Washington SB 6323: Concerning the board of engineers and land surveyors' appointment of its director and agreement with the department of licensing.

Bill Text

AN ACT Relating to medical insurance premium reimbursements for 1
surviving spouses of line of duty deaths; amending RCW 41.26.510; and 2
creating a new section.3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
Sec. 1. RCW 41.26.510 and 2016 c 115 s 1 are each amended to 5
read as follows:6
(1) Except as provided in RCW 11.07.010, if a member or a vested 7
member who has not completed at least ten years of service dies, the 8
amount of the accumulated contributions standing to such member's 9
credit in the retirement system at the time of such member's death, 10
less any amount identified as owing to an obligee upon withdrawal of 11
accumulated contributions pursuant to a court order filed under RCW 12
41.50.670, shall be paid to the member's estate, or such person or 13
persons, trust, or organization as the member shall have nominated by 14
written designation duly executed and filed with the department. If 15
there be no such designated person or persons still living at the 16
time of the member's death, such member's accumulated contributions 17
standing to such member's credit in the retirement system, less any 18
amount identified as owing to an obligee upon withdrawal of 19
accumulated contributions pursuant to a court order filed under RCW 20
41.50.670, shall be paid to the member's surviving spouse or domestic 21
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SENATE BILL 6323
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Senators Holy, Conway, Dozier, Nobles, and Valdez; by request of
Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters' Plan 2 Retirement Board
Read first time 01/28/26. Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
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partner as if in fact such spouse or domestic partner had been 1
nominated by written designation, or if there be no such surviving 2
spouse or domestic partner, then to such member's legal 3
representatives.4
(2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, if a 5
member who is killed in the course of employment or a member who is 6
eligible for retirement or a member who has completed at least ten 7
years of service dies, the surviving spouse, domestic partner, or 8
eligible child or children shall elect to receive either:9
(a) A retirement allowance computed as provided for in RCW 10
41.26.430, actuarially reduced by the amount of any lump sum benefit 11
identified as owing to an obligee upon withdrawal of accumulated 12
contributions pursuant to a court order filed under RCW 41.50.670 and 13
actuarially adjusted to reflect a joint and one hundred percent 14
survivor option under RCW 41.26.460 and if the member was not 15
eligible for normal retirement at the date of death a further 16
reduction as described in RCW 41.26.430; if a surviving spouse or 17
domestic partner who is receiving a retirement allowance dies leaving 18
a child or children of the member under the age of majority, then 19
such child or children shall continue to receive an allowance in an 20
amount equal to that which was being received by the surviving spouse 21
or domestic partner, share and share alike, until such child or 22
children reach the age of majority; if there is no surviving spouse 23
or domestic partner eligible to receive an allowance at the time of 24
the member's death, such member's child or children under the age of 25
majority shall receive an allowance share and share alike calculated 26
as herein provided making the assumption that the ages of the spouse 27
or domestic partner and member were equal at the time of the member's 28
death; or29
(b)(i) The member's accumulated contributions, less any amount 30
identified as owing to an obligee upon withdrawal of accumulated 31
contributions pursuant to a court order filed under RCW 41.50.670; or32
(ii) If the member dies on or after July 25, 1993, one hundred 33
fifty percent of the member's accumulated contributions, less any 34
amount identified as owing to an obligee upon withdrawal of 35
accumulated contributions pursuant to a court order filed under RCW 36
41.50.670. Any accumulated contributions attributable to restorations 37
made under RCW 41.50.165(2) shall be refunded at one hundred percent.38
(3) If a member who is eligible for retirement or a member who 39
has completed at least ten years of service dies after October 1, 40
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1977, and is not survived by a spouse, domestic partner, or an 1
eligible child, then the accumulated contributions standing to the 2
member's credit, less any amount identified as owing to an obligee 3
upon withdrawal of accumulated contributions pursuant to a court 4
order filed under RCW 41.50.670, shall be paid:5
(a) To an estate, a person or persons, trust, or organization as 6
the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed 7
and filed with the department; or8
(b) If there is no such designated person or persons still living 9
at the time of the member's death, then to the member's legal 10
representatives.11
(4) The retirement allowance of a member:12
(a) Who