---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the authority of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 retirement board to set the salary of the executive director."
description: "Concerning the authority of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 retirement board to set the salary of the executive director."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2709"
citation: "Washington HB 2709 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/581a6b9a-5c56-451d-a80e-80c81439636f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2709&year=2017"
source_hash: "727b60aa6ded51f34ad82b43fc0839dee0203d96ab1d63c68de936b4cfd86575"
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 2709 (2017-2018) — Concerning the authority of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 retirement board to set the salary of the executive director.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2709.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#50) — **85–13** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#41) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holy — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-12** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-10** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 86; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter 272, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-27** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/581a6b9a-5c56-451d-a80e-80c81439636f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).