---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning automatic deferred compensation enrollment for county, municipal, and other political subdivision employees."
description: "Concerning automatic deferred compensation enrollment for county, municipal, and other political subdivision employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1270"
citation: "Washington HB 1270 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bronoske"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2e4fc55-a415-4550-a0a5-a72e04c6c5a9"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1270&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "59f128e09d9bf34b194b5de7cbe83c150c2bfbf39bdec159c2d5e717afcada4d"
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 1270 (2025-2026) — Concerning automatic deferred compensation enrollment for county, municipal, and other political subdivision employees.

## 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/1270.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1270.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bronoske — primary (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-01-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-01-27** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-24** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Chapter 154, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-24** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2e4fc55-a415-4550-a0a5-a72e04c6c5a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).