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                                           HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 11

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Crane, Patrick, Hargrove, Padden, Holland, J. Williams and Silver; by Attorney General request

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 7 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

Article I, section 7.              ((No person shall be disturbed in his private affairs, or his home invaded, without authority of law.)) The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized.  This right shall be construed in conformity with the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court.  No court shall have the authority to order suppression of evidence on grounds that such evidence was obtained in violation of this section if such evidence would not be suppressed under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court.

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.