SB 6453, LEOFF 2 Service Credit for Shared Leave passed the House on March 3, 96-0 and will be forwarded to the Governor for signature. When signed into law, this legislation will ensure service credit for all LEOFF 2 members using shared leave.

Many employers have shared leave programs which allow members to donate and receive sick or annual leave under certain conditions. Shared leave received from another employee is not considered “compensation earnable” for local government employees; therefore, the leave cannot be used for service credit or for computing final average salary (FAS) in LEOFF Plan 2. Other pension plans allow service credit for shared leave and passage of this bill corrects the disparity in state statute.