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Bill Number | Description | Status | Interest |
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HB 1565 | 1.5% one-time COLA for Plan 1 Retirees capped at $22 per month. | Referred to H-Appropriations | Plan 1 COLA |
SB 5203 | Increases access and affordability of generic prescription medications | Passed Senate, passed House w/ ammendments - RPEC signed in as support, testifed. | Affordable health care for all retired public employees |
SB 5021 | Protects retirement benefits of furloughed public employees | Passed Legislature, signed by Gov. - RPEC signed in as support, testified. | Retirenment Security for all Washingtonians |
SB 5096 | Capital Gains Tax | Passed Senate, referred to H-Finance, had hearing. Exec session: 4/16, 9:00 AM - RPEC signed in as support, testified. | Correct regressive tax code |
HB 1272 | Concerning health system transparency | Passed Legislature, awaiting Gov's signature - RPEC signed in as support | Affordable health care for all retired public employees |
SB 5188 | Creates state public bank | Passed Senate, passed H-Consumer Protection & Business w/ amendment, passed H-Appropriations, in H-Rules, placed on 2nd reading. - RPEC signed in as support | Retirenment Security for all Washingtonians |
HB 1111 | Closes tax break on non-profit investment income | H-Finance. Had hearing: 3/16, 1:30 PM. | Correct regressive tax code |
HB 1073 | Expanding coverage of the paid family and medical leave program | Passed Legislature, awaiting Gov's signature - RPEC signed in as support | Correct regressive tax code |
SB 5097 | Expanding coverage of the paid family and medical leave program | Passed Senate, passed House w/ amendments - RPEC signed in as support | Correct regressive tax code |
HB 1218 | Improving health, safety, and quality of life for residents in long-term care facilities | Passed House, passed Senate w/ amendments - RPEC signed in as support | Affordable health care for all retired public employees |
SB 5399 | Concerning the creation of a universal health care commission | Passed Senate, passed House w/ amendments - RPEC signed in as support | Affordable health care for all retired public employees |
HB 1277 | Providing for an additional revenue source for eviction prevention and housing stability services | Passed House, passed S-Ways & Means, in S-Rules, placed on 2nd reading - RPEC signed in as support | Improves access to affordable housing |
SB 5160 | Addressing landlord-tenant relations by providing certain tenant protections during and after public health emergencies, providing for legal representation in eviction cases, and authorizing landlord access to state rental assistance programs | Passed Senate, passed House w/ amendments - RPEC signed in as support | Improves access to affordable housing |
HB 1406 | Wealth Tax | Passed H-Finance, referred to H-Appropriations - RPEC signed in as support | Correct regressive tax code |
SB 5322 | Prohibiting dual enrollment between school employees' benefits board and public employees' benefits board programs | Passed Legislature, signed by Gov. | Affordable health care for all retired public employees |
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 | Passed Senate, referred to H-Appropriations, had hearing. - RPEC Signed in as Opposed | Retirenment Security for all Washingtonians |
HB 1093 | Making 2019-2021 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations | H-Appropriations. Hearing: 1/14 3:30 | Protect PEBB Medicare Benefit, Full Pension Funding, Correct regressive tax code |
HB 1094 | Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium operating appropriations | Passed H-Appropriations, referred to H-Rules. | Protect PEBB Medicare Benefit, Full Pension Funding, Correct regressive tax code |
SB 5091 | Making 2019-2021 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations | S-Ways & Means. Hearing: 1/12, 4:00 | Protect PEBB Medicare Benefit, Full Pension Funding, Correct regressive tax code |
SB 5092 | Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium operating appropriations | Passed Senate, passed House w/ ammendments (including 1.5% Plan 1 COLA capped at $22 per month), Senate refuses to concur in House amendments and asks for conference. | Protect PEBB Medicare Benefit, Full Pension Funding, Correct regressive tax code |
HB 1032 | Early retirement for SERS & TERS plans 2 & 3. | H-Appropriations. -Unlikely to advance this session. | Retirenment Security for all Washingtonians |
HB 1040 | One time PEBB open enrollment for TERS and SERS Plans 2 & 3 retirees | H-Appropriations. -Unlikely to advance this session. | Retirenment Security for all Washingtonians |
SB 5142 | Establishing the profession of dental therapist | S-Health & Longterm Care. - Unlikely to advance this session. | Affordable health care for all retired public employees |
SB 5204 | Creating the whole Washington health trust | S-Health & Longterm Care. - Unlikely to advance this session. | Affordable health care for all retired public employees |
SB 5020 | Penalty on unsupported prescription drug price increases | Passed S-Health & Longterm Care, referred to Ways & Means - RPEC signed in as support, testified. - Unlikely to advance | Keep Health Care Affordable |
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, | H-Finance: Hearing: 2/9, 1:30pm - RPEC signed in as support - Unlikely to advance | Correct regressive tax code |
SB 5010 | Prohibiting the use of credit scores to determine rates for personal lines of insurance | Passed S-Business, Financial Services, & Trade, referred to S-Rules, placed on 2nd reading, placed in "X" file. - RPEC signed in as support - Unlikely to advance | Keep Health Care Affordable |