Adopted by the Senate January 11, 2021
President of the Senate Adopted by the House January 15, 2021
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8401 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
Secretary Secretary |
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| Secretary of State State of Washington |
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8401
Passed Legislature - 2021 Regular Session
State of Washington | 67th Legislature | 2021 Regular Session |
BySenators Liias and Short
Prefiled 01/07/21.Read first time 01/11/21.
WHEREAS, It is of paramount importance to establish cutoff dates for the consideration of legislation during the 2021 Regular Session of the Sixty-Seventh 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, matters that affect state revenue, initiatives to the legislature, and alternatives to initiatives to the legislature:
(1) Monday, February 15, 2021, the thirty-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, Senate Transportation, and House of Representatives fiscal committees;
(2) Monday, February 22, 2021, the forty-third 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, March 9, 2021, the fifty-eighth day, at 5:00 p.m., will be the final time to consider bills in their house of origin;
(4) Friday, March 26, 2021, the seventy-fifth 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) Friday, April 2, 2021, the eighty-second 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 Sunday, April 11, 2021, the ninety-first day, neither house may consider any bills, memorials, or joint resolutions except initiatives to the legislature and alternatives to such initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets, matters that affect state revenue, 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 2021 Regular Session of the Legislature.
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