WSR 26-14-031

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

[Filed June 23, 2026, 1:45 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Implementing the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system (LEOFF) Plan 1 termination and restatement bill and incorporating certain federal requirements.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 41.50.050, chapter 261, Laws of 2026; SECURE Act 2.0 of 2022 (P.L. 117-328); SECURE Act of 2019 (P.L. 116-94); and PATH Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-113).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The department of retirement systems (DRS) is undertaking rule making to implement chapter 261, Laws of 2026, the LEOFF Plan 1 termination and restatement bill, and to expressly incorporate certain federal requirements from the SECURE 2.0 Act and the PATH Act into its general rules.

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Bianca Stoner, DRS, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380, phone 360-664-7291, TTY 711, email drs.rules@drs.wa.gov, website www.drs.wa.gov/rules.

June 23, 2026

Bianca Stoner

Rules Coordinator