---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recovering service credit withdrawn from the public employees' retirement system for certain law enforcement officers and firefighters."
description: "Recovering service credit withdrawn from the public employees' retirement system for certain law enforcement officers and firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5355"
citation: "Washington SB 5355 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS", "FIREFIGHTERS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07fd43b7-d62c-438f-925b-6d4b322f68cd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5355&year=2019"
source_hash: "08a52f261606ce5162d6d13df7165b1a4b35ded7a51b7a2dcde6e3df70700adb"
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# Washington SB 5355 (2019-2020) — Recovering service credit withdrawn from the public employees' retirement system for certain law enforcement officers and firefighters.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5355.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5355-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#5) — **95–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holy — primary (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-06** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 47, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-30T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-06T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-18T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-03T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations 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/07fd43b7-d62c-438f-925b-6d4b322f68cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).