---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit."
description: "Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2124"
citation: "Washington HB 2124 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Couture"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-10"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73e59867-985d-4206-b8a9-55ba533f5dee"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2124&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "0d7bd323c610dc8d700d60a2336bd31605bd322987aac765d2cd388e9ee641d9"
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 2124 (2025-2026) — Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit.

## 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/2124.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2124.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Couture — primary (person)
- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-22** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Chapter 132, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73e59867-985d-4206-b8a9-55ba533f5dee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).