JOINT RESOLUTION · 1991–92 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSJR 8208

SJR 8208: Chaplains/municipaltes/state

Amending the Constitution to permit municipalities and state agencies to employ chaplains.

Summary

Article I, Section 11 does not forbid the employment of a chaplain by a public hospital district's hospital, health facility, or hospice as in the discretion of the Legislature may seem justified.

From the Substitute Senate Bill Report (SSJR 8208), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedJan 24, 1991
Out of committee
Passed SenateMar 4, 1991
Passed Housestopped here
Sent to voters

Prime sponsor: Irv Newhouse (R-15)
Introduced: January 24, 1991 in the Senate
Last action: February 27, 1992
Companion bill: HJR 4216
Versions: SJR 8208, SSJR 8208

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 4, 1991

Version voted on: SSJR 8208

39 Yea 10 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	14	10	0	0
Republican	25	0	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (39)

Nay (10)

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History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

SJR 8208 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SJR 8208 (2025–26) Duration of regular sessions · Did not pass · died in committee
SJR 8208 (2023–24) Right to hunt and fish · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SJR 8208 (2021–22) Car purchase taxes · Did not pass · died in committee
SJR 8208 (2019–20) Homestead property tax exem. · Did not pass · died in committee
SJR 8208 (2017–18) Four-year balanced budget · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SJR 8208 (2015–16) Tax and fee increases · Did not pass · died in committee
SJR 8208 (2013–14) School district bonds · Did not pass · died in committee
SJR 8208 (2011–12) Health care services · Did not pass · died in committee

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