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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system benefits."
+description: "Concerning law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system benefits."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "HB 1701"
+citation: "Washington HB 1701 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bergquist"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-12-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bb35ab9-eb46-41e2-8781-a50069ca96e3"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1701&year=2021"
+source_hash: "0758538d34d05767814fe00628e12ef87dbc6f03233bf5a0a4d64d7127a79940"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 1701 (2021-2022) — Concerning law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system benefits.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1701.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1701-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bergquist — primary (person)
+- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+- Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
+- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Sells — cosponsor (person)
+- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-12-27T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
+- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
+- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
+- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 22). `substitution`
+- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 125, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
+- **2022-01-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
+- **2022-01-27T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
+- **2022-02-22T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bb35ab9-eb46-41e2-8781-a50069ca96e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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