| Adopted by the Senate January 15, 2003 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Adopted by the House January 15, 2003 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8400 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/13/2003. UNDER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES, READ SECOND AND THIRD TIMES AND ADOPTED.
WHEREAS, It is of paramount importance to establish cutoff dates
for the consideration of legislation during the 2003 Regular Session of
the Fifty-Eighth 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 5, 2003, 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, Senate Highways
and Transportation, and House of Representatives fiscal committees;
(2) Monday, March 10, 2003, the fifty-seventh day, will be the
final day to read in Senate Ways and Means, Senate Highways and
Transportation, and House of Representatives fiscal committee reports
in the house of origin;
(3) Wednesday, March 19, 2003, the sixty-sixth day, at 5:00 p.m.,
will be the final time to consider bills in their house of origin;
(4) Friday, April 4, 2003, 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, Senate
Highways and Transportation, and House of Representatives fiscal
committees;
(5) Monday, April 7, 2003, the eighty-fifth day, will be the final
day to read in Senate Ways and Means, Senate Highways 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 18,
2003, 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, and matters
incident to the interim and to the closing of the business of the 2003
Regular Session of the Legislature.