---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the written consent requirement for survivorship benefit options."
description: "Clarifying the written consent requirement for survivorship benefit options."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1408"
citation: "Washington HB 1408 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Volz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc5b4524-1354-41ad-8eb6-b88947db4f63"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1408&year=2019"
source_hash: "250c42387b48ed821f860177e7ec74104cd378c8d8c9b19249786b54216802bd"
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 1408 (2019-2020) — Clarifying the written consent requirement for survivorship benefit options.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1408.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#28) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Volz — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Chapter 102, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-23** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-18T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc5b4524-1354-41ad-8eb6-b88947db4f63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).