CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5791
Chapter 168, Laws of 2022
67TH LEGISLATURE
2022 REGULAR SESSION
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' AND FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN 1—LUMP SUM BENEFIT
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 2022
Passed by the Senate February 15, 2022
  Yeas 49  Nays 0
DENNY HECK

President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 3, 2022
  Yeas 98  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5791 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
SARAH BANNISTER

Secretary
Secretary
Approved March 24, 2022 9:27 AM
FILED
March 24, 2022
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5791

Passed Legislature - 2022 Regular Session
State of Washington
67th Legislature
2022 Regular Session
BySenate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Schoesler and Short)
READ FIRST TIME 02/01/22.
AN ACT Relating to law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system benefits; and adding a new section to chapter 41.26 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 41.26 RCW under the subchapter heading "plan 1" to read as follows:
(1) Law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 1 active members, term-vested members, retirees, and survivors eligible for benefits under the plan 1 provisions of this chapter on the effective date of this section shall be eligible to receive the plan 1 lump sum defined benefit of $100 per service credit month payable by January 31, 2023.
(a) Members who retired for an in the line of duty disability under RCW 41.26.120 shall receive the greater of the lump sum defined benefit of $100 per service credit month or a lump sum defined benefit of $20,000.
(b) A member's beneficiary is eligible for an in the line of duty death benefit under RCW 41.26.048. If there is more than one eligible beneficiary the lump sum defined benefit will be distributed in accordance with RCW 41.26.048.
(c) If the member is deceased the member's survivor beneficiary under RCW 41.26.160 is eligible for this lump sum defined benefit.
(2) If a member is active or term-vested, interest on the lump sum defined benefit as determined by the director of retirement systems shall accumulate from January 1, 2023, until distribution to the participant upon retirement from service or for disability. For the purposes of this section, a "term-vested member" is a member who has rendered five years of service, has not withdrawn his or her member contributions, and who has not applied for retirement.
(3) If a member dies after the effective date of this section but before distribution of the lump sum defined benefit created in this section occurs, the distribution shall be made according to the member's beneficiary designation under this chapter.
(4) The lump sum defined benefit created in this section is subject to RCW 41.26.053.
Passed by the Senate February 15, 2022.
Passed by the House March 3, 2022.
Approved by the Governor March 24, 2022.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 24, 2022.
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