FINAL BILL REPORT

                                   SSB 5288

                                   C 56 L 91

                              SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

Brief Description:  Renaming the state portion of Interstate 90 the American Veterans Memorial Highway.

SPONSORS:Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Rasmussen, Thorsness, Patterson, McMullen, Oke and Skratek).

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

BACKGROUND:

Interstate 90 (I-90) is a highway that spans 13 states and reaches from Boston to Seattle.  The American Veterans' Coalition, seeking to establish a living memorial and tribute to the veterans of all wars, has requested that legislation be passed by all states in the I-90 chain renaming the portion of I-90 in each state the American Veterans' Memorial Highway.  Such legislation has already been passed in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, New York, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

SUMMARY:

State Route 90, beginning at a junction with State Route No. 5, via the west approach to the Lake Washington bridge in Seattle, in an easterly direction by way of Mercer Island, North Bend, Snoqualmie Pass, Ellensburg, Vantage, Moses Lake, Ritzville, Sprague and Spokane to the Washington-Idaho boundary line is designated the American Veterans' Memorial Highway.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

Senate      44    0

House 95    0

EFFECTIVE:July 28, 1991