JOINT MEMORIAL · 2007–08 SESSION

SJM 8009: Discrimination against women

Urging adoption of a treaty fighting discrimination against women.

Summary

Requests that President Bush and the Secretary of State place the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in the highest category of priority in order to accelerate the treaty's passage through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the full United States Senate with the goal of ratification by the United States; and that the Washington State Legislature exhort…

From the Bill Digest (SJM 8009), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

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.

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SJM 8009 (2023–24) Harbor maintenance tax · Passed Legislature · filed with Secretary of State
SJM 8009 (2021–22) National biodiversity strat. · Did not pass · died in committee
SJM 8009 (2019–20) Marine plastic pollution · Did not pass · died in committee
SJM 8009 (2017–18) PS hatchery & gen mgmt plans · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SJM 8009 (2015–16) State ports' competitiveness · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SJM 8009 (2013–14) Banking/Glass-Steagall act · Did not pass · died in committee
SJM 8009 (2011–12) Remote sales/tax collection · Passed Legislature · filed with Secretary of State