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    <title>WA Leg - SB 5905</title>
    <description>Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan.</description>
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      <title>01 - December 17, 2025 - Prefiled for introduction.</title>
      <link>https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?Year=2025&amp;BillNumber=5905&amp;Initiative=False</link>
      <description>Bill Description - Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan.</description>
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      <title>02 - January 12, 2026 - First reading, referred to Ways &amp; Means.</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>03 - January 20, 2026 - Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways &amp; Means at 4:00 PM.</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>04 - February 3, 2026 - Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways &amp; Means at 4:00 PM.</title>
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      <title>05 - February 3, 2026 - WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>06 - February 4, 2026 - Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>07 - February 6, 2026 - Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>08 - February 12, 2026 - 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 26).</title>
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      <title>09 - February 12, 2026 - Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</title>
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      <title>10 - February 12, 2026 - Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.</title>
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      <title>11 - February 14, 2026 - First reading, referred to Appropriations.</title>
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      <title>12 - March 12, 2026 - By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.</title>
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