BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 5929: Ed employees retiremnt systm
Creating the Washington educational employees retirement system.
Summary
- Name Change . The Teachers = Retirement System is renamed the Washington Educational Employees = Retirement System (WEERS). The names of Teachers = Retirement System Plan II and Teachers = Retirement System Plan III (TRS III) are changed to the Washington Educational Employees = Retirement System Plan II and Plan III (WEERS II and WEERS III).
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5929), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 20, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jeanine Long (R-44)
- Introduced
- February 20, 1997 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
- Companion bill
- HB 2017
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jeanine Long (R-44)
6 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5929 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 5929 (2019–20) Employment investigations
- SB 5929 (2017–18) Taxes
- SB 5929 (2015–16) State-owned aquatic lands
- SB 5929 (2013–14) Impaired driving safety
- SB 5929 (2011–12) State medical progs/children