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Below you will find a list of all constitutional amendments that have appeared on the ballot since 1892 in the State of Washington. Vote totals can be found in the last two columns of the table. You can view county by county results starting with 1898 in the
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section of our website.
Year
Amendment Title
Description
Yes
No
2025
Senate Joint Resolution No. 8201
The Legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on allowing money in Washington’s long-term care fund to be invested. This amendment would allow the state fund dedicated to providing long-term care benefits for eligible seniors and people with disabilities to be invested as authorized by law.
1,105,304
806,299
2020
Engrossed Senate Joint Resolution No. 8212
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on investment of public funds. This amendment would allow public money held in a fund for long-term care services and supports to be invested by governments as authorized by state law, including investments in private stocks.
1,738,080
2,069,809
2019
Senate Joint Resolution No. 8200
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment concerning legislative powers in times of emergency. This measure would add "catastrophic incidents" to the specified times of emergency that the legislature may take certain immediate actions to ensure continuity of state and local governmental operations.
1,247,265
670,086
2016
Senate Joint Resolution No. 8210
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on the deadline for completing state legislative and congressional redistricting. This amendment would require the state redistricting commission to complete redistricting for state legislative and congressional districts by November 15 of each year ending in a one, 46 days earlier than currently required.
2,246,030
658,927
2012
Engrossed Senate Joint Resolution No. 8221
The Legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on implementing the Commission on State Debt recommendations regarding Washington's debt limit. This amendment would, starting July 1, 2014, phase-down the debt limit percentage in three steps from nine to eight percent and modify the calculation date, calculation period, and the term general state revenues.
1,748,436
1,031,039
2012
Senate Joint Resolution No. 8223
The Legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on investments by the University of Washington and Washington State University. This amendment would create an exception to constitutional restrictions on investing public funds by allowing these universities to invest specified public funds as authorized by the legislature, including in private companies or stock.
1,258,969
1,602,785
2011
Senate Joint Resolution 8205
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on repealing article VI, section 1A, of the Washington Constitution. This amendment would remove an inoperative provision from the state constitution regarding the length of time a voter must reside in Washington to vote for president and vice-president.
1,335,039
490,445
2011
Senate Joint Resolution 8206
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on the budget stabilization account maintained in the state treasury. This amendment would require the legislature to transfer additional moneys to the budget stabilization account in each fiscal biennium in which the state has received “extraordinary revenue growth,” as defined, with certain limitations.
1,186,069
594,687
2010
Senate Joint Resolution 8225
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on state debt. This amendment would require the state to reduce the interest accounted for in calculating the constitutional debt limit, by the amount of federal payments scheduled to be received to offset that interest.
1,180,552
1,089,100
2010
Engrossed Substitute House Joint Resolution 4220
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on denying bail for persons charged with certain criminal offenses. This amendment would authorize courts to deny bail for offenses punishable by the possibility of life in prison, on clear and convincing evidence of a propensity for violence that would likely endanger persons.
2,082,465
378,634
2007
Engrossed Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 8206
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on establishment of a budget stabilization account. This amendment would require the legislature to transfer 1% of general state revenues to a budget stabilization account each year and prohibit expenditures from the account except as set forth in the amendment.
1,048,562
499,292
2007
Senate Joint Resolution 8212
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on inmate labor. This amendment would authorize state-operated inmate labor programs and programs in which inmate labor is used by private entities through state contracts, and prohibit privately operated programs from unfairly competing with Washington businesses.
937,557
606,863
2007
Substitute House Joint Resolution 4204
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on school district tax levies. This amendment would provide for approval of school district excess property tax levies by simple majority vote of participating voters, and would eliminate supermajority approval requirements based on voter turnout in previous elections.
811,507
792,010
2007
Substitute House Joint Resolution 4215
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on investment of higher education permanent funds. This amendment would authorize the investment of money in higher education permanent funds as permitted by law, and would permit investment in stocks or bonds issued by any company, if authorized by law.
831,669
695,663
2006
House Joint Resolution 4223
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on increasing an exemption from the personal property tax. This amendment would authorize the legislature to increase the personal property tax exemption for taxable personal property owned by each "head of a family" from three thousand ($3,000) to fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars.
1,581,373
399,684
2005
Senate Joint Resolution 8207
The Legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on qualifications for service on the Commission on Judicial Conduct. This amendment would permit one member of the Commission on Judicial Conduct to be selected by and from the judges of all courts of limited jurisdiction.
1,102,192
529,586
2003
House Joint Resolution 4206
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on filling vacancies in legislative and partisan county elective offices. This amendment would permit newly-elected officers to take office early if the office falls vacant after the general election and the newly-elected officer is of the same political party as the former officer.
1,008,710
207,720
2002
House Joint Resolution 4220
The Legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on fire protection property tax levies. This amendment would permit property tax levy propositions for fire protection districts to be submitted to voters for periods up to four years, or six years for fire facility construction, rather than annually. Should this constitutional amendment be Approved or Rejected?
1,173,499
498,145
2001
Engrossed Senate Joint Resolution 8208
The Legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on the use of temporary superior court judges (judges pro tempore). This amendment would allow superior courts to bring in elected Washington judges from other court levels to hear cases on a temporary basis, subject to certain restrictions, as implemented by supreme court rules. Should this constitutional amendment be Approved or Rejected?
976,417
395,324
2001
House Joint Resolution 4202
The Legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on the investment of state funds. This amendment would grant increased discretion to the Legislature in deciding how to invest state funds. Funds under the authority of the state investment board could be invested as determined by state statute. Should this constitutional amendment be Approved or Rejected?
573,878
761,768
2000
Senate Joint Resolution 8214
Shall the state constitution be amended to permit state funds held in trust for persons with developmental disabilities to be invested as authorized by law?
