Concerning automatic deferred compensation enrollment for county, municipal, and other political subdivision employees.

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HOUSE BILL 1270

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Representatives Bronoske, Ryu, Mena, Reed, Jacobsen, Paul, Duerr, Kloba, Macri, and Simmons; by request of Department of Retirement Systems

Read first time 01/14/25. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

AN ACT Relating to automatic deferred compensation enrollment for county, municipal, and other political subdivision employees; and amending RCW 41.50.770 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 41.50.770 and 2022 c 72 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) "Employee" as used in this section and RCW 41.50.780 includes all full-time, part-time, and career seasonal employees of the state, a county, a municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, whether or not covered by civil service; elected and appointed officials of the executive branch of the government, including full-time members of boards, commissions, or committees; justices of the supreme court and judges of the court of appeals and of the superior and district courts; and members of the state legislature or of the legislative authority of any county, city, or town.