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                                           HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 41

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Valle, Day, Kremen, Ebersole, Vekich, Jacobsen, Lux and Todd

 

 

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Constitution, Elections & Ethics.

 

         


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 there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article I of the Constitution of the state of Washington by adding a new section to read as follows:

 

Article I, section ___.        The right of individual privacy is essential to the well-being of a free society and shall not be infringed without the showing of a compelling state interest.

 

         

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of the foregoing constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.