WA People
BILL · 1999–00 SESSION

HB 1117: Elections/residency

Regulating carpetbagging.

Summary

  • Requires candidates except as provided in RCW 3.46.067 and 3.50.057, to have been properly registered to vote in the geographic area represented by the office for at least one year before the date of filing the declaration and affidavit of candidacy.

From the Bill Digest (HB 1117), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 14, 1999
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
John Pennington (R-18)
Introduced
January 14, 1999 in the House
Last action
January 10, 2000

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: John Pennington (R-18)

2 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Tom Mielke R-18Kathy Lambert R-45

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

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HB 1117 in other sessions

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