---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing plan membership default provisions in the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system."
description: "Addressing plan membership default provisions in the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5360"
citation: "Washington SB 5360 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a858184-09a7-4810-94a7-ab800e126843"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5360&year=2019"
source_hash: "b81d9d3f7b528849d2044ff999553ea41e6b383f02676a8d99c99c67e00d451a"
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 5360 (2019-2020) — Addressing plan membership default provisions in the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5360.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **36–13** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **39–9** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **73–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-15** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 73; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-26** Passed final passage; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 313, 2019 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-30T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-01T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a858184-09a7-4810-94a7-ab800e126843`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).