BILL REQ. #:  S-4119.1 



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SUBSTITUTE SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8218
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State of Washington61st Legislature2010 Regular Session

By Senate Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Carrell, Franklin, Brandland, Becker, Schoesler, Kastama, Honeyford, Delvin, Hobbs, Parlette, Zarelli, McCaslin, Holmquist, Hargrove, Regala, Rockefeller, Marr, Hatfield, Shin, Sheldon, Kilmer, Hewitt, Stevens, and Roach)

READ FIRST TIME 01/28/10.   



     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 1, 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 and offenses that result in a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of release upon conviction, when the proof is evident, or the presumption great, subject to such standards of release on bail 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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