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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4220
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State of Washington61st Legislature2010 Regular Session

By House Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Hope, Kelley, Green, Conway, Parker, Hurst, Campbell, Wallace, Orcutt, Simpson, Ericks, Ericksen, Van De Wege, Morrell, Takko, Appleton, Maxwell, Orwall, Pearson, Kirby, Sells, Kenney, Johnson, Dammeier, Roberts, and McCune; by request of Governor Gregoire)

READ FIRST TIME 01/26/10.   



     BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:
     THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state the secretary of state shall submit to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article I, section 20 of the Constitution of the state of Washington by adding a new section to read as follows:


     Article I, section 20. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, all persons charged with crime shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses and offenses for which the maximum sentence is the possibility of life in prison, when the proof is evident, or the presumption great.


     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of this constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.
     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this act shall be known as the Lakewood law enforcement memorial act.

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