---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1."
description: "Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6340"
citation: "Washington SB 6340 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8e53116-8264-4ddf-b73f-4749fdb5dec9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6340&year=2017"
source_hash: "07eae0e90724466a3cfcd53ef7a366d1903e95890c773795c90984fa90bc9ecd"
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 SB 6340 (2017-2018) — Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/6340.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6340-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 1456 MacEwen Pg 1 Ln 11 (#16) — **47–50** (fail) · lower
- 1454 Ormsby Pg 1 Ln 11 (#17) — **50–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-06** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-07** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2018-03-08** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter 151, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-21** Effective date 7/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8e53116-8264-4ddf-b73f-4749fdb5dec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).