1,450,749
786,185
1999
Senate Joint Resolution 8206
Shall the constitution be amended to permit the state to guarantee payment of voter-approved general obligation debt of school districts as authorized by law?
984,122
648,262
1999
Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 8208
Shall the state constitution be amended to permit the Emergency Reserve Fund to be invested as the legislature may authorize by law?
798,756
829,637
1997
House Joint Resolution 4208
Shall the Constitution be amended to permit voter-approved school district levies to run for an optional four-year period, rather than the current two-year maximum?
858,777
759,259
1997
House Joint Resolution 4209
Shall the Constitution be amended to permit local governments to make loans for the conservation or the more efficient use of storm water or sewer services?
1,002,382
573,083
1995
Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 8210
Shall the selection process for chief justice be changed, and a constitutional process for reducing the supreme court be adopted?
723,297
526,260
1993
House Joint Resolution 4200
Shall counties and public hospital districts be permitted to employ chaplains for their hospitals, health care facilities, and hospices?
851,333
608,252
1993
House Joint Resolution 4201
Shall the constitutional provision which gives jurisdiction in cases in equity to superior courts be amended to include district courts?
857,094
427,702
1991
Senate Joint Resolution 8203
Shall the Constitution be amended to permit an alternative method of drafting county home rule charters for submission to voters?
538,126
713,648
1991
House Joint Resolution 4218
Shall each county legislative body establish the number of Superior Court Commissioners and the constitutional limit of three be repealed?
583,318
706,807
1991
Substitute House Joint Resolution 4221
Shall the Constitution's description of the Superior Court's original jurisdiction be amended by deleting the reference to "cases in equity"?
584,815
613,040
1990
House Joint Resolution 4203
Shall constitutional provisions governing the creation of new counties be amended to alter requirements for county formation, annexation, and consolidation?
403,377
810,098
1990
House Joint Resolution 4231
Shall a constitutional amendment permit voters at an election to approve excess property taxes for up to six-year periods?
407,423
848,026
1990
Senate Joint Resolution 8212
Shall a constitutional amendment permit basing the tax value of low-income housing of five or more units upon current use?
606,683
608,223
1989
Senate Joint Resolution 8200
Shall the State Constitution be amended to provide that victims of charged felony crimes shall have certain basic fundamental rights?
789,266
221,179
1989
Senate Joint Resolution 8202
Shall the State Constitution's provision creating the Judicial Conduct Commission be revised to more explicitly describe its process and authority?
804,199
162,135
1989
Senate Joint Resolution 8210
Shall the State constitution permit local governments to finance, from the revenues of water sales, private efforts to conserve water?
622,494
350,876
1988
House Joint Resolution 4222
Shall the legislature’s authority to exempt from tax $300 of a family head’s personal property value by increased to $3,000?
1,299,696
352,807
1988
House Joint Resolution 4223
Shall the constitutional authority for public utilities to assist residential energy conservation continue and extend to other structures and equipment?
1,248,183
379,153
1988
House Joint Resolution 4231
Shall references in the State Constitution to “idiots, insane, dumb, and defective youth” be removed and new language be added?
1,354,529
310,114
1987
Senate Joint Resolution 8207
Shall the constitution empower superior court judges, after retirement, to complete pending cases in which they had made discretionary rulings?
495,273
346,428
1987
Senate Joint Resolution 8212
Shall state constitutional restrictions, which prevent investment of some permanent public funds in stocks and private lending, be removed?
260,620
551,408
1987
House Joint Resolution 4212
Shall the State Constitution be amended so legislative representatives will be elected for four years and senators for six?
283,742
567,782
1987
House Joint Resolution 4220
Shall the constitution be amended to permit a 15 year state-wide special property tax levy exclusively for school construction purposes?
283,118
568,196
1986
Senate Joint Resolution 136
Shall the Constitution be amended to increase authority and membership of the commission reviewing judicial conduct and require public proceedings?
696,932
486,490
1986
Senate Joint Resolution 138
Shall the Constitution be amended to modify the process, timing and eligibility to fill vacancies in legislative and county offices?
557,447
585,642
1986
House Joint Resolution 49
Shall the Constitution be amended to authorize an independent commission to set salaries of legislators, judges, and state elected officials?
630,736
575,213
1986
House Joint Resolution 55
Shall a constitutional amendment permit voters to approve school excess levies, not exceeding six years for construction, modernization or remodeling?
712,816
492,445
1985
House Joint Resolution 12
Shall the constitution be amended to permit State industrial insurance (Worker's Compensation) Funds to be invested as authorized by law?
582,471
233,628
1985
House Joint Resolution 22
Shall conditions to voter approval of public school excess property tax levies, except the 60% yes vote requirement, be eliminated?
369,852
463,391
1985
House Joint Resolution 23
Shall counties and cities be permitted to finance public improvements through tax revenues resulting from increased values of benefited properties?
337,015
476,600
1985
House Joint Resolution 42
Shall agricultural commodity commissions, funded by agricultural producer assessments, be permitted to engage in promotional hosting to develop agricultural trade?
536,528
250,936
1983
Senate Joint Resolution 103
Shall a commission be appointed by legislative leaders to redistrict legislative and congressional districts each decade based on equal population?
639,981
407,916
1983
Senate Joint Resolution 105
Shall the state constitution be amended to increase from thirty to fifty-five years the maximum term for state harbor leases?
383,081
622,840
1983
Senate Joint Resolution 112
Shall local governments marketing energy be permitted to use funds or credit to finance energy conservation by individuals and corporations?
405,820
602,719
1982
Senate Joint Resolution 143
Shall financing of public improvements from taxes on increased property values as a result of such improvements be constitutionally authorized?
453,221
889,091
1981
Senate Joint Resolution 107
Shall constitutional limitations on powers and numbers of superior court commissioners be removed, and limitations be established by legislation?
