BILL REQ. #:  H-2863.1 

Prefiled 12/05/13. Read first time 01/13/14.   Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

     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 II of the Constitution of the state of Washington by adding a new section to read as follows:

     Article II, section . . .. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, approval of the omnibus operating appropriations act requires the favorable vote of at least three-fifths of the members elected to each house.

     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.