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                         SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8405

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1995 Regular Session

By Senators Gaspard, McDonald, Owen and Prince

Read first time 2/15/95.

Amending the cutoff date for bills from the Senate Transportation Committee.

     WHEREAS, It is of paramount importance to establish cutoff dates for the consideration of legislation during the 1995 Regular Session of the Fifty-Fourth Legislature;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the Senate of the state of Washington, the House of Representatives 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 to the legislature, and alternatives to initiatives to the legislature;

     (1) Wednesday, March 1, 1995, the fifty-second 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 and Transportation and House of Representatives fiscal committees;

     (2) Monday, March 6, 1995, the fifty-seventh day, will be the final day to read in Senate Ways and Means and Transportation and House of Representatives fiscal committee reports in the house of origin;

     (3) Wednesday, March 15, 1995, the sixty-sixth day, at 5:00 p.m., will be the final time to consider bills in their house of origin;

     (4) Friday, March 31, 1995, the eighty-second 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 and Transportation and House of Representatives fiscal committees;

     (5) Monday, April 3, 1995, the eighty-fifth day, will be the final day to read in Senate Ways and Means and 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, April 14, 1995, the ninety-sixth day, neither house may consider any bills, memorials, or joint resolutions except initiatives to the legislature and alternatives to such initiatives, messages pertaining to amendments, matters of differences between the two houses, conference and free conference reports, and matters incident to the interim and to the closing of the business of the 1995 Regular Session of the Legislature.

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