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EHB 2179 Information

Legal Title AN ACT Relating to membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan;
Description Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan.)

Details

Date Introduced 01/12/2026
Original Chamber House
Biennium 2025-26
Total Campaign Dollars Backing Bill $194,040.56

Bill Topics

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES

Sponsors

Representative Abell (Primary)
Representative Engell
Representative Barnard
Representative Zahn

Committee Hearings

Hearing House Appropriations (Public)
Hearing House Appropriations (Executive)
Hearing Senate Ways & Means (Public)
Hearing Senate Ways & Means (Executive)

EHB 2179 Bill Timeline

Go to EHB 2179 at leg.wa.gov
Became Law
03/23/2026
C 133 L 26
Governor signed.
03/23/2026
C 133 L 26
Chapter 133, 2026 Laws.
03/23/2026
C 133 L 26
Effective date 6/11/2026*.
03/12/2026
C 133 L 26
House concurred in Senate amendments.
03/12/2026
C 133 L 26
Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
03/12/2026
C 133 L 26
Speaker signed.
03/12/2026
C 133 L 26
President signed.
03/12/2026
C 133 L 26
Delivered to Governor.
03/04/2026
C 133 L 26
Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
03/04/2026
C 133 L 26
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
03/03/2026
C 133 L 26
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
03/02/2026
C 133 L 26
WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
03/02/2026
C 133 L 26
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
02/18/2026
C 133 L 26
First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
02/16/2026
C 133 L 26
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
02/16/2026
C 133 L 26
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
02/16/2026
C 133 L 26
Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1.
02/11/2026
C 133 L 26
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
01/27/2026
C 133 L 26
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
01/22/2026
C 133 L 26
APP - Executive action taken by committee.
01/22/2026
C 133 L 26
APP - Majority; do pass.
01/12/2026
C 133 L 26
First reading, referred to Appropriations.
12/22/2025
C 133 L 26
Prefiled for introduction.

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