385,796
439,542
1981
Senate Joint Resolution 133
Shall certification of initiatives to the legislature be required within forty days of filing and legislatively ordered referenda thereon prohibited?
581,724
199,516
1981
House Joint Resolution 7
Shall industrial development bonds, repaid by such developments, not by public funds, be authorized for issuance by public governmental entities?
450,580
357,944
1980
Senate Joint Resolution 132
Shall the constitution be amended to provide that the state no longer disclaim all rights to unappropriated federal public lands?
579,060
864,850
1980
House Joint Resolution 37
Shall a judicial qualifications commission be created and the supreme court empowered to discipline or remove judges upon its recommendation?
1,043,490
464,941
1979
Senate Joint Resolution 110
Shall the legislature meet in regular annual sessions, and shall special legislative sessions be authorized each with specific time limitations?
508,063
331,391
1979
Senate Joint Resolution 112
Shall legislators be allowed to assume other civil offices without receiving any increases in compensation passed during their legislative terms?
469,049
355,088
1979
Senate Joint Resolution 120
Shall municipal utilities be permitted by the constitution to assist owners of residences in financing energy conservation measures until 1990?
526,349
311,768
1977
Senate Joint Resolution 113
Shall the legislature be authorized to grant district courts jurisdiction over cases involving more than $1,000?
654,082
203,936
1977
House Joint Resolution 55
Shall the legislature be authorized, but not required, to establish reasonable transportation rates for both passengers and freight?
461,975
385,348
1977
House Joint Resolution 56
Shall the constitutional provision that transportation charges to given destinations may never exceed charges to more distant destinations be repealed?
394,105
405,635
1977
House Joint Resolution 57
Shall the constitutional prohibition against the common carrier doing the carrying sharing earnings with another common carrier be repealed?
447,544
332,729
1976
Senate Joint Resolution 137
Shall the voters be permitted to approve excess levies for school support for two-year periods?
763,263
596,722
1976
Senate Joint Resolution 139
Shall any increase or decrease in the salaries of state legislators become effective for all legislators at the same time?
493,187
860,405
1976
House Joint Resolution 64
Shall a state agency be created to draft several alternative model county home-rule charters for possible adoption by any county?
963,309
892,419
1975
Senate Joint Resolution 101
Shall the existing constitutional provisions relating to the judiciary be replaced by a new and revised judicial article?
408,832
427,361
1975
Senate Joint Resolution 127
Shall a commission be created to fix all legislative salaries and legislators' eligibility for election to other offices be expanded?
355,399
539,289
1975
House Joint Resolution 19
Shall Washington's constitution be amended to permit government assistance for students of all educational institutions - limited by the federal constitution?
369,775
565,444
1974
Senate Joint Resolution 140
Shall the governor's item veto power be restricted and the legislature be permitted to reconvene itself to consider vetoed bills?
498,745
419,437
1974
Senate Joint Resolution 143
Shall a thirty-day durational residency requirement be established for voting by otherwise eligible citizens eighteen years of age or over?
626,827
291,178
1973
House Joint Resolution 22
May the legislature authorize urban development or redevelopment financing from property taxes attributable to increased valuations resulting from such projects?
246,055
655,125
1973
House Joint Resolution 37
Shall a graduated net income tax be authorized, excess levies for school operations be prohibited, and some excise taxes limited?
228,823
770,033
1973
House Joint Resolution 40
Shall the validation formula approved in 1972 for excess levy elections also be applied to bonds payable from such levies?
352,495
501,618
1972
Senate Joint Resolution 1
Property taxation - one percent limitation: Shall the state constitution be amended to replace the present forty mill limit upon those property taxes which are imposed without voter approval (in effect a limitation of two percent of the true and fair value of the taxable property) with a new provision under which the maximum allowable rate for such property taxes would be one percent of the true and fair value of the property?
1,030,832
214,834
1972
Senate Joint Resolution 5
Shall Article II, section 24 of the state constitution be amended to repeal the present total prohibition against any lottery of any sort to be conducted after there has been specific authorization by (1) an act of the legislature approved by sixty percent of the members of both houses or (2) an initiative or referendum approved by sixty percent of the electors voting thereon?
787,251
489,282
1972
Senate Joint Resolution 38
Setting of county officers' salaries: Shall the state constitution be amended to allow the legislature to authorize boards of county commissioners and other county legislative authorities to set their own salaries and those of all other county officers, subject to the existing prohibition against mid-term pay increases for those officers who fix their own compensation?
658,095
561,607
1972
House Joint Resolution 1
Tax exemptions - Periodic Review - Repeal. Shall the state constitution be amended to require periodic legislative review of all exemptions, deductions, exclusions from, or credits against any state or local taxes (except those concerning property held by religious organizations solely for religious or educational purposes) and to repeal automatically the statutory or constitutional provisions granting them unless such provisions are amended or reenacted by the legislature or (where necessary) reapproved by the people before March 1, 1977, and every tenth year thereafter?
544,868
668,505
1972
Senate Joint Resolution 5
Shall Article II, section 24 of the state constitution be amended to repeal the present total prohibition against any lottery of any sort to be conducted after there has been specific authorization by (1) an act of the legislature approved by sixty percent of the members of both houses or (2) an initiative or referendum approved by sixty percent of the electors voting thereon?
787,251
489,282
1972
House Joint Resolution 21
Allowing combined county-city governments: Shall the state constitution be amended to permit the people in any country by majority vote to create a combined "city-county" government through the adoption of a home rule charter under which other municipal corporations having such powers and duties as are prescribed in the charter could also be retained or established, if desired, and to set separate constitutional debt limitations for the "city-county" as thus created and for any new or retained municipal corporations?
