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                                            HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives G. Nelson and Long

Read first time 1/30/85 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

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, 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 when the proof is evident((,)) or the presumption great and where the person is being retried for a violent crime for which the person was previously convicted.

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.