BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 6177: Initiative & ref signatures
Requiring that signatures for initiatives and referenda may only be gathered by registered voters of this state.
Summary
- Requires that a person must be a registered voter of this state to solicit or procure signatures on an initiative or referendum petition. A person who violates this provision is subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each violation.
From the Bill Digest (SB 6177), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 12, 1998
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Darlene Fairley (D-32)
- Introduced
- January 12, 1998 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Darlene Fairley (D-32)
16 co-sponsors (16 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Valoria Loveland D-16Betti Sheldon D-23Jim Hargrove D-24Rosemary McAuliffe D-1Adam Kline D-37Karen Fraser D-22Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Rosa Franklin D-29Mary Margaret Haugen D-10Harriet Spanel D-40Pat Thibaudeau D-43Albert Bauer D-49Calvin Goings D-25Ken Jacobsen D-46Sid Snyder D-19Julia Patterson D-33
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
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.
SB 6177 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 6177 (2025–26) LEAP website
- SB 6177 (2023–24) PFML benefits/health info.
- SB 6177 (2019–20) Employee personal vehicles
- SB 6177 (2017–18) Excess local infra. revenues
- SB 6177 (2015–16) Marijuana research licenses
- SB 6177 (2013–14) Mercury-containing lights
- SB 6177 (2011–12) Certificated employee evals
- SB 6177 (2009–10) Public campaign financing