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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 598

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: requiring a public hearing on bills with several cosponsors.

Bills legislative Legislature — Procedure

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires that a bill referred to committee receive a public hearing no

later than 90 days after its referral if at least one-third of the members of either

house of the legislature have signed on as cosponsors of the bill.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , Cabrera (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Hong (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Subeck (D)

10 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Billings (D) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Madison (D) , Neubauer (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Joers, Baldeh, Ratcliff, Sinicki, Conley, J. Anderson, Emerson, Hong, Snodgrass, Subeck, Moore Omokunde, Bare, Shelton, Cabrera, Considine, Palmeri, Andraca, Jacobson, Clancy, Ortiz-Velez and Drake; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Taylor, L. Johnson, Spreitzer, Cabral-Guevara, Larson and Agard

  2. Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Assembly Organization

  3. Nov 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Madison added as a coauthor

  4. Nov 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 7, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor

  6. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1