---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting individuals retired from the public employees retirement system, the teachers retirement system, and the school employees retirement system additional opportunities to work for a school district for up to 1,040 hours per school year while in receipt of pension benefits until July 1, 2025."
description: "Permitting individuals retired from the public employees retirement system, the teachers retirement system, and the school employees retirement system additional opportunities to work for a school district for up to 1,040 hours per school year while in receipt of pension benefits until July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1699"
citation: "Washington HB 1699 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergquist"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3425b0fd-7b81-440c-9be8-7fba2cb710ee"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1699&year=2021"
source_hash: "47dfc6618d7125c993e313158a8358f17d144e758a293c553085ed001ec37eb2"
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 1699 (2021-2022) — Permitting individuals retired from the public employees retirement system, the teachers retirement system, and the school employees retirement system additional opportunities to work for a school district for up to 1,040 hours per school year while in receipt of pension benefits until July 1, 2025.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1699.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1699-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1699-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergquist — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gilday — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 110, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 3/23/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2022-01-25T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3425b0fd-7b81-440c-9be8-7fba2cb710ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).