BILL · 2007–08 SESSION

SB 6291: Welfare tax payments

Requiring voter authorization of government welfare tax payments to cities and counties.

Summary

For cities or counties to receive distributions under the City-County Assistance Account an authorizing proposition must be submitted to the voters of the eligible city or county; and the proposition must be approved by a majority of those voters.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6291), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to requiring voter authorization of government welfare tax payments to cities and counties;

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

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

SB 6291 (2025–26) On-site wastewater systems · Enacted · Chapter 210, Laws of 2026
SB 6291 (2023–24) State building code council · Enacted · Chapter 170, Laws of 2024
SB 6291 (2019–20) Hearing instruments/children · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6291 (2017–18) Local marijuana regs. & rev. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6291 (2015–16) Weighted GPAs · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6291 (2013–14) Tenant screening · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6291 (2011–12) Sealing juvenile records · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6291 (2009–10) Marauding dogs · Did not pass · died in committee