WA People
BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

HB 1335: Home rule charter cities

Providing home rule charter cities the ability to choose their election system.

Summary

  • Modifies nonpartisan primary election provisions for cities, towns, and districts to specify that such elections must be held on dates established in statute except where the charter of a first class city provides otherwise.
  • Modifies the purpose statement to pertaining to the establishment of uniform primary procedural requirements to include an exemption for qualifying first class cities.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 20, 2005
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Hans Dunshee (D-44)
Introduced
January 20, 2005 in the House
Last action
January 9, 2006
Companion bill
SB 5326

AN ACT Relating to providing home rule charter cities the ability to choose their election system;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Hans Dunshee (D-44)

22 co-sponsors (19 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Toby Nixon R-45Al O'Brien D-1Fred Jarrett R-41Geoff Simpson D-47Jim Moeller D-49Bill Fromhold D-49Timm Ormsby D-3Maralyn Chase D-32Sherry Appleton D-23Dawn Morrell D-25Judy Clibborn D-41Ruth Kagi D-32Lynn Kessler D-24Tami Green D-28Jeff Morris D-40Bob Hasegawa D-11Jim Dunn R-17Shay Schual-Berke D-33Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney D-46Alex Wood D-3Mary Lou Dickerson D-36Joe McDermott D-34

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Local Government.

HB 1335 in other sessions

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