603,471
598,557
1972
House Joint Resolution 47
Changing excess levy election formula: Shall the formula governing certain excess property tax levies approved by sixty percent of the voters be changed so the election authorizing the levy will be valid either--(1) if (as now) the total of all votes cast on the proposition is at least forty percent of the number cast at the taxing district's last general election; or (2) if the total of "yes" votes is at least three-fifths of forty percent of that number of voters?
686,320
491,703
1972
House Joint Resolution 52
Changing constitutional debt limit formula: Shall the present $400,000 limitation upon certain state debts incurred without voter approval be replaced with a limitation allowing those debts covered by the amendment only if--(1) their aggregate amount will not require annual principal and interest payments to exceed 9% of the average amount of general state revenues for the three immediately preceding fiscal years; and (2) the laws authorizing such debts are approved by a three-fifths majority of both houses of the legislature?
673,376
477,144
1972
House Joint Resolution 61
Sex equality - rights and responsibilities: Shall a new article be added to the state constitution to provide that equality of rights and responsibilities under the law shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex, and to authorize the legislature to enforce this provision by the enactment of appropriate legislation?
645,115
641,746
1970
House Joint Resolution 42
Shall the state constitution be amended to reduce the maximum allowable rate of taxation against property to 1 percent of true and fair value in the absence of authorized excess levies, and to permit the legislature to tax income at a single rate without regard to this limitation or, after 1975, at a graduated rate if the voters in that year or thereafter approve the removal of the single rate limitation?
309,882
672,446
1970
House Joint Resolution 6
Shall Article VI, Section 1 of the state Constitution be amended to reduce from 21 years to 19 years the age at which an otherwise qualified person shall be entitled to vote and to remove currently inoperative language pertaining to the voting qualifications of certain citizens?
473,029
570,438
1968
Senate Joint Resolution 5
Shall the Constitution of the state of Washington be amended by adding a new article and section permitting the moneys of any public pension or retirement fund to be invested in such manner as may be authorized by law?
770,325
298,788
1968
Senate Joint Resolution 6
Shall the State Constitution be amended to provide for establishment by the legislature of a state court of appeals with such jurisdiction as may be granted by statute or rules as authorized thereby; providing that the number, manner of election, compensation, term of office, removal and retirement of judges of such court shall be prescribed by statute; and providing that the administration and procedures of the court shall be prescribed by supreme court rules?
650,025
370,059
1968
Senate Joint Resolution 17
Shall Article VIII of the State Constitution be amended by adding a new section authorizing creation by the legislature of a state building authority to construct buildings and improvements for lease to state agencies or departments for up to seventy-five years, and to finance such construction through issuance of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness to be paid from the authority's revenues which would not be subject to the constitutional debt limitation?
521,162
499,344
1968
Senate Joint Resolution 23
Shall the State constitution be amended to permit taxing districts, if authorized by the legislature, to submit propositions for property tax levies exceeding the forty-mill limit to their voters up to 24 months before the levy date, thereby permitting two consecutive annual excess levies to be approved at one election; and authorizing submission of a second proposition in any twelve-month period only if it is substituted for the excess levy previously approved for that year?
407,248
625,016
1968
Senate Joint Resolution 24
Shall the State Constitution be amended to provide for filling vacancies in legislative or partisan county elective offices as follows: (1) the county commissioners of the county affected shall appoint a person from the same legislative, county or county commissioner district and political party as the officer whose office has been vacated; (2) On failure of the county commissioners to so appoint within sixty days, the governor shall within thirty days appoint a person similarly qualified?
744,656
257,168
1968
House Joint Resolution 1
Shall Article VII of the State Constitution be amended by adding a section authorizing the legislature to provide that farms, agricultural lands, standing timber and timberlands, and other open space lands used for recreation or enjoyment of their scenic or natural beauty, shall be valued for purposes of taxation on the basis of the use to which such property currently is being applied, rather than on the highest and best use?
705,978
335,496
1968
House Joint Resolution 13
Shall the State Constitution be amended by adding a new article permitting the compensation of all elected and appointed state, county and municipal officers who do not fix their own compensation (including judges of courts of record and justice courts), to be increased during their terms of office to the end that such officials shall receive compensation for their services as provided by the law in effect at the time the services are being rendered?
541,002
478,119
1966
Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 6
Shall Article IV of the state constitution be amended to provide that where only one candidate has filed for a superior court judge position in a county of 100,000 or more inhabitants, or where after a contested primary in any county only one such candidate is entitled to appear on the general election ballot, certification of election shall issue to such candidate without a further election, unless a write-in campaign is to be conducted?
635,318
158,291
1966
Senate Joint Resolution 20
Shall the limitation on the ownership of land in the State of Washington by certain non-citizens be removed by repealing section 33, Article II, as amended by Amendments 24 and 29 of the state constitution?
430,984
415,082
1966
Senate Joint Resolution 22, Part 1
Shall Article IX, section 3, of the state constitution be amended to establish a common school construction fund to be used to finance common school construction, with funds to be derived from (1) certain proceeds from timber and other crops from school and state lands, (2) certain interest, rentals and revenues from the permanent common school fund and from lands devoted to the permanent common school fund, and (3) such other sources as the legislature may provide?
602,360
220,395
1966
Senate Joint Resolution 22, Part 2
Shall Article XVI, section 5, (Amendment 1) of the state constitution, restricting investment of the state's permanent school fund to national, state, county, municipal or school district bonds, be amended by removing this restriction and thereby permitting the permanent school fund to be invested in such manner as may be authorized by act of the legislature?
581,245
222,401
1966
Senate Joint Resolution 25
Shall Article VIII of the state constitution be amended to declare that the use of public funds by port districts, in such manner as may be prescribed by the legislature, for industrial development or trade promotion and promotional hosting shall be deemed a public use for a public purpose and shall not be deemed an unconstitutional gift of public funds?
