HB 2414 — Wildland firefighters/LEOFF

Summary

Concerning membership of wildland or aviation firefighters in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system.

Bill Text

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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the Revised Code of Washington: RCW 41.26.030.

• RCW 41.26.030

  or and → (b) "Employer" for plan 2 members, means the following entities to the extent that the entity employs any law enforcement officer and/or firefighter: (i) The legislative authority of any city, town, county, district, public corporation, or regional fire protection service authority established under RCW 35.21.730 to provide emergency medical services as defined in RCW 18.73.030; (ii) The elected officials of any municipal corporation; (iii) The governing body of any other general authority law enforcement agency; (iv) A four-year institution of higher education having a fully operational fire department as of January 1, 1996; (v) The department of social and health services or the department of corrections when employing firefighters serving at a prison or civil commitment center on an island; or (vi) The department of natural resources when employing firefighters that meet qualifications outlined by the national wildfire coordinating group (a) Any person who is serving on a full time, fully compensated basis as a member of a fire department of an employer and who is serving in a position which requires passing a civil service examination for firefighter, and who is actively employed as such; (b) Anyone who is actively employed as a full-time firefighter where the fire department does not have a civil service examination; (c) Supervisory firefighter personnel; (d) Any full-time executive secretary of an association of fire protection districts authorized under RCW 52.12.031. The provisions of this subsection (17)(d) shall not apply to plan 2 members; (e) The executive secretary of a labor guild, association or organization (which is an employer under subsection (14) of this section), if such individual has five years previous membership in a retirement system established in chapter 41.16 or 41.18 RCW. The provisions of this subsection (17)(e) shall not apply to plan 2 members; (f) Any person who is serving on a full time, fully compensated basis for an employer, as a fire dispatcher, in a department in which, on March 1, 1970, a dispatcher was required to have passed a civil service examination for firefighter; (g) Any person who on March 1, 1970, was employed on a full time, fully compensated basis by an employer, and who on May 21, 1971, was making retirement contributions under the provisions of chapter 41.16 or 41.18 RCW; (h) Any person who is employed on a full-time, fully compensated basis by an employer as an emergency medical technician that meets the requirements of RCW 18.71.200 or 18.73.030(13), and whose duties include providing emergency medical services as defined in RCW 18.73.030; (i) Personnel serving on a full-time, fully compensated basis as an employee of a fire department in positions that necessitate experience as a firefighter to perform the essential functions of those positions; and (j) Full-time wildland or aviation firefighters, where "full time" means expected to be employed for at least 160 hours in a month for more than six months in the year o o n W n i o i d s o h e r e i e n l f p a r w l c - --- END ---

  amended

Action History

1. January 13, 2026

   First reading, referred to Appropriations.

Sponsors

• (Ormsby) · Primary

Subjects