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

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5738 pass?

No. WA SB 5738 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-12): Senate Rules "X" file.

What is WA SB 5738 about?

WA SB 5738 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “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.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5738?

Wellman is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5738, joined by 8 cosponsors.

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

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

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-12

    Senate Rules "X" file.

  2. 2026-01-12

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  3. 2025-04-27

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

  4. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-05

    APP - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2025-04-05

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

  7. 2025-03-19

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

  8. 2025-03-14

    First reading, referred to Appropriations.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  9. 2025-03-12

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

    reading-3

  10. 2025-03-12

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-03-12

    1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25).

    substitution

  12. 2025-03-11

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  13. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  14. 2025-02-27

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  15. 2025-02-27

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  16. 2025-02-27

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

    substitution

  17. 2025-02-27

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

  18. 2025-02-20

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

  19. 2025-02-12

    First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

    reading-1,referral-committee

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

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5738&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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