415,064
359,714
1966
Substitute House Joint Resolution 4
Shall Article VI of the state constitution be amended to allow United States citizens meeting all constitutional qualifications for voting in the state, except for length of residence, to vote at a United States presidential election solely for presidential electors or for the office of president and vice president if they (1) Intend to make this state their permanent residence; and (2) Have resided in the state at least sixty days immediately preceding the particular presidential election?
645,966
155,808
1966
House Joint Resolution 7
Shall Article VII of the state constitution be amended to authorize the legislature to grant relief from property taxes on real property owned and occupied as a residence by retired persons, subject to such restrictions and conditions as the legislature may establish, including but not limited to level of income and length of residence?
661,497
210,553
1966
House Joint Resolution 39
Shall Article VIII, section 3 of state constitution, requiring the publication, in a newspaper in each county for three months prior to the election, of the text of any law to be voted upon by the people authorizing state debts, be amended so as to require only that notice of the law be published at least four times during the four weeks preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state?
569,889
193,299
1964
Senate Joint Resolution 1
Shall Article XI, section 10, of the State Constitution, which provides for the incorporation, organization and classification of cities, and allows certain cities to frame charters for their own government consistent with general state laws, be amended in the following respects: (1) Changing from 20,000 to 10,000 the minimum population of cities which may frame such charters; (2) Changing newspaper publication requirements for proposed charters; (3) Providing that notices of elections be given as required by law?
687,016
263,101
1962
Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 1
Shall the State Constitution be amended to permit school district voters to authorize tax levies in excess of the 40-mill limit at a specified maximum rate for up to four years for operations and/or capital outlay, if the proposition or propositions be approved by a three-fifths majority, and the number of voters voting thereon constitutes not less than forty percent of the votes cast at the last preceding general election in such district?
249,489
597,928
1962
Senate Joint Resolution 9
Shall Article II, Section 1, Amendment 7 of the State Constitution which presently directs the Secretary of State to send each registered voter a copy of the voters' pamphlet (a publication containing the laws and constitutional amendments referred to the people together with arguments for and against each measure) be amended so as to require only mailing to each individual place of residence, together with such other distribution as the Secretary of State deems necessary?
484,666
315,088
1962
Senate Joint Resolution 21
Shall the constitutional restriction upon the ownership of land in the State of Washington by certain non-citizens be removed by repealing Section 33, Article 11, as amended by Amendments 24 and 29 of the State Constitution?
400,839
428,276
1962
Senate Joint Resolution 25
Shall Section 1, Article XXIII, of the State Constitution requiring publication of the text of each proposed constitutional amendment in a weekly newspaper in each county for three months prior to the election, be amended so as to require only that notice of the proposed constitutional amendment be published at least four times during the four weeks preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state?
417,451
353,448
1962
Substitute House Joint Resolution 1
Shall the State Constitution be amended to permit city and town voters to authorize tax levies in excess of the 40-mill limit at a specified maximum rate for up to four years for capital outlay, if the proposition or propositions be approved by a three-fifths majority and the number of voters voting thereon constitutes not less than forty percent of the votes cast at the last preceding general election in such city or town?
189,125
620,973
1962
House Joint Resolution 6
Shall Article IV of the State Constitution be amended by adding a new section providing that when necessary for the prompt and orderly administration of justice a majority of the supreme court is empowered to authorize judges of courts of record in this state to perform, temporarily, judicial duties in the supreme court, and to authorize any superior court judge to perform judicial duties in any superior court of this state?
539,800
236,805
1962
House Joint Resolution 9
Shall Article II of the State Constitution be amended by adding a sectionempowering and directing the legislature to provide a method of temporary succession to elected and appointive offices when because of an emergency resulting from enemy attack the incumbents are unavailable to act and further empowering the legislature to depart fromcertain constitutional provisions if, in discharging this duty, the emergency renders compliance impracticable?
496,956
279,175
1962
House Joint Resolution 19
Shall Article VI, Section 1 of the State Constitution relating to qualifications of voters be amended to reduce the periods of state and county residence required for voting at all elections; eliminate disqualification from voting by Indians not taxed, and allow citizens intending to make this state their permanent residence to vote for presidential electors or President and Vice-President of the United States, after sixty days' residence?
392,172
400,630
1960
Senate Joint Resolution 4
Shall the constitutional restriction upon the ownership of land in the State of Washington by aliens be removed by repealing Section 33, Article II as amended by Amendments 24 and 29 of the State Constitution?
466,705
564,250
1958
Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 9 Part I
Compensation of elected officials. Shall the state constitution be amended to provide that the legislature may increase or decrease the compensation of all elected officials of the state and all elected officials of the counties and that any such change in compensation shall be effective immediately; subject to the people's power of referendum?
199,361
539,483
1958
Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 9 Part II
State Legislators: compensation and eligibility. Shall the state constitution be amended so as to allow a member of the legislature to be appointed or elected to a civil office created, or the emoluments of which have been increased, during the term for which he was elected?
140,142
570,630
1958
Senate Joint Resolution 10
State boundaries: Modification by compact: Shall Article XXIV, Section 1 of the state constitution be amended to authorize the modification of the boundaries of the state of Washington by appropriate interstate compacts duly approved by the Congress of the United States?
395,969
309,922
1958
Senate Joint Resolution 12
Requiring Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment: Shall the state constitution be amended to provide that, upon the legislature's failure to reapportion its members and to revise legislative and congressional district boundaries after each federal census, or to revise congressional district boundaries after each congressional reapportionment, such redistricting and/or reapportionment shall be undertaken by a seven-member commission, including one each from labor, industry and agriculture appointed by the governor, the secretary of state, a supreme court judge, and two state legislators, one from each major party?
320,597
365,018
1958
Senate Joint Resolution 14
Shall Article I, Section 11 of the state constitution as amended by Amendment 4 be further amended to provide that the legislature may authorize the employment by the state of a chaplain for such of the state custodial, correctional and mental institutions as seems justified to the legislature?
