WA People
BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

HB 1521: Purchasing service credit

Purchasing service credit lost due to injury.

Summary

  • Permits members of the Public Employees' Retirement System Plans 1, 2 and 3 to purchase up to two years of service credit for periods not worked due to an injury incurred in the course of employment.
  • Requires injured members to be receiving a benefit from the Department of Labor and Industries for the period of lost service credit.
  • Requires members to make employee contributions based on the salary that the member would have earned had the member not been injured within five years of the member's return to employment,
  • Requires members who do not return to employment, or do not purchase the injury service credit within five years, to pay the full actuarial cost to purchase the service credit.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 1521), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 26, 2005
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Geoff Simpson (D-47)
Introduced
January 26, 2005 in the House
Last action
January 9, 2006
Companion bill
SB 5522
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to purchasing service credit lost due to injury;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Geoff Simpson (D-47)

21 co-sponsors (18 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Al O'Brien D-1Senator D-22Sherry Appleton D-23Mike Armstrong R-12Bill Grant D-16Pat Sullivan D-47Brendan Williams D-22Kelli Linville D-42Tami Green D-28Eileen Cody D-34Jeannie Darneille D-27Tom Campbell R-2Mark Miloscia D-30Ruth Kagi D-32Shay Schual-Berke D-33Dennis Flannigan D-27Dawn Morrell D-25Joyce McDonald R-25John Lovick D-44Maralyn Chase D-32Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Appropriations.

HB 1521 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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