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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit."
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description: "Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 2124"
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citation: "Washington HB 2124 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Couture"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-12-10"
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last_action: "2026-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73e59867-985d-4206-b8a9-55ba533f5dee"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2124&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "0d7bd323c610dc8d700d60a2336bd31605bd322987aac765d2cd388e9ee641d9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 2124 (2025-2026) — Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2124.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2124.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Couture — primary (person)
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- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
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- Chase — cosponsor (person)
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- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
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- Graham — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
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- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
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- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
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- **2026-01-22** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-23** Chapter 132, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73e59867-985d-4206-b8a9-55ba533f5dee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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