---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning firefighters and law enforcement officers pension and disability boards."
description: "Concerning firefighters and law enforcement officers pension and disability boards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2051"
citation: "Washington HB 2051 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45e2dd99-d222-4cad-9536-0ebc4b054025"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2051&year=2019"
source_hash: "0ba137bf775a4156edfc3680ec1e2b3845153f7b70b07b1ec1e1204ed2c42086"
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 2051 (2019-2020) — Concerning firefighters and law enforcement officers pension and disability boards.

## 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/2051.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#45) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-28** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-21** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-01-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-01-24** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 107, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-18T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-03T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T20:30:00+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/45e2dd99-d222-4cad-9536-0ebc4b054025`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).