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Select Committee launches LEOFF 1 merger/termination study; retirees and stakeholder groups urge opposing paths
Summary
Committee staff launched a budget-proviso study of a proposed LEOFF 1 merger and of a termination option and described the timeline and required legal, tax, actuarial and administrative analyses; public testimony overwhelmingly opposed transferring LEOFF 1 funds to the state treasury.
Committee staff introduced a mandated study of two legislative approaches related to LEOFF 1 — a merger and a termination — during the Select Committee on Pension Policy’s June 17, 2025 meeting and described the study timeline, participants and requested analyses.
Eric Gutierrez, committee staff, said the 2025–27 operating budget includes a proviso requiring the committee to study the tax, legal, actuarial, pension-policy and administrative implications of Substitute Senate Bill 5085 (a merger proposal) and Substitute House Bill 2034 (a termination proposal). Gutierrez outlined a schedule that begins with educational briefings, requests analyses from the Attorney General and the Office of the State Actuary, and aims to deliver a final report by January 9, 2026 to the fiscal committees of the Legislature. The staff plans to request a public (non-privileged) federal-tax analysis from Ice Miller LLP and invited the firm to…
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