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BILL · 2005–06 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1326

HB 1326: Rehire of retired pblc emply

Restricting the public employment of retirees from the teachers' retirement system and the public employees' retirement system.

Summary

  • Defines separation from service in the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) as excluding circumstances where an employee and his or her employer have an oral or written agreement to return to work following termination; in both TRS and the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS), mere inquiries about postretirement employment do not constitute an agreement.
  • Adds a gross misdemeanor penalty to the TRS for making a false statement to the Department of Retirement Systems related to separation from service.
  • Requires that PERS and TRS Plan 1 retirees only be rehired pursuant to a written employer policy on hiring retirees.
  • Lengthens to one and one-half months the break in employment after separation from service in TRS Plan 1 required for 1,500 hours of postretirement employment without suspension of pension benefits.
  • Increases the cumulative lifetime total hours a retired member of PERS Plan 1 may work beyond 867 hours each school year without suspension of retirement benefits to 1,900 hours after the effective date of the act, and places this same limit on TRS Plan 1.

From the Substitute House Bill Report (SHB 1326), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedJan 20, 2005
  2. Out of committeeFeb 23, 2005
  3. Passed HouseMar 4, 2005
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Steve Conway (D-29)
Introduced
January 20, 2005 in the House
Last action
January 9, 2006
Requested by
Other
Companion bill
SB 5244
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1326, SHB 1326

AN ACT Relating to the public employment of retirees from the teachers' retirement system and the public employees' retirement system;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Steve Conway (D-29)

3 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Larry Crouse R-4Geoff Simpson D-47Maralyn Chase D-32

Votes

House · Final Passage

Passed March 4, 2005
Version voted on: SHB 1326
94 Yea 2 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat54002
Republican40200
How each member voted

Yea (94)

Nay (2)

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History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1326)
  2. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1326)
  3. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. (SHB 1326)
  4. By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. (SHB 1326)
  5. First reading, referred to Ways & Means. (SHB 1326)
  6. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (SHB 1326)
  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. (SHB 1326)
  8. 1st substitute bill substituted. (SHB 1326)
  9. 1st substitute bill substituted.
  10. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SHB 1326)
  11. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  12. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SHB 1326)
  13. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  14. APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1326)
  15. APP - Executive action taken by committee.
  16. APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  17. First reading, referred to Appropriations.

HB 1326 in other sessions

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