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                                   SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8402

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senators Bottiger and Fleming

Read first time 1/16/87.  Under suspension of rules, read second and third times 1/16/87 and adopted.

WHEREAS, It is of paramount importance to establish cutoff dates for the consideration of legislation during the 1987 Regular Session of the Fiftieth Legislature;

          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the Senate of the State of Washington, the House of Representatives concurring, That all executive and agency request bills, memorials, and joint resolutions to be considered by the Legislature shall be on the request list of the Code Reviser's Office by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, January 30, 1987, the nineteenth day; and

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Friday, February 6, 1987, the twenty-sixth day, under the proper order of business, shall be the final day for introduction of executive and agency request bills, memorials, and joint resolutions; and

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Friday, March 6, 1987, the fifty-fourth day, shall be the final day to read in committee reports of Senate bills, memorials, and joint resolutions in the Senate with the exception of budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets and committee reports from the ways and means committee; and House bills, memorials, and joint resolutions in the House with the exception of budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets and committee reports from the ways and means committee; and

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Monday, March 9, 1987, the fifty-seventh day, shall be the final day to read in committee reports except budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets from the ways and means committees of the original houses; and

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That commencing at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 1987, the  sixty-eighth day, except for budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets, the Senate will only consider House bills, memorials, and joint resolutions, and the House will only consider Senate bills, memorials, and joint resolutions; and

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Friday, April 3, 1987, the eighty-second day, shall be the final day to read in committee reports of House bills, memorials, and joint resolutions in the Senate with the exception of budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets and committee reports from the ways and means committee; and Senate bills, memorials, and joint resolutions in the House with the exception of budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets and committee reports from the ways and means committee; and

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Monday, April 6, 1987, the eighty-fifth day, shall be the last day to read in committee reports except budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets from the ways and means committees; and

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That after 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 1987, the ninety-sixth day of the session, neither the Senate nor the House may consider any bills except budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets, messages pertaining to amendments, matters of differences between the two houses, conference and free conference reports, and matters incident and pertaining to the interim and to the closing of the business of the 1987 Regular Session of the Legislature.