---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1."
description: "Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1985"
citation: "Washington HB 1985 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timmons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3f29fca-ae00-4244-ae80-50c1c5202372"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1985&year=2023"
source_hash: "2d8e9da888784dd11213d72d9821ff86f50902e88d8503e8ac7fdfcf0e4550f7"
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 1985 (2023-2024) — Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1.

## 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/1985.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1985-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1985-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#40) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 840 Chambers Striker (#19) — **43–54** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Timmons — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-25** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-23** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 255, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-26** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3f29fca-ae00-4244-ae80-50c1c5202372`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).