Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SB 5478: Concerning benefits authorized to be offered by the public employees' benefits board.
Signed into law: Chapter 339, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Bateman
- Introduced
- January 24, 2025
- Status
- C 339 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (May 17, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Permits the Public Employees' Benefits Board to study and, subject to available funding, offer additional insurance products as employee-paid, voluntary benefits.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 14, 202595 yea · 1 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 202548 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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