The legislature is coming up to the last day of session on Sunday, April 23, also called Sine Die. With no budget agreement in sight. The Governor is calling them back into a 30 day session on Monday. As of now, there is no merger proposal in either budget so we are waiting and watching. […]
Archive | 2017 Legislature
Information about bills and actions in the 2017 Legislative Session
Legislature, Day 102
Today, April 20, 2017, is Day 102 of the 2017 Regular Session. So far we had no proposed legislation that would directly attack the LEOFF 1 pension or move toward the merger of LEOFF 1 with some other system. As of now both the House and the Senate have passed their budgets and they are […]
Budget Negotiations
The Senate has passed its budget proposal and the House has issued theirs. Since each chamber has revealed its budget proposal, budget negotiations will soon begin in earnest. These negotiations are always done in secret by a small specially selected group from each house. Occasional updates are provided by legislative leadership to the media. As has […]
Dueling Budgets
Dueling Budgets Merger of LEOFF 1 with any other system did not appear in either the Senate or House proposed budgets. While it now appears we are safe for this legislative session it is important to remember that the session is far from over. Additionally, there is a significant disparity between the two budget proposals. […]
Senate Budget Proposal Attacks LEOFF 2 – No Merger
By Admin on March 25, 2017 in 2017 Legislature, LEOFF 1/LEOFF 2 Merger, LEOFF 1/TRS 1 Merger, Merger
Senate Releases 2017-2019 Omnibus Operating Budget (PSSB 5048) The Senate released their 2017-2019 Omnibus Operating Budget (PSSB 5048) March 21st.. Issues Impacting LEOFF Plan 2: Contribution Rates (Sections 939 & 940) Except for fire protection districts, the State contribution to LEOFF Plan 2 is eliminated making the contribution rate funding ratio 50% member and 50% […]
State workers, police and firefighter pensions lose in Senate GOP budget
See this article in the Olympian… By Melissa Santos msantos@thenewstribune.com It’s not the first time Senate Republicans have proposed rejecting negotiated pay increases for state workers, while offering flat annual raises that would be cheaper. And just like before, those alternate raises aren’t something lawmakers have the power to impose. Leaders of the conservative Senate […]
Getting Up to Date
The infamous TRS 1/LEOFF 1 merger study was completed by the SCPP in December and submitted to the legislature on January 9th. There has not been much in the way of public discussion of the issue since that time. Note: you can see the final study at the following location: http://leg.wa.gov/SCPP/Publications/Pages/FinalSCPP2016MergerStudy.aspx David Pringle of the […]
House Email Addresses – 2017
65th Legislature – House 2017 Name E-mail District Shelley Kloba Shelley.Kloba@leg.wa.gov District 01 Derek Stanford Derek.Stanford@leg.wa.gov District 01 Gary Alexander gary.alexander@leg.wa.gov District 02 J.T. Wilcox jt.wilcox@leg.wa.gov District 02 Timm Ormsby timm.ormsby@leg.wa.gov District 03 Marcus Riccelli marcus.riccelli@leg.wa.gov District 03 Jay Rodne jay.rodne@leg.wa.gov District 05 Paul Graves Paul.Graves@leg.wa.gov District 05 Jeff Holy jeff.holy@leg.wa.gov District 06 Mike Volz […]
Senate Email Addresses 2017
Email addresses for the Senate. 65th Legislative Session (2017) 65th Legislature – Senators Senator E-mail District Party Guy Palumbo Guy.Palumbo@leg.wa.gov District 01 D Randi Becker randi.becker@leg.wa.gov District 02 R Andy Billig andy.billig@leg.wa.gov District 03 D Mike Padden mike.padden@leg.wa.gov District 04 R Mark Mullet mark.mullet@leg.wa.gov District 05 D Michael Baumgartner michael.baumgartner@leg.wa.gov District 06 R Shelly Short […]