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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AJR 63

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Relating to: requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including legislative committees, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration).

Constitutional amendments — First consideration Legislature — Committees Legislature — Employment relations, joint committee on Legislature — Member Legislature — Procedure Open meeting _governmental_

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Adopted, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2015 legislature on first

consideration, requires the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of

and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including legislative

committees, and makes members of the legislature subject to citations and civil

penalties for violations of such laws. Currently, the constitution exempts members

from civil process during the legislative session and for 15 days before and after the

session.

A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures,

and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Bowen (D) , Doyle (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Johnson (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Zamarripa (D)

6 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Lassa (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on State Affairs and Government Operations and take up, Ayes 35, Noes 62

Failed 35–62 Feb 9, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Sep 21, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Barca, Hebl, Sinicki, Kolste, Doyle, Wachs, Mason, Pope, Bowen, Sargent, Milroy, Ohnstad, Riemer, Spreitzer, Goyke, Shankland, Johnson, Subeck, Berceau, Jorgensen and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout, Carpenter, Wirch, Lassa, Risser and Ringhand

  2. Sep 21, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations

  3. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on State Affairs and Government Operations and take up, Ayes 35, Noes 62

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1