492,047
279,700
1958
Senate Joint Resolution 18
Pensions and employees' extra compensation. Shall Article II, Section 25 of the state constitution be amended to prohibit the legislature from granting any extra compensation to any public employee after the services have been rendered or the contract entered into and to provide that Article II, Section 25 shall not be deemed to prevent increases in pensions after such pensions have been granted?
388,797
371,652
1958
Substitute House Joint Resolution 4
School districts: increasing school levy periods. Shall the state constitution be amended to permit school district electors to authorize excess tax levies at a specified maximum rate for up to two years for operation and/or up to six years for capital outlay, if the proposition or propositions therefore shall be approved by a three-fifths majority, and the number of electors voting thereon constitutes not less than forty percentum of the votes cast at the last preceding general election in such district?
293,386
483,165
1956
Senate Joint Resolution 3
Regulating pensions of public officers: Shall Article II, Section 25, of the Constitution be amended to provide that pensions paid by the state or any political subdivision thereof, to a public official, may be increased during his term in office?
261,419
548,184
1956
Senate Joint Resolution 4
Increasing signatures: Initiative and Referendum: Shall a new section be added to Article II of the Constitution which will supersede requirements specified in Section 1 thereof by providing that the valid signatures of eight per centum of the number of registered voters voting for Governor in the last election shall be necessary to certify an initiative and that four per centum shall be necessary to certify a referendum of an act of the Legislature?
413,107
351,518
1956
Senate Joint Resolution 6
Successive terms for State Treasurer Shall Article III, Section 25, of the Constitution be amended to remove the present restriction prohibiting the state treasurer from being elected for more than one successive term?
411,453
374,905
1956
Senate Joint Resolution 14
Filling vacancies in State Legislature Shall the 13th Amendment of the Constitution be amended to provide that vacancies in the Legislature shall be filled by the county commissioners from an approved list submitted by the county central committee of the political party of the preceding legislator; and in the event it be a joint district, from lists submitted by the state central committee for joint action by county commissioners involved; providing for failure to appoint within sixty days, the Governor shall fill vacancy from said list?
454,199
293,159
1956
House Joint Resolution 22
Immediate possession upon court deposit Shall Article I, Section 16, of the Constitution as amended by Amendment 9, be further amended to permit the state, in an eminent domain proceeding, upon filing the action to take immediate possession of the property after payment into court before trial of such amount as provided by law?
292,750
466,193
1954
House Joint Resolution 16
Alien land ownership; corporation amendment. Shall Article II, section 33 as amended by Amendment 24 of the Constitution of the State of Washington, be amended by redefining "alien", thereby permitting the legislature to determine the policy of the state respecting the ownership of land by corporations having alien shareholders?
364,382
296,362
1952
House Joint Resolution 6
Shall Article IV of the Constitution be amended by adding a new section to provide that judges of the supreme court and superior courts shall retire at the age of seventy-five but permitting the legislature to prescribe a lesser age or other causes for retirement?
618,141
215,958
1952
Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 7
Shall Article II of the Constitution be amended by adding a new section to provide that no act approved by the people shall be amended or repealed by the legislature within two years following such approval except by a vote of two-thirds of all members of the legislature or by a direct vote of the people at any general or special election thereon?
468,782
310,797
1952
House Joint Resolution 8
Shall Article VIII, section 6 of the Constitution be amended to permit school districts to become indebted when authorized by popular vote up to an additional five per cent of assessed valuation for capital outlays?
409,985
386,324
1952
Substitute House Joint Resolution 13
Shall Article IV, section 6 of the Constitution be amended to permit superior courts to have original jurisdiction in all eases where the controversy amounts to one thousand dollars or a lesser sum in excess of the jurisdiction granted inferior courts; and shall Article IV, section 10 of the Constitution be amended to permit justices of the peace to have original jurisdiction where the controversy amounts to less than three hundred dollars or such greater sum not to exceed one thousand dollars?
389,626
323,133
1950
Senate Joint Resolution 9
Shall Article II, Section 33 of the Constitution be amended to permit ownership of land by Canadians who are citizens of provinces wherein citizens of this state may own land?
292,857
290,005
1950
House Joint Resolution 10
Shall Section 6, Article VIII of the Constitution be amended to permit school districts to become indebted when authorized by popular vote up to an additional 5% of assessed valuation for capital outlays?
286,189
314,014
1948
Senate Joint Resolution 4
Proposed amendment to the Constitution to permit the legislature to fix the salaries of the elected state officials.
318,319
310,516
1948
Senate Joint Resolution 5
Proposed amendment to Constitution to permit counties to adopt "Home Rule" charters.
296,624
269,018
1948
House Joint Resolution 4
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution repealing Section 7, Article XI, which existing section renders any county officer ineligible to hold his office more than two terms in succession.
337,554
282,324
1948
House Joint Resolution 13
Proposed amendment to the Constitution permitting the formation, under a charter, of combined city and county municipal corporations having a population of 300,000 or more.
291,699
287,813
1946
House Joint Resolution 9
A proposed amendment to the state constitution to permit the state to tax the United States and its instrumentalities to the extent that the laws of the United States will allow.
253,819
198,786
1944
House Joint Resolution 1
Proposed amendment to Article VII of Constitution, adding section limiting aggregate annual levy of taxes on real and personal property to forty mills; exempting port and public utility districts; defining taxing districts; authorizing exceeding of limitation in certain cases by vote of electors; authorizing refunding of certain bonds by certain taxing districts outside of limitation by vote of governing body; subjecting amendment to Article VIII, Section 6, of Constitution; and making other exceptions.
