BILL REQ. #:  H-1403.2 

Read first time 01/21/08.   Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

     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, section 19 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

     Article II, section 19. (1) No bill shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title.
     (2) An omnibus appropriations bill authorizing expenditures for operating, capital, or transportation purposes may impose conditions or limitations on the appropriations contained therein but may not contain, adopt, amend, or repeal substantive 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.