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BILL · 2005–06 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6724

SB 6724: LEOFFRS death benefit

Addressing death benefit payments for law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system, plan 2.

Summary

  • The survivor of a LEOFF 2 member or retiree who dies as a result of illness sustained in the course of employment, as well as from injuries sustained in the course of employment, is eligible to receive a $150,000 death benefit. The $150,000 death benefit in LEOFF 2 is increased annually by the Consumer Price Index for the Seattle, Washington area for urban wage earners, up to a maximum annual adjustment of 3 percent.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 19, 2006
  2. Out of committeeFeb 7, 2006
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Linda Evans Parlette (R-12)
Introduced
January 19, 2006 in the Senate
Last action
March 8, 2006
Requested by
Other
Companion bill
HB 2933
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 6724, SSB 6724

AN ACT Relating to death benefit payments for law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system, plan 2;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Linda Evans Parlette (R-12)

6 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Karen Keiser D-33Jerome Delvin R-8Karen Fraser D-22Pam Roach R-31Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Marilyn Rasmussen D-2

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Referred to Rules. (SSB 6724)
  2. Referred to Rules.
  3. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 6724)
  4. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  5. Made eligible to be placed on second reading. (SSB 6724)
  6. Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
  7. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6724)
  8. WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6724)
  9. WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  11. First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 6724 in other sessions

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

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