---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1."
description: "Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5676"
citation: "Washington SB 5676 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bcf6275-0917-474a-94a2-1f2f4859c4ba"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5676&year=2021"
source_hash: "27148b9da84727ee1bed1e083a476cccb2a0829058f0c90eb9e4f117c171842f"
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 5676 (2021-2022) — Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5676.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 52, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/1/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-17T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **2022-01-20T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **2022-02-22T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bcf6275-0917-474a-94a2-1f2f4859c4ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).