2026 pension-related legislation
Posted on April 7, 2026
During the 2026 session, DRS tracked bills that affected retirement, including pensions and benefits. Here are bills tracked, including summary descriptions from legislative reports:
| House Bill | Senate Bill | Description |
|---|---|---|
| *HB 2124 | SB 5835 | Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit. |
| HB 2136 | Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the teachers' retirement system plan 1. | |
| *SB 5862 | Providing a cost-of-living adjustment for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system. | |
| *HB 2179 | SB 5905 | 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. |
| HB 2281 | Concerning the state and tribal government-to-government relationship. | |
| HB 2414 | SB 6073 | Concerning membership of wildland or aviation firefighters in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system. |
| *HB 2441 | Concerning medical insurance premium reimbursements for surviving spouses of line of duty deaths. | |
| HB 2482 | Permitting retired members of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2 to serve as chiefs of police in small police departments. | |
| HB 2561 | SB 6324 | Including standby pay as basic salary in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2. |
**Pending action by the governor.
Bills marked with an asterisk (*) have passed, and bills with two asterisks (**) have been passed into law.