357,488
179,273
1944
House Joint Resolution 4
Proposed amendment to Article II of the Constitution, by adding a new section to be known as Section 40, limiting exclusively to highway purposes the use of motor vehicle license fees, excise taxes on motor fuels and other revenue intended for highway purposes only; providing for their payment into a special fund of the State Treasury; defining highway purposes; and excepting from its provisions certain other designated fees and taxes.
358,581
160,898
1942
Article VII, Sec. 2
A Proposal to amend Article VII of the Constitution by adding a new section, section 2, providing that income shall not be construed as property for the purpose of taxation, and empowering the legislature to enact graduated net income taxes, and to provide exemptions, offsets and deductions.
89,453
176,332
1940
Senate Joint Resolution 1
A Resolution amending the Constitution of the State of Washington by repealing section 7 of Article XI which section limits the tenure of county officers to two successive terms.
208,407
267,938
1940
Senate Joint Resolution 8
A resolution amending Section 11, Article XII of State Constitution authorizing legislature to provide that stockholders of banks organized under laws of this state which shall provide and furnish, through membership in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other instrumentality of the United States Government, insurance or security for payment of debts equivalent to requirements furnished by national banks be relieved from personal liability to same extent as stockholders in national banks, under federal law.
255,047
188,929
1940
House Joint Resolution 13
A RESOLUTION amending Article III of the State Constitution by adding a new section, to be known as Section 26, providing that the people, by initiative, or the legislature by appropriate enactment, may fix, change, raise or lower the salary of any constitutional officer of the state, including members of the legislature, but limiting the salary of legislators to fifty dollars per month, and repealing all constitutional salary limitations.
183,478
259,842
1938
Senate Joint Resolution 5
A Proposal to amend Section 1, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Washington relating to taxation by providing that nothing contained in said section shall be construed to prevent the enactment of a graduated net income tax law.
141,375
285,946
1936
Senate Joint Resolution 7
A Proposal to repeal section 12, article XI and amend sections 1 and 9, article VII of the constitution by providing: uniform taxation upon the same class of subjects; that the legislature may provide exemptions and graduated net income tax, may vest municipalities with power to make local improvements by special assessment or taxation; cannot require counties or municipalities to tax for county or municipal purposes but may under legislative restriction, vest them with such authority.
93,598
328,675
1936
Senate Joint Resolution 20
A proposal to amend section 23, article II of the constitution by providing that each member of the legislature shall receive five dollars per day for expenses in addition to five dollars per day for services, and mileage, now provided.
124,639
313,660
1936
House Joint Resolution 10
A Proposal authorizing the state of Washington to engage in the production and wholesale distribution, only, of electric energy; to assist the development of hydro-electric generating plants; to incur indebtedness by the issuance of bonds; providing for a commission and power districts, but not denying to any municipality, power district or political subdivision of the state the right to control its own utilities nor preventing the state from furnishing electric energy to its institutions and departments.
173,930
278,543
1934
House Joint Resolution 12
A resolution amending section 1 of Article VII of the constitution by providing that all taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax and shall be levied and collected for public purposes only; providing that there shall be such exemptions from taxation as the legislature may by general law provide; and providing that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent the enactment of a graduated net income tax law.
134,908
176,154
1934
House Joint Resolution 14
A resolution amending section 12 of Article XI of the constitution by providing that the legislature shall have no power to impose taxes upon counties, cities, towns or other municipal corporations, or upon the inhabitants or property thereof, for county, city, town or other municipal purposes, but by general law may limit such taxes and may supervise and control the valuing of property for local taxation and the administration of laws relating to such taxation, and may apportion state funds among counties, cities, towns and other municipal corporations.
129,310
189,002
1932
Senate Joint Resolution 11
An Amendment of section 4, Article IV of the constitution, relating to the jurisdiction of the supreme court, by providing that the legislature may from time to time increase the original amount in controversy or the value of the property which shall be requisite to confer appellate jurisdiction in civil actions for the recovery of money or personal property except in certain cases.
153,079
175,130
1932
Senate Joint Resolution 16
Shall section 23 of Article 2 of the constitution be amended so that it shall provide that the members of the legislature shall receive an annual salary of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
117,665
254,345
1932
House Joint Resolution 5
AN AMENDMENT of sections 2, 3 and 6, Article II and sections 1 and 2, Article XXII of the constitution, relating to the legislature, by fixing the number of members thereof and reapportioning the same until and including the regular session of 1941, providing that thereafter the legislature shall reapportion its members upon the basis of each federal census and that if the legislature fails to act such reapportionment shall be performed by the governor and providing for the election and terms of office of senators.
162,895
180,417
1932
Article XV, Sec. 1
AN AMENDMENT of section 1, Article XV of the constitution, relating to harbors and harbor areas, by authorizing the relocation or reestablishment of harbor lines pursuant to such provision as may be made therefore by the legislature and extending the permissible maximum width of harbor areas from 600 to 2,000 feet.
170,101
148,201
1930
Senate Joint Resolution 10
Shall section 23 of article 2 of the Constitution be amended so that it shall provide that the members of the legislature shall receive an annual salary of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
107,947
132,750
1930
House Joint Resolution 13
An Amendment of section 15, Article II of the state constitution relating to vacancies in the legislature, by providing that such vacancies shall be filled by appointment by boards of county commissioners, and prescribing the tenure of office of persons so appointed.
133,255
87,633
1930
Article VII, Sec. 1-4
An amendment of Article VII of the state constitution relating to revenue and taxation by striking sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, and inserting in lieu thereof a single section re-enacting certain provisions of the sections stricken; providing that property may be classified for the purpose of taxation; requiring the taxation of intangible property subject to ownership; constituting real property a single class for taxing purposes; authorizing the taxation of mines, mineral resources, and reforested lands by a yield or ad valorem tax or both, and exempting credits secured by property actually taxed in this state.
