BILL REQ. #:  S-3298.1 

Read first time 01/16/14.   Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

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

     Article III, section . . .. The Governor shall be subject to public records requests. The Governor does not possess an executive privilege to deny a public records request for any basis not expressly adopted by the legislature or the people of the state of Washington.

     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.