---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2."
description: "Concerning the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 6197"
citation: "Washington SB 6197 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1864b32-7a7d-49d2-a079-c348c7ebdded"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6197&year=2023"
source_hash: "0a04fa132e0bf75129ef9a36a8f05597b005cab08b95f3da080dd757f2746a3a"
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 6197 (2023-2024) — Concerning the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/6197.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6197-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6197-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#32) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holy — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-02** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-10** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-22** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 304, 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/c1864b32-7a7d-49d2-a079-c348c7ebdded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).