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BILL · 2013–14 SESSION · LATEST VERSION EHB 1923

HB 1923: PSERS/corrections, DSHS

Authorizing membership in the Washington public safety employees' retirement system for employees at city and county corrections departments, public corrections entities, the department of corrections, and the department of social and health services who provide direct care to, or ensure the custody and safety of, offender and patient populations.

Summary

  • Provides membership in the Public Safety Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) for employees of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) that provide direct care, custody, or safety in state institutions including the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration, the Mental Health hospitals, the Child Study and Treatment Center, the Special Commitment Center, and residential sites serving developmentally disabled patients or offenders.
  • Provides membership in the PSERS to state, city, and county corrections personnel whose primary responsibility is to provide direct care, or ensure the custody and safety of offender and patient populations.
  • Adds the DSHS as an eligible PSERS employer.
  • Permits members of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) Plan 2 or Plan 3 made newly eligible for the PSERS to choose between remaining in the PERS or transferring to the PSERS for periods of future service.
  • Directs the State Actuary to study the development and changes made to the PSERS system since inception.

From the Engrossed House Bill Report (EHB 1923), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedFeb 18, 2013
  2. Out of committeeMar 1, 2013
  3. Passed HouseMar 8, 2013
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Timm Ormsby (D-3)
Introduced
February 18, 2013 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2014
Companion bill
SB 5781
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to membership in the Washington public safety employees' retirement system for employees at city and county corrections departments, public corrections entities, the department of corrections, and the department of social and health services who provide direct care to, or ensure the custody and safety of, offender and patient populations;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Timm Ormsby (D-3)

11 co-sponsors (7 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

Pat Sullivan D-47Dave Hayes R-10Gerry Pollet D-46Brian Blake D-19Mike Hope R-44Ed Orcutt R-20Gary Alexander R-2Luis Moscoso D-1Steve Bergquist D-11Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37Roger Freeman D-30

Votes

House · Final Passage

Passed March 8, 2013
Version voted on: EHB 1923
94 Yea 3 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat53101
Republican41200
How each member voted

Yea (94)

Excused (1)

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History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (EHB 1923)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (EHB 1923)
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (EHB 1923)
  4. By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. (EHB 1923)
  5. First reading, referred to Ways & Means. (EHB 1923)
  6. Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. (EHB 1923)
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (EHB 1923)
  8. Floor amendment(s) adopted. (EHB 1923)
  9. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. (EHB 1923)
  10. Minority; do not pass. (EHB 1923)
  11. APP - Majority; do pass. (EHB 1923)
  12. APP - Executive action taken by committee. (EHB 1923)
  13. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (EHB 1923)
  14. First reading, referred to Appropriations. (EHB 1923)

HB 1923 in other sessions

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