SSB 5538: Concerning postretirement employment in nursing positions for a state agency.
Signed into law: Chapter 99, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Cleveland
- Introduced
- January 23, 2023
- Status
- C 99 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 4/14/2023. (April 14, 2023)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Allows certain retirees of the state's pension systems returning to work in a nonadministrative nursing position for a state agency to work up to 1040 hours while collecting a retirement benefit until July 1, 2026.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 5, 202387 yea · 11 nay
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 202341 yea · 7 nay · 1 not voting
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