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BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 1655: Balanced legislative budget

Requiring a balanced legislative budget.

Summary

  • Prohibits the legislature from appropriating an amount from any account for any fiscal period that is in excess of the estimated amount of revenues and resources to that account for that fiscal period as of the date the budget is adopted.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 27, 2009
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Gary Alexander (R-20)
Introduced
January 27, 2009 in the House
Last action
March 15, 2010

AN ACT Relating to requiring a balanced legislative budget;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Gary Alexander (R-20)

33 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 32 Republicans)

Barbara Bailey R-10Dan Kristiansen R-39Jan Angel R-26Daniel Newhouse R-15Glenn Anderson R-5Maureen Walsh R-16Mike Hope R-44Charles Ross R-14Larry Haler R-8Joe Schmick R-9Norma Smith R-10Brad Klippert R-8Matt Shea R-4Jaime Herrera R-18Jim McCune R-2Dan Roach R-31Doug Ericksen R-42Don Cox R-9Kirk Pearson R-39Shelly Short R-7Ed Orcutt R-18Cary Condotta R-12Norm Johnson R-14Skip Priest R-30Bill Hinkle R-13Kevin Parker R-6Judy Warnick R-13Bruce Dammeier R-25Joel Kretz R-7Jay Rodne R-5Tom Campbell R-2Mike Armstrong R-12Geoff Simpson D-47

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

HB 1655 in other sessions

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

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