---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing a cost-of-living adjustment for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system."
description: "Providing a cost-of-living adjustment for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5862"
citation: "Washington SB 5862 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dozier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-09"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c0cf6f9-1173-4d38-a921-7ce9f0671eb3"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5862&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "bd3995ddb4e1a86b07a4630eb840d2255875ca9217c3c884e54be5dd3fc980de"
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 5862 (2025-2026) — Providing a cost-of-living adjustment for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5862.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5862-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5862-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dozier — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Goehner — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-30** Chapter 248, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-30** Effective date 7/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c0cf6f9-1173-4d38-a921-7ce9f0671eb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).