138,231
88,784
1928
Article VII, Sec. 1-4
An amendment of Article VII of the state constitution relating to revenue and taxation, by striking sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 and inserting in lieu thereof a single section reenacting certain provisions of the sections stricken and providing that property may be classified for the purpose of taxation.
131,126
140,887
1926
Add Article XXVIII
An Act relating to forestation and reforestation and the assessment and taxation of lands devoted to that purpose and the assessment and taxation of the products of such lands, and providing for an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Washington.
87,158
107,524
1926
Article II, Sec. 23
An Act providing for the amendment of Section 23 of Article II, of the Constitution of the State of Washington, relating to the compensation of members of the Legislature.
75,329
120,158
1924
Article XI, Sec. 5
An Amendment of section 5, article XI of the State Constitution relating to county officers, by providing that the legislature may classify counties by population and provide for the election of officers in certain classes of counties who shall perform the duties of two or more county officers.
137,093
129,003
1924
Article XV, Sec. 1
An Amendment of section 1 of article XV of the State Constitution relating to harbor lines and areas, by providing that harbor lines may be relocated or reestablished and that none of the area lying between any harbor line and the line of ordinary high water and within not more than two thousand (2,000) feet of any harbor line shall be sold or the right to the control thereof relinquished by the state.
99,694
152,911
1922
Article I, Sec. 22
An Act amending section 22 of article I of the State Constitution by providing that the trial of a person accused of a public offense committed on any railway car, coach, train, boat or other public conveyance may be had in any county through which such conveyance may pass.
122,972
81,457
1922
Article II, Sec. 23
An Act amending section 23 of article II of the State Constitution relating to compensation to be paid members of the legislature by increasing the compensation of such members from $5.00 to $10.00 a day for each day's attendance during the session.
52,621
161,677
1922
Article VIII, Sec. 4
An Act amending section 4 of article VIII of the State Constitution by providing that payments from state appropriations should be made within one calendar month after the end of the next ensuing fiscal biennium.
94,746
86,746
1920
Article I, Sec. 16
An Act providing for the amendment of section 16, article 1 of the state constitution relating to eminent domain by declaring that the taking of private property by the state for land reclamation and settlement is a public use.
121,022
113,287
1920
Article III
An Act for the amendment of sections 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21 and 22, article 3, of the state constitution by fixing the annual salaries of certain state officers as follows: Governor, ten thousand dollars; lieutenant governor, two thousand five hundred dollars; secretary of state, five thousand dollars; treasurer, five thousand dollars; auditor, five thousand dollars; attorney general, six thousand dollars; superintendent of public instruction, five thousand dollars.
71,284
170,242
1916
Article VI, Sec. 1
An Act providing for the amendment of section 1 of article VI of the Constitution of the State of Washington, relating to the qualification of voters.
88,963
180,179
1914
Article II, Sec. 33
An amendment of Section 33, Article 2 of the State Constitution, enabling alien residents of this state to acquire by purchase and hold lands lying within municipal corporations, and providing for the escheat of such lands to the common school fund in case the owner thereof becomes a non-resident of the state for the term of five year.
55,080
212,542
1912
Article I, Sec. 33-34
Proposed amendment to article one (1) of the Constitution, by adding thereto at the end of said article one (1) two new sections to be numbered sections 33 and 34 of said article one (1) authorizing and providing for the recall and discharge of any elective public officer and election of his successor.
112,321
46,372
1912
Article II, Sec. 1
Proposed amendment of section 1 of article II of the Constitution of the State of Washington, relating to legislative powers and providing for the initiative and referendum.
110,110
43,905
1912
Article II, Sec. 31
Proposed amendment of article II of the Constitution of the State of Washington, by striking section 31 there from, which relates to the time when laws take effect.
79,940
47,978
1912
Article XI, Sec. 7
Proposed amendment to section seven (7) of article eleven (XI) of the Constitution, removing the prohibition against county officers, except county treasurer, holding office for more than two terms.
67,717
83,138
1910
Article III, Sec. 10
Proposed amendment to section 10 of Article III of the Constitution, relating to the succession to the office of Governor
51,257
14,186
1910
Article VI
Proposed amendment to Article VI of the Constitution relating to the qualifications of voters within this state
52,299
29,676
1908
Article I, Sec. 16
Proposed amendment to section 16 of Article 1 of the Constitution, relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
26,849
52,721
1908
Article VII
Proposed amendment to Article VII of the Constitution relating to the assessment and taxation of property within the state.
28,371
60,244
1906
Article I, Sec. 16
Proposed amendment to section 16 of Article 1 of the Constitution, relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
15,257
20,984
1906
Article XXI, Sec. 1
Proposed amendment to Article XXI, Section one (1), of the constitution, which reads: Sec. 1. The use of the waters of this state for irrigation, mining, manufacturing purposes, and for the removal of timber products, shall be deemed a public use.
18,462
20,258
1904
Article I, Sec. 11
Proposed amendment to Section Eleven (11) of Article One (1) of the Constitution, giving the Legislature of the State of Washington the power of employing chaplains for state penal and reformatory institutions.
17,058
11,371
1900
Article VII, Sec. 2
Proposed amendment to Section 2 of Article 7 of the Constitution in relation to taxation.
35,398
8,975
1898
Article VI
Proposed Amendment to Art. 6 of Constitution conferring Elective Franchise on Women.
20,658
30,540
1898
Article VII, Sec. 2
Proposed Amendment to Sec. 2, Art. 7 of Constitution relating to Taxation.
15,986
33,850
1896
Article VI, Sec. 1
Amendment regarding qualifications of eligible electors.
28,019
11,983
1894
Article XVI, Sec. 5
Investment of school fund: None of the permanent school fund of this state shall ever be loaned to private persons or corporations, but it may be invested in national, state, municipal or school district bonds.
18,884
5,598
1892
A constitutional amendment increasing the limit of state indebtedness
13,635
35,207
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