| Adopted by the House January 12, 2009 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Adopted by the Senate January 12, 2009 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 4402 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
Prefiled 01/08/09.
WHEREAS, It is of paramount importance to establish cutoff dates
for the consideration of legislation during the 2009 Regular Session of
the Sixty-First Legislature;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives of
the State of Washington, the Senate 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, February 25, 2009, the forty-fifth 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
Transportation, and House of Representatives fiscal committees;
(2) Monday, March 2, 2009, the fiftieth day, will be the final day
to read in Senate Ways and Means, Senate Transportation, and House of
Representatives fiscal committee reports in the house of origin;
(3) Thursday, March 12, 2009, the sixtieth day, at 5:00 p.m., will
be the final time to consider bills in their house of origin;
(4) Monday, March 30, 2009, the seventy-eighth 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
Transportation, and House of Representatives fiscal committees;
(5) Monday, April 6, 2009, the eighty-fifth day, will be the final
day to read in Senate Ways and Means, Senate 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 17,
2009, the ninety-sixth day, neither house may consider any bills,
memorials, or joint resolutions except initiatives to the legislature
and alternatives to such initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to
implement budgets, 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 2009 Regular Session of the
Legislature.