CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

               SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8421

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

Adopted by the Senate January 10, 2000   YEAS 0   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Adopted by the House January 10, 2000   YEAS 0   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8421 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

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Governor of the State of Washington

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                 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8421

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Snyder and West

Read first time 1/10/2000.

Establishing cutoff dates.    

    WHEREAS, It is of paramount importance to establish cutoff dates for the consideration of legislation during the 2000 Regular Session of the Fifty-Sixth Legislature;

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the Senate of the State of Washington, the House of Representatives concurring, That the following cutoff dates apply to all bills, memorials, and joint resolutions with the exception of budgets, matters necessary to implement budgets, initiatives to the legislature, and alternatives to initiatives to the legislature;

    (1) Friday, February 4, 2000, the twenty-sixth day, will be the final day to read in committee reports in the house of origin with the exception of reports from the Senate Ways and Means and Transportation committees and House of Representatives fiscal committees;

    (2) Tuesday, February 8, 2000, the thirtieth day, will be the final day to read in Senate Ways and Means, Senate Transportation, and House of Representatives fiscal committee reports in the house of origin;

    (3) Tuesday, February 15, 2000, the thirty-seventh day, at 5:00 p.m., will be the final time to consider bills in their house of origin;

    (4) Friday, February 25, 2000, the forty-seventh day, will be the final day to read in committee reports on bills from the opposite house with the exception of reports from the Senate Ways and Means, Senate Transportation, and House of Representatives fiscal committees;

    (5) Monday, February 28, 2000, the fiftieth day, will be the final day to read in Senate Ways and Means, Senate Transportation, and House of Representatives fiscal committee reports on bills from the opposite house; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That after 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 3, 2000, the fifty-fourth day, neither house may consider any bills, memorials, or joint resolutions except initiatives to the legislature and alternatives to such initiatives, messages pertaining to amendments, matters of differences between the two houses, and matters incident to the interim and to the closing of the business of the 2000 Regular Session of the Legislature.

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