FINAL BILL REPORT
EHB 1059
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C 187 L 09
Synopsis as Enacted
Brief Description: Making technical corrections to various statutes at the request of the statute law committee.
Sponsors: Representatives Goodman, Kelley and Rodne; by request of Statute Law Committee.
House Committee on Judiciary
Senate Committee on Judiciary
Background:
Inaccuracies in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) may occur in a variety of ways. Sections may be repealed, recodified, or amended in a way that changes their internal numbering, or drafting and typographical errors may be made during the drafting process.
In any given legislative session, two or more bills may amend the same section of the RCW without reference to each other. These amendments are called double or multiple amendments. Usually there are no substantive conflicts between the multiple amendments, and the amendments can be merged. In the event that multiple amendments substantively conflict with each other and cannot be merged, the last amendment passed controls.
Summary:
Technical corrections are made to various provisions of the RCW. The technical corrections include changes to correct inaccurate references to terms that have been changed and inaccurate cross-references resulting from amendments, recodifications, or repealers. In addition, certain sections of the RCW are re-enacted to merge double amendments.
Votes on Final Passage:
House | 97 | 0 | |
Senate | 47 | 0 |
Effective: | July 26, 2009 |