---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing retirees to change their survivor option election after retirement."
description: "Allowing retirees to change their survivor option election after retirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6417"
citation: "Washington SB 6417 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc4305e1-7dc3-499a-a9f9-a4f45575373a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6417&year=2019"
source_hash: "aa59017646870bea7a30a03dbabe358784befe0363c16d1217591247569cd71b"
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 6417 (2019-2020) — Allowing retirees to change their survivor option election after retirement.

## 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/6417.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#37) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#50) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-03** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 161, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-27T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-10T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations 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/fc4305e1-7dc3-499a-a9f9-a4f45575373a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).