursuant to RCW 41.40.1984.Sec.
RCW 41.40.1987 and 2018 c 151 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:(1) Beneficiaries who are receiving a monthly benefit from the public employees' retirement system plan 1 on July 1, 2017, shall receive, effective July 1, 2018, an increase to their monthly benefit of one and one-half percent multiplied by the beneficiaries' monthly benefit, not to exceed sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.(2) Beneficiaries who are receiving a monthly benefit from the public employees' retirement system plan 1 on July 1, 2018, shall receive, effective July 1, 2019, an increase to their monthly benefit of three percent multiplied by the beneficiaries' monthly benefit, not to exceed sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.(3) This section does not apply to those receiving benefits pursuant to RCW 41.40.1984.Sec.
RCW 41.32.4992 and 2018 c 151 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:(1) Beneficiaries who are receiving a monthly benefit from the teachers' retirement system plan 1 on July 1, 2017, shall receive, effective July 1, 2018, an increase to their monthly benefit of one and one-half percent multiplied by the beneficiaries' monthly benefit, not to exceed sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.(2) Beneficiaries who are receiving a monthly benefit from the teachers' retirement system plan 1 on July 1, 2019, shall receive, effective July 1, 2020, an increase to their monthly benefit of three percent multiplied by the beneficiaries' monthly benefit, not to exceed sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.(3) This section does not apply to those receiving benefits pursuant to RCW 41.32.489 or 41.32.540.NEW SECTION.  Sec.
RCW 41.32.4992 and 2018 c 151 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:(1) Beneficiaries who are receiving a monthly benefit from the teachers' retirement system plan 1 on July 1, 2017, shall receive, effective July 1, 2018, an increase to their monthly benefit of one and one-half percent multiplied by the beneficiaries' monthly benefit, not to exceed sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.(2) Beneficiaries who are receiving a monthly benefit from the teachers' retirement system plan 1 on July 1, 2018, shall receive, effective July 1, 2019, an increase to their monthly benefit of three percent multiplied by the beneficiaries' monthly benefit, not to exceed sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.(3) This section does not apply to those receiving benefits pursuant to RCW 41.32.489 or 41.32.540.NEW SECTION.  Sec.
This act takes effect July 1, 2020.--- END ---
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2019.--- END ---
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Action History

  1. Returned to Senate Rules 3.

  2. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

  3. Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM

  4. APP - Majority; do pass.

  5. Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

  6. First reading, referred to Appropriations.

  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

  8. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

  9. 1st substitute bill substituted.

  10. 1st substitute bill substituted.

  11. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

  12. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

  13. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  14. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  15. Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

  16. WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

  17. WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

  18. Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM

  19. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  20. First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 140 not signed on · 8 voted No

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Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (140)

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Votes

1171 Rivers Pg 1 Ln 16 (#43)

Failed 24 Yea · 24 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 141100
Republican 9001
Democrat 11300
Total 242401
% of votes cast 49%49%0%2%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Becker — Yea
Billig — Nay
Brown — Yea
Carlyle — Nay
Darneille — Nay
Das — Nay
Ericksen — Yea
Frockt — Nay
Hawkins — Yea
Hobbs — Nay
Honeyford — Yea
Keiser — Nay
Kuderer — Nay
McCoy — Nay
Mullet — Nay
O'Ban — Yea
Padden — Yea
Randall — Yea
Rivers — Yea
Rolfes — Nay
Sheldon — Yea
Takko — Yea
Wilson, L. — Yea
Zeiger — Yea
Van De Wege — Yea
Annette Cleveland Democrat Nay
Bob Hasegawa Democrat Nay
Claire Wilson Democrat Nay
Derek Stanford Democrat Nay
Jamie Pedersen Democrat Nay
Jesse Salomon Democrat Nay
Joe Nguyen Democrat Nay
Lisa Wellman Democrat Nay
Liz Lovelett Democrat Nay
Manka Dhingra Democrat Nay
Marko Liias Democrat Nay
Rebecca Saldaña Democrat Nay
Steve Conway Democrat Nay
Victoria Hunt Democrat Yea
Curtis King Republican Yea
Jeff Holy Republican Yea
Jim Walsh Republican Yea
John Braun Republican Yea
Judy Warnick Republican Yea
Keith Wagoner Republican Yea
Mark Schoesler Republican Yea
Phil Fortunato Republican Not Voting
Ron Muzzall Republican Yea
Shelly Short Republican Yea

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3rd Reading & Final Passage (#44)

Passed 48 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25000
Republican 9001
Democrat 14000
Total 48001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Becker — Yea
Billig — Yea
Brown — Yea
Carlyle — Yea
Darneille — Yea
Das — Yea
Ericksen — Yea
Frockt — Yea
Hawkins — Yea
Hobbs — Yea
Honeyford — Yea
Keiser — Yea
Kuderer — Yea
McCoy — Yea
Mullet — Yea
O'Ban — Yea
Padden — Yea
Randall — Yea
Rivers — Yea
Rolfes — Yea
Sheldon — Yea
Takko — Yea
Wilson, L. — Yea
Zeiger — Yea
Van De Wege — Yea
Annette Cleveland Democrat Yea
Bob Hasegawa Democrat Yea
Claire Wilson Democrat Yea
Derek Stanford Democrat Yea
Jamie Pedersen Democrat Yea
Jesse Salomon Democrat Yea
Joe Nguyen Democrat Yea
Lisa Wellman Democrat Yea
Liz Lovelett Democrat Yea
Manka Dhingra Democrat Yea
Marko Liias Democrat Yea
Rebecca Saldaña Democrat Yea
Steve Conway Democrat Yea
Victoria Hunt Democrat Yea
Curtis King Republican Yea
Jeff Holy Republican Yea
Jim Walsh Republican Yea
John Braun Republican Yea
Judy Warnick Republican Yea
Keith Wagoner Republican Yea
Mark Schoesler Republican Yea
Phil Fortunato Republican Not Voting
Ron Muzzall Republican Yea
Shelly Short Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 5400?
SB 5400 is sponsored by Steve Conway (Democrat), Bailey, Zeiger, Bob Hasegawa (Democrat), Jeff Holy (Republican), Kuderer, Jamie Pedersen (Democrat), Rebecca Saldaña (Democrat), Claire Wilson (Democrat), Victoria Hunt (Democrat), and Van De Wege.
What is the current status of SB 5400?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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