---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning funding of law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 benefit improvements."
description: "Concerning funding of law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 benefit improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2144"
citation: "Washington HB 2144 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sullivan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-13"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df283916-5b26-47fb-b885-fff0e80bcb28"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2144&year=2019"
source_hash: "80f9d71b572c4fde19e6f1b9095737d3cc7893e35c808eea02f576c7a2781984"
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 2144 (2019-2020) — Concerning funding of law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 benefit improvements.

## 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/2144.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **92–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sullivan — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-18** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 366, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 5/13/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-03-18T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-01T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df283916-5b26-47fb-b885-fff0e80bcb28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).