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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AJR 74

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: acknowledging the environmental, economic, and social threat of climate change due to human activity and the need to address it at the state level.

Environmental protection

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Considine (D) , Hebl (D) , Johnson (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D)

6 cosponsors

C. Larson (D) , Harris Dodd (D) , Miller (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Vinehout (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 Rules and take up, Ayes 35, Noes 61

Failed 35–61 Jan 12, 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. Oct 22, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hebl, Mason, Berceau, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kolste, Milroy, Pope, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck and Wachs; cosponsored by Senators Miller, C. Larson, Harris Dodd, Ringhand, Risser and Vinehout

  2. Oct 22, 2015 · Assembly

    Read and referred to Committee on Rules

  3. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up, Ayes 35, Noes 61

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1