BILL · 2013–14 SESSION · LATEST VERSION ESHB 1820

HB 1820: Avg. salary/pension purposes

Determining average salary for the pension purposes of state and local government employees as certified by their employer.

Summary

Provides that pensions from specified Washington retirement systems based on salaries earned during the 2013-15 biennium will not be reduced by compensation forgone by a member due to reduced work hours, mandatory leave without pay, temporary layoffs, or reductions to current pay if the measures are an integral part of a state or local government employer's expenditure reduction efforts.
Applies this change to the Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System, the School Employees' Retirement System, the Washington State Patrol Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System, the Public Safety Employees' Retirement System, and the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Requires employers to make pension contributions equivalent to the employer and employee contributions that would have been made if the employer's expenditure reduction effort was not implemented.

From the Engrossed Substitute House Bill Report (ESHB 1820), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate

AN ACT Relating to determining average salary for the pension purposes of state and local government employees as certified by their employer;

Passed February 17, 2014

Version voted on: ESHB 1820

90 Yea 6 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	54	0	0	1
Republican	36	6	0	1

How each member voted

Mar 13, 2014By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. (ESHB 1820)
Feb 19, 2014First reading, referred to Ways & Means. (ESHB 1820)
Feb 17, 2014Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. (ESHB 1820)
Feb 17, 2014Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (ESHB 1820)
Feb 17, 2014Floor amendment(s) adopted. (ESHB 1820)
Feb 17, 20141st substitute bill substituted. (ESHB 1820)
Feb 17, 20141st substitute bill substituted.
Feb 14, 2014Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. (ESHB 1820)
Feb 14, 2014Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
Feb 11, 2014Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (ESHB 1820)
Feb 11, 2014Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 10, 2014APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (ESHB 1820)
Feb 10, 2014APP - Executive action taken by committee.
Feb 10, 2014APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 13, 2014By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Nov 7, 2013By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
May 13, 2013By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Feb 11, 2013First reading, referred to Appropriations.

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

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