---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the expiration of certain school employee postretirement employment restrictions."
description: "Extending the expiration of certain school employee postretirement employment restrictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1936"
citation: "Washington HB 1936 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chase"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94402593-5143-4989-ae24-2b6319994c15"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1936&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "eaf8c292919393280b9b545d8375fb2d0b12798f70e2734cb98fa770cc5a2b08"
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 1936 (2025-2026) — Extending the expiration of certain school employee postretirement employment restrictions.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1936.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1936.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#28) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chase — primary (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-22** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Chapter 284, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date 5/15/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94402593-5143-4989-ae24-2b6319994c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).