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WA SB 5834

enacted

Concerning payment of expenses from the earnings of retirement system trust funds.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5834 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5834 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-16. Latest recorded action (2026-03-16): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA SB 5834 about?

WA SB 5834 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning payment of expenses from the earnings of retirement system trust funds.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5834?

Conway is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5834, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-03-16 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Conwayprimary
  • Noblescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-05

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2026-01-12

    First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-20

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

  4. 2026-02-03

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  5. 2026-02-03

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

    substitution

  6. 2026-02-03

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  7. 2026-02-04

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  8. 2026-02-06

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  9. 2026-02-11

    1st substitute bill substituted (WM 26).

    substitution

  10. 2026-02-11

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  11. 2026-02-11

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  12. 2026-02-14

    First reading, referred to Appropriations.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  13. 2026-02-18

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

  14. 2026-02-27

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.

  15. 2026-02-27

    APP - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2026-03-02

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-03-03

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  18. 2026-03-04

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  19. 2026-03-04

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  20. 2026-03-05

    President signed.

    passage

  21. 2026-03-05

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  22. 2026-03-09

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  23. 2026-03-16

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  24. 2026-03-16

    Chapter 68, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  25. 2026-03-16

    Effective date 6/11/2026.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16)

    2026-02-11 · pass · 49-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • 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
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes
  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2)

    2026-03-04 · pass · 97-0

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: yes
    • Abell: yes
    • Barkis: yes
    • Barnard: yes
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: yes
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: yes
    • Connors: yes
    • Corry: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: yes
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: yes
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: yes
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: yes
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: yes
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: other
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: yes
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

Related bills

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