BILL REQ. #:  H-0044.2 

Read first time 01/10/2007.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

     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 repealing section 4 thereof in its entirety; and an amendment to Article II, section 5 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

     Article II, section 5. ((The next election of the members of the house of representatives after the adoption of this Constitution shall be on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, eighteen hundred and ninety, and thereafter, members of the house of representatives shall be elected biennially and their term of office shall be two years; and each)) Beginning with the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2008, members of the house of representatives in each legislative district shall be elected to four-year terms ending concurrently with the senator elected in that same legislative district. Elections shall be on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year, unless otherwise changed by law.

     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.