Washington legislation · 2025-26 Regular Session
Washington HB1069: Supp. retirement bargaining
Status: Signed into law, March 24, 2026
Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits.
What the bill says
An act Relating to allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits; and amending RCW 41.80.020 and 41.80.040.
From the enrolled text:
AN ACT Relating to allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits; and amending RCW 41.80.020 and 41.80.040. Sec. 1. RCW 41.80.020 and 2021 c 13 s 6 are each amended to read as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the matters subject to bargaining include wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, and the negotiation of any question arising under a collective bargaining agreement. (2) The employer is not required to bargain over matters pertaining (b) Any retirement system or retirement benefit, except as required in RCW 41.80.040(2); or (c) Rules of the director of financial management, the director of enterprise services, or the Washington personnel resources board adopted under RCW 41.06.157. (3) Matters subject to bargaining include the number of names to be certified for vacancies, promotional preferences, and the dollar amount expended on behalf of each employee for health care benefits. However, except as provided otherwise in this subsection for institutions of higher education, negotiations regarding the number of names to be certified for vacancies, promotional preferences, and the dollar amount expended on behalf of each employee for health care benefits shall be conducted between the employer and one coalition of all the exclusive bargaining representatives subject to this chapter. The exclusive bargaining representatives for employees that are subject to …
Sponsors
- Mary Fosse (D) · primary sponsor
- Sam Low (R)
- Strom Peterson (D)
- Daniel Griffey (R)
- Dan Bronoske (D)
- Joe Timmons (D)
- Greg Nance (D)
- Roger Goodman (D)
- Julio Cortes (D)
- Mike Volz (R)
- Timm Ormsby (D)
- Shaun Scott (D)
Latest actions
- : Effective date 6/11/2026.
- : Chapter 189, 2026 Laws.
- : Governor signed.
- : Delivered to Governor.
- : President signed.
- : Speaker signed.
- : Passed final passage; yeas, 78; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 3.
- : House concurred in Senate amendments.
- : Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- : Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (March 9, 2026): 78 yea, 17 nay, passed
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (March 4, 2026): 31 yea, 18 nay, passed
- Senate Committee on Ways & Means: Do pass as amended (March 2, 2026): 18 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce: Do pass as amended (February 23, 2026): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (January 22, 2026): 72 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Senate Committee on Ways & Means: Do pass as amended by Committee on Labor & Commerce (April 8, 2025): 15 yea, 8 nay, passed
Subjects: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES
Common questions
- What is HB1069?
- HB1069 is a bill in the Washington Legislature (2025-26 Regular Session): Supp. retirement bargaining.
- What does HB1069 do?
- In its own words: An act Relating to allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits; and amending RCW 41.80.020 and 41.80.040.
- What is the status of HB1069?
- Signed into law as of March 24, 2026. Latest action: Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 24, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1069?
- Mary Fosse (D), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1069?
- On the Washington Legislature website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1069&Year=2025
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