Bill Commons

WA SB 5738

died on adjournment

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.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-01-12 — Senate Rules "X" file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Wellmanprimary
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Stanfordcosponsor
  • Liiascosponsor
  • C. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Warnickcosponsor
  • Cortescosponsor
  • Shortcosponsor
  • Clevelandcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

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  2. 2025-02-20

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  3. 2025-02-27

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  4. 2025-02-27

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

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  5. 2025-02-27

    Minority; do not pass.

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  6. 2025-02-27

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  7. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  8. 2025-03-11

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  9. 2025-03-12

    1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25).

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  10. 2025-03-12

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  11. 2025-03-12

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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  12. 2025-03-14

    First reading, referred to Appropriations.

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  13. 2025-03-19

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.

  14. 2025-04-05

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  15. 2025-04-05

    APP - Majority; do pass.

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  16. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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  17. 2025-04-27

    By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

  18. 2026-01-12

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  19. 2026-01-12

    Senate Rules "X" file.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26)

    2025-03-12 · pass · 41-7

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: other
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

Related bills

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