BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 5440: Poet laureate

Creating the position of poet laureate.

Summary

Provides that the poet laureate shall engage in activities to promote and encourage poetry within the state, including but not limited to a minimum of twenty readings, workshops, lectures, and/or presentations for Washington educational institutions and communities in geographically diverse areas over a two-year term.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the state poet laureate;

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

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