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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5114: Retirement benefits/death

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 5114 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on December 23, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Paying state retirement benefits until the end of the month in which the retiree or beneficiary dies. Primary sponsor: Matt Boehnke (R). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 12, 2026): By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to paying state retirement benefits until the end of the month in which the retiree or beneficiary dies;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Matt BoehnkePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Mike ChapmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Leonard ChristianCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Steve ConwayCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Manka DhingraCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate45
Perry DozierCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Deborah KrishnadasanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Marko LiiasCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Marcus RiccelliCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
June RobinsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate38
Javier ValdezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
  3. Prefiled for introduction.

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page