---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing interruptive service credit for members of the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system."
description: "Addressing interruptive service credit for members of the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5661"
citation: "Washington SB 5661 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS", "MILITARY", "VETERANS", "STUDIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/013ebb45-5437-4d1a-8569-87e0dc04e745"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5661&year=2017"
source_hash: "2a5d6f1e63ae76b4c7a2bc92378cdc712902301d220e6d424f8a24311b4a6390"
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 5661 (2017-2018) — Addressing interruptive service credit for members of the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5661.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rolfes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 188, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/013ebb45-5437-4d1a-8569-87e0dc04e745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).