CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4220



61st Legislature
2010 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 8, 2010
  Yeas 92   Nays 4


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 4, 2010
  Yeas 48   Nays 0



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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4220 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.



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Chief Clerk
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4220
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2010 Regular Session
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 to read as follows:


     Article I, section 20. All persons charged with crime shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident, or the presumption great. Bail may be denied for offenses punishable by the possibility of life in prison upon a showing by clear and convincing evidence of a propensity for violence that creates a substantial likelihood of danger to the community or any persons, subject to such limitations as shall be determined by the legislature.


     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.

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