Senate Bill 6073 (69th Legislature, 2026) reenacts and amends RCW 41.26.030 of the Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system (LEOFF). The bill updates and clarifies statutory definitions and membership rules for the retirement system rather than creating a new criminal offense or changing criminal penalties. It was read the first time on 01/13/26 and referred to the Committee on Ways & Means. The amendment explicitly addresses membership categories and benefit calculations: it includes full-time wildland or aviation firefighters (defined in the extract as expected to work at least 160 hours per month for more than six months in a year) among covered employees, clarifies employer and employee definitions for Plan 1 and Plan 2, distinguishes final average salary rules for each plan, and directs inclusion of certain compensation forgone during specified fiscal biennia (2009–2011, 2011–2013, 2019–2021, 2021–2023) subject to limits. It also defines medical services for Plan 1 members and specifies how service credit is computed when a member receives salary from multiple employers in a month (one month for 90+ hours, one-half month for 70–89 hours, one-quarter month for under 70 hours) and provides that furloughs, reduced hours, mandatory unpaid leave, temporary layoffs, and similar reductions do not reduce service credit that would otherwise have been earned for the scheduled hours. The bill names specific employer categories for Plan 2 (including the Department of Natural Resources, certain Department of Social and Health Services and Department of Corrections positions on islands, and qualifying four-year college fire departments) and updates who qualifies as a “law enforcement officer,” including specified effective dates for tribal and less-than-full-time inclusions. The provided excerpts are incomplete: portions of the firefighter definition are truncated (subsection (17)(f) and following), subsections referenced as (19) and (15)(c)(iii) are not present, and some provisions end mid-sentence. Because the text is partial, additional changes or details in the bill cannot be determined from the extracted facts alone.

If enacted as shown, the bill narrows and clarifies who qualifies as a member of the LEOFF system and how months of service are counted. In particular, full‑time wildland or aviation firefighters who work at least 160 hours in a month for more than six months a year are explicitly included, multiple‑employer pay in a month is aggregated into clear service‑credit thresholds (90+ hours = full month, 70–89 = half, under 70 = quarter), and furloughs or similar reductions do not cut service credit. The law also spells out which state and local employers count for Plan 2 coverage and lists specific medical services covered for Plan 1 members. These changes make it more likely that affected workers will accumulate service credit and qualify for LEOFF benefits, increasing future benefit payments the system must make. The people and organizations most affected are wildland and aviation firefighters, law enforcement officers (including certain tribal and less‑than‑full‑time categories noted with effective dates), their employers (cities, counties, specified state agencies, some colleges, and qualifying labor guilds), and the Department of Retirement Systems. Employers may face higher pension costs and added administrative duties to track aggregated hours and contribute appropriately, while the retirement system will likely see increased liabilities. Some important definitional language is missing from the extracted text, so the precise scope of who is included and the exact fiscal impact remain uncertain.