---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning public safety employees' retirement plan membership for public safety telecommunicators."
description: "Concerning public safety employees' retirement plan membership for public safety telecommunicators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1055"
citation: "Washington HB 1055 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stokesbary"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cceddfbd-3a96-40c6-8567-45b5c3b87e4c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1055&year=2023"
source_hash: "8307c8173ec7d2ef342c29bfb7e193ccd2a53afb096883be49757fa3ee8c7b89"
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 1055 (2023-2024) — Concerning public safety employees' retirement plan membership for public safety telecommunicators.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1055.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1055.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stokesbary — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-13** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-13** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-13** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-13** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 199, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** Effective date 6/1/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cceddfbd-3a96-40c6-8567-45b5c3b87e4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).