republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1069.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits."
description: "Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1069"
citation: "Washington HB 1069 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fosse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 55
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-12-13"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65fb51a7-16e8-4356-bb62-e87b98d37b0c"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1069&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "8aefcaf8aad2484c34283734f84a186ad9a244dbe68568549e94a715da642f51"
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 1069 (2025-2026) — Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits.

## 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/1069.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1069.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **78–18** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#1) — **78–17** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **72–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fosse — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-13** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-29** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-31** 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, 78; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-28** LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Commerce. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-27** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-19** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-01-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-01-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 7. `reading-3`
- **2026-01-23** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-23** LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 78; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 189, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65fb51a7-16e8-4356-bb62-e87b98d37b0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).