BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 1893: Voluntary retirement accts

Creating the Washington voluntary retirement accounts program.

Summary

Creates the Washington Voluntary Retirement Account Program (Program), requiring private employers and the Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) to provide non-governmental employees the opportunity to participate in retirement plans called "individual retirement accounts."
Provides a deferred compensation program similar to a 401(k) and a workplace-based individual retirement account program.
Requires the DRS to administer the individual retirement accounts and the State Investment Board to invest the money in the Program.
Creates a Washington Voluntary Retirement Account Partnership Program Account for state and non-state funds collected for operation of the program.

From the House Bill Analysis 2009 (HB 1893), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to creating the Washington voluntary retirement accounts program;

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

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

HB 1893 (2025–26) Judicial liability · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1893 (2023–24) Unemp ins/strikes & lockouts · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1893 (2021–22) EMTs/public health · Enacted · Chapter 136, Laws of 2022
HB 1893 (2019–20) Postsecondary student assist · Enacted · Chapter 407, Laws of 2019
HB 1893 (2017–18) Spirits & wine/credit card · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1893 (2015–16) Cmty & tech college budgets · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1893 (2013–14) POW/MIA flag, display · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1893 (2011–12) School safety/searches · Did not pass · died in committee