Updated 3/11/2022
Position | Bill # | Companion Bill | Title | Status of Bill # | Justification |
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Monitor | HB 1032 | Early retirement for SERS & TERS plans 2 & 3. | Inactive | Retirenment Security for all Washingtonians | |
Monitor | HB 1040 | One time PEBB open enrollment for TERS and SERS Plans 2 & 3 retirees | Inactive | Retirenment Security for all Washingtonians | |
Support | HB 1111 | Closes tax break on non-profit investment income | Inactive | Correct regressive tax code | |
Support | SHB 1406 | Wealth Tax | Inactive | Correct regressive tax code | |
Support | HB 1465 | Making the estate tax more progressive by exempting small estates, reducing estate taxes on medium estates, increasing the estate tax on larger estates, | Inactive | Correct regressive tax code | |
Support | HB 1669 | SB 5748 | Concerning Disability benefits in the public safety employees' retirement system. | Passed House, passed Senate, on to Governor | Providing retirement allowance to disabled PSERS members. Passed SCPP. |
Support | HB 1671 | SB 5532 | Establishing a prescription drug affordability board. | Inactive | LP: "Create access to affordable health care for all retired public employees" |
Support | HB 1688 | SB 5618 | Protecting consumers from charges for out-of-network health care services, by aligning state law and the federal no surprises act and addressing coverage of treatment for emergency conditions. | Passed House, passed Senate, on to Governor | LP: "Create access to affordable health care for all retired public employees" |
Monitor | HB 1699 | Permitting individuals retired from the public employees retirement system, the teachers retirement system, and the school employees retirement system additional opportunities to work for a school district for up to 1,040 hours per school year while in receipt of pension benefits until July 1, 2025. | Passed House, passed Senate, on to Governor | ||
Support | HB 1713 | SB 5610 | Requiring cost sharing for prescription drugs to be counted against an enrollee's obligation, regardless of source. | Inactive | LP: "Create access to affordable health care for all retired public employees" |
Support | HB 1721 | SB 5676 | Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of PERS 1 and TRS 1 | Inactive | LP: "Restore a permanent Plan 1 COLA" |
Monitor | HB 1757 | Concerning educational service district participation in health benefit plans offered by PEBB | Inactive | ||
Support | HB 1809 | SB 5688 | Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace | Inactive | |
Monitor | HB 1813 | Concerning freedom of pharmacy choice | Passed House, in Senate Health & Long Term Care | ||
Support | HB 1816 | Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations | Inactive | ||
Support | HB 1911 | Concerning participating in insurance plans and contracts by separated plan 2 members of certain retirement systems | Inactive | ||
Support | SB 5020 | Penalty on unsupported prescription drug price increases | Inactive | Keep Health Care Affordable | |
Support | SB 5142 | Establishing the profession of dental therapist | Inactive | Affordable health care for all retired public employees | |
Support | E2SSB 5188 | Creates state public bank | Inactive | Retirenment Security for all Washingtonians | |
Support | SB 5204 | Creating the whole Washington health trust | Inactive | Affordable health care for all retired public employees | |
Oppose | SB 5352 | Allowing new government employees the option of opting out of retirement system membership if the employee is age sixty or older when first hired, or when the employee's employer opts into retirement plan participation | Inactive | Retirenment Security for all Washingtonians | |
Monitor | SB 5507 | Exempting a manufacturer of certain dialysate and dialysis devices used by home dialysis patients or a manufacturer's agent from the pharmacies practices act and legend drug act | Inactive | ||
Support | SB 5508 | Concerning the insurance guaranty fund. | Passed Senate, Passed House, on to Governor | LP: "Create access to affordable health care for all retired public employees" | |
Support | 2SSB 5532 | HB 1671 | Establishing a prescription drug affordability board. | Passed Senate, Passed House, on to Governor | LP: "Create access to affordable health care for all retired public employees" |
Support | SSB 5546 | Concerning insulin affordability. | Passed Senate, Passed House, signed by Governor | LP: "Create access to affordable health care for all retired public employees" | |
Support | SSB 5597 | Concerning the Washington Voting Rights Act | Passed Senate, in House Appropriations | ||
Support | SB 5610 | HB 1713 | Requiring cost sharing for prescription drugs to be counted against an enrollee's obligation, regardless of source. | Passed Senate, passed House, on to Governor | LP: "Create access to affordable health care for all retired public employees" |
Support | SB 5618 | HB 1688 | Protecting consumers from charges for out-of-network health care services, by aligning state law and the federal no surprises act and addressing coverage of treatment for emergency conditions. | Inactive | |
Oppose | SB 5623 | Protecting consumers by limiting the ability of insurers to use credit histories to increase personal insurance premiums at renewal, but not prohibiting the use of credit history by insurers. | Inactive | ||
Support | SB 5676 | HB 1721 | Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of PERS 1 and TRS 1 | Passed Senate, passed House, signed by Governor | LP: "Restore a permanent Plan 1 COLA" |
Support | SB 5688 | HB 1809 | Concerning material changes to the opperations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace | Inactive | |
Support | SB 5693 | Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations | Inactive | ||
Support | SB 5698 | Concerning cost-of-living adjustments for Plan 1 retirees of TRS and PERS | Inactive | LP: "Restore a permanent Plan 1 COLA" | |
Support | SB 5700 | Concerning participation in insurance plans and contracts by separated plan 2 members of certain retirement systems | Inactive | ||
Monitor | SB 5718 | Concerning insurance benefits for retired or disabled school employees | Inactive | ||
Support | SB 5748 | HB 1669 | Concerning Disability benefits in the public safety employees' retirement system. | Passed Senate, in House Rules | |
Support | HB 1854 | Requiring coverage for hearing instruments. | Inactive |
C. Bill # = Companion Bill
Justification “LP:” – RPEC Legislative Priorities