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. | |
| SHB 1738 | Ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses. | |
| HB 1790 | Increasing defined benefit accrual for specified years of service in the state retirement systems. | |
| SB 5718 | Providing members of the teachers' retirement system plan 3 and school employees' retirement system plan 3 that were never offered a choice of plan 2 the opportunity to irrevocably transfer to plan 2 for future service. | |
| HB 1936 | Extending the expiration of certain school employee postretirement employment restrictions. | |
| HB 1988 | SB 5738 | Permitting individuals retired from the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system additional opportunities to work for up to 1,040 hours per year while in receipt of pension benefits. |
For complete information, see the Washington State Legislature website. Find pension-related legislation tracked in the 2024 session.
