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                         HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 4421

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1996 Regular Session

By Representatives Foreman and Brown

Read first time .  Referred to Committee on .

Establishing cutoff dates for the 1996 Regular Session of the fifty-fourth legislature.

     WHEREAS, It is of paramount importance to establish cutoff dates for the consideration of legislation during the 1996 Regular Session of the Fifty-Fourth Legislature;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, the Senate concurring, That the following cutoff dates apply to all bills, memorials, and joint resolutions with the exception of budgets, matters necessary to implement budgets, initiatives, and alternatives to initiatives:

     Friday, February 2, 1996, the twenty-sixth day, shall be the final day to read in committee reports in the house of origin with the exception of reports from the Senate Ways and Means and Transportation Committees and House fiscal committees;

     Tuesday, February 6, 1996, the thirtieth day, shall be the final day to read in Senate Ways and Means and Transportation Committees and House fiscal committee reports in the house of origin;

     Tuesday, February 13, 1996, the thirty-seventh day, at 5:00 p.m., shall be the final time to consider bills in their house of origin;

     Friday, February 23, 1996, the forty-seventh day, shall be the final day to read in committee reports on bills from the opposite house with the exception of reports from the Senate Ways and Means and Transportation Committees and House fiscal committees;

     Monday, February 26, 1996, the fiftieth day, shall be the final day to read in Senate Ways and Means and Transportation Committees and House fiscal committee reports on bills from the opposite house; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That after 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 1, 1996, the fifty-fourth day, neither house may consider any bills, memorials, or joint resolutions except messages pertaining to amendments, matters of differences between the two houses, conference reports, and matters incident to the interim and to the closing of the business of the 1996 Regular Session of the Legislature.

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