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Citizens and the state legislature both have the ability to place new legislation, or legislation recently passed by the state legislature, on the ballot for a popular vote. Washington has three types of ballot measures that can be voted on in a general election: initiatives, referendums, and legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
The Washington Coalition for Open Government (COG) was formed from several political groups in June 1971 to push for public disclosure legislation. [2] The state legislature had debated laws on campaign disclosures repeatedly beginning in 1963 and passed an open meetings law in the 1971 session, but avoided addressing public records. [3]
House Bill 1153, the Washington octopus protection law is legislation passed in 2024 to prohibit octopus aquaculture in the U.S. state of Washington. The bill was introduced by Representative Strom Peterson. [1] It passed the legislature on February 27. [2] [3] It is the first ban on octopus farming in the world. [4]
The House passed the short-term spending bill with 366 yes votes, surpassing the necessary two-thirds. Original article source: Senate passes bill to stop shutdown, sending it to President Biden's ...
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led Senate passed a trio of government funding bills Wednesday with broad bipartisan support, a move that some senators hope will pressure the Republican-controlled ...
Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, filed two bills on Tuesday: Senate Bill 5010 to create the grant program and Senate Bill 5011 to update what’s written on ballot boxes.
The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bicameral body, composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives, composed of 98 Representatives, and the upper Washington State Senate, with 49 Senators plus the Lieutenant Governor acting as president. [1]
GOP lawmakers in over 30 states have introduced or passed bills to restrict or regulate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, according to an NBC News analysis.