2025 Pension-Related Legislation
Posted on January 3, 2025
The 2025 Legislative session begins Jan. 13, 2025. We’re tracking retirement-related topics in the table below. Check back or subscribe for weekly updates about bills being considered that may have a fiscal impact on DRS.
| House Bill | Senate Bill | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 1069 | SB 5044 | Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits. |
| HB 1156 | Concerning volunteer firefighter participation in the state deferred compensation program. | |
| SB 5085 | Concerning three of Washington state's closed retirement plans. | |
| HB 1270 | Concerning automatic deferred compensation enrollment for county, municipal, and other political subdivision employees. | |
| HB 1292 | SB 5113 | Concerning cost-of-living adjustments for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system. |
| HB 1312 | SB 5114 | Paying state retirement benefits until the end of the month in which the retiree or beneficiary dies. |
| HB 1349 | SB 5306 | For LEOFF Plan 2: Concerning the purchase of pension service credit for authorized leaves of absence. |
| HB 1474 | Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1. | |
| HB 1510 | Concerning participation in the public employees' retirement system judicial benefit multiplier program by commissioners of the supreme court and court of appeals. | |
| HB 1642 | Providing additional plan choice to members of the teachers' retirement system plans 2 and 3, the school employees' retirement system plans 2 and 3, and the public employees' retirement system plans 2 and 3. |
For complete information, see the Washington State Legislature website. Find pension-related legislation tracked in the 2024 session.
