| Adopted by the House January 30, 2012 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Adopted by the Senate January 27, 2012 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 4408 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2012 Regular Session |
Prefiled 01/06/12.
WHEREAS, It is of paramount importance to establish cutoff dates
for the consideration of legislation during the 2012 Regular Session of
the Sixty-second 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,
matters that affect state revenue, initiatives to the legislature, and
alternatives to initiatives to the legislature:
(1) Friday, February 3, 2012, the twenty-sixth day, will 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, Senate
Transportation, and House of Representatives fiscal committees;
(2) Tuesday, February 7, 2012, the thirtieth day, will be the final
day to read in Senate Ways and Means, Senate Transportation, and House
of Representatives fiscal committee reports in the house of origin;
(3) Tuesday, February 14, 2012, the thirty-seventh day, at 5:00
p.m., will be the final time to consider bills in their house of
origin;
(4) Friday, February 24, 2012, the forty-seventh day, will 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, Senate
Transportation, and House of Representatives fiscal committees;
(5) Monday, February 27, 2012, the fiftieth day, will be the final
day to read in Senate Ways and Means, Senate Transportation, and House
of Representatives fiscal committee reports on bills from the opposite
house; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That after 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 2,
2012, the fifty-fourth day, neither house may consider any bills,
memorials, or joint resolutions except initiatives to the legislature
and alternatives to such initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to
implement budgets, matters that affect state revenue, messages
pertaining to amendments, matters of differences between the two
houses, and matters incident to the interim and to the closing of the
business of the 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature.