Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SSB 5862 — Providing a cost-of-living adjustment for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system.
Signed into law — Chapter 248, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Dozier
- Introduced
- February 9, 2026
- Status
- C 248 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 7/1/2026. (March 30, 2026)
What this bill does
Provides a one-time, 3 percent, up to a maximum of $110 per month, increase to the retirement benefits of retirees in the Public Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement System Plan 1 on July 1, 2026.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 202696 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 13, 202648 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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