House Bill 1869 — Keeping Our Washington Guard Strong Act (Washington, 2024 Regular Session)

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House Bill 1869, State of Washington, 68th Legislature, 2024 Regular Session, by Representatives Leavitt, Maycumber, Ryu and others, prefiled December 5, 2023. The act relates to keeping our Washington guard strong act, adds new sections to chapter 38.24 RCW, and creates a new section. Section 1 creates the Washington national guard member referral incentive program, which provides a referral bonus to members who make a successful referral; the referral bonus is a monetary payment set each calendar year by the adjutant general not to exceed $500.00. A later section addresses bonus payments and states that the state military department may seek to recoup a prorated amount if a member fails to complete a term of the reenlistment for which the bonus was paid. Section 3 gives the short title.

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     H-2168.2

                                HOUSE BILL 1869


     State of Washington       68th Legislature       2024 Regular Session

     By Representatives Leavitt, Maycumber, Ryu, Graham, Christian, Rule,
     Couture, Bronoske, Slatter, Chambers, Reeves, Reed, Chapman, Ormsby,
     Barnard, Timmons, Sandlin, Orwall, Goodman, Caldier, Riccelli,
     Hackney, Shavers, and Griffey

     Prefiled 12/05/23. Read first time 01/08/24. Referred to Committee
     on Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans.




 1       AN ACT Relating to keeping our Washington guard strong act;
 2   adding new sections to chapter 38.24 RCW; and creating a new section.


 3   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:


 4       NEW SECTION.   Sec. 1.   A new section is added to chapter 38.24
 5   RCW to read as follows:
 6       (1) There is created the Washington national guard member
 7   referral incentive program. The purpose of the program is to
 8   incentivize and maximize peer-to-peer recruiting that results in a
 9   completed accession to the Washington national guard by providing a
10   referral bonus to Washington national guard members who make a
11   successful referral. Administration of this program requires that:
12       (a) A Washington national guard member may provide the identity
13   and contact information of a person who the member believes would be
14   an appropriate recruitment prospect using a form provided by the
15   Washington national guard, which includes the person's name, contact
16   information, and any other information required by the state military
17   department.
18       (b) The state military department shall keep a record of all
19   forms submitted under (a) of this subsection. Upon the completed
20   accession of a referred person and to the extent sufficient funds are


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 1   available, the state military department shall distribute a referral
 2   bonus to the member who provided the successful referral.
 3       (2) Members of the Washington national guard serving in command
 4   or senior enlisted advisor positions, as well as those assigned
 5   recruiting as a primary or additional duty, are ineligible for the
 6   Washington national guard member referral incentive program.
 7       (3) For the purposes of this section:
 8       (a) "Completed accession" means the referred person signs the
 9   referred person's name to an enlistment contract for entry or reentry
10   after prior service into the Washington national guard;
11       (b) "Referral bonus" means a monetary payment set each calendar
12   year by the adjutant general not to exceed $500.00;
13       (c) "Successful referral" means providing the identity and
14   contact information in subsection (1)(a) of this section of any
15   person not already a member of the Washington national guard that
16   results in a completed accession to the Washington national guard.


17       NEW SECTION.   Sec. 2.   A new section is added to chapter 38.24
18   RCW to read as follows:
19       (1) There is created a national guard reenlistment bonus program.
20       (2) The adjutant general shall establish the program to provide a
21   reenlistment bonus to eligible members of the national guard who
22   extend their term of service in the Washington national guard. The
23   bonus must be in an amount to generally encourage the member's
24   enlistment for a term of not less than two years.
25       (3) Eligibility for the national guard reenlistment bonus program
26   is limited to members of the Washington national guard who are:
27       (a) Serving satisfactorily as determined by the adjutant general;
28   and
29       (b) Not eligible for any federal reenlistment bonus.
30       (4) The adjutant general may, within the limitations of this
31   section and other applicable laws, determine additional eligibility
32   criteria for the bonus, and must specify all of the criteria in
33   policy and publish any changes.
34       (5) The bonus payments must be made on a schedule that is
35   determined and published by the state military department.
36       (6) If a member fails to complete a term of the reenlistment for
37   which the bonus was paid, the state military department may seek to
38   recoup a prorated amount of the bonus.


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1       NEW SECTION.   Sec. 3.   This act may be known and cited as the
2   keeping our Washington guard strong act.

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