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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan.)"
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description: "Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan.)"
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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 2179"
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citation: "Washington HB 2179 (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: ["Abell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-12-22"
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last_action: "2026-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d22b686e-a052-473a-8524-54aeabfc1a8f"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2179&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "e1ddea8168c2194a53774b6eab1e71bf1d7d8c1580d567f628463c0921101b7a"
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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 2179 (2025-2026) — Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan.)
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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/2179.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2179.E.htm)
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3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2179.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Abell — primary (person)
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- Abell — cosponsor (person)
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- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
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- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
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- Engell — cosponsor (person)
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- Engell — cosponsor (person)
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- Zahn — 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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- **2025-12-22** 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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- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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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, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-02** 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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- **2026-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2026-03-12** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-23** Chapter 133, 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/d22b686e-a052-473a-8524-54aeabfc1a8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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