Each year, the Office of the State Actuary calculates the LEOFF Plan 2 Cost-of-Living-Adjustments (COLA) at the request of the Department of Retirement Systems.  Here are the 2023 results:

COLAs as of July 1, 2023

LEOFF 2 newsletters were mailed earlier this week. If you did not get yours, it could be because your address needs to be updated with the Department of Retirement Systems.…

It's official! Governor Inslee signed SHB 1701 on March 24, 2022.

Are you wondering how this bill will improve your benefit? Below are…

The LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board has recommended three bills to the 2022 Legislature. If passed, these bills would make benefit improvements to the LEOFF 2 Retirement Plan. 

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Member, employer and state contribution…

DRS will have reduced customer service availability in July due to mandatory furloughs of team members and high seasonal volumes of retirement processing.

• DRS will be closed on the following dates: July 2, 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2020.…

You may be wondering if the recent turmoil in the financial markets puts your pension benefits at risk.  The answer is no.  Your pension benefits are guaranteed and your pension fund is fully protected.

Before this national health…

On March 31, 2020, Governor Jay Inslee issued a proclamation related to the COVID-19 outbreak which waives return-to-work…

March 31, 2020, Governor Inslee issued a proclamation clearing the way for retirees from LEOFF Plan 2 to return to active service as a law enforcement officer or fire fighter while continuing to receive their pension benefit.  This change will…

Each year, the Office of the State Actuary calculates the LEOFF Plan 2 Cost-of-Living-Adjustments (COLAs) at the request of the Department of Retirement Systems. Here are the 2020 results:

COLAs as of July 1, 2020

The 2019 Legislature directed the Law Enforcement Officers’ and Fire Fighters’ Plan 2 Retirement Board to study the tax, legal, fiscal, policy, and administrative issues related to allowing tribal law enforcement officers to…

The LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board has received the 2019 Recognition Award for Funding from the Public Pension Coordinating Council (PPCC).

The PPCC is a coalition of three national associations…

Last Legislative session there was a bill moving $300 million dollars from the LEOFF 2 fund to the LEOFF 2 Benefit Improvement Account.

Now, the LEOFF 2 Board will study…

Each year, the Office of the State Actuary calculates the LEOFF Plan 2 Cost-of-Living-Adjustments (COLAs) at the request of the Department of Retirement Systems. Here are the 2019 results.

For additional information, read the…