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BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

HB 1426: 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 21, 2011
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
J.T. Wilcox (R-2)
Introduced
January 21, 2011 in the House
Last action
April 11, 2012

AN ACT Relating to requiring a balanced legislative budget;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: J.T. Wilcox (R-2)

28 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 25 Republicans)

Bruce Chandler R-15Barbara Bailey R-10Matt Shea R-4Jay Rodne R-5Brad Klippert R-8Norma Smith R-10Jim McCune R-2Larry Haler R-8Charles Ross R-14Judy Warnick R-13Gary Alexander R-20David Taylor R-15Bruce Dammeier R-25Hans Zeiger R-25Fred Finn D-35Norm Johnson R-14Vincent Buys R-42Ed Orcutt R-18Brian Blake D-19Senator R-18Cary Condotta R-12Susan Fagan R-9Cathy Dahlquist R-31Kevin Parker R-6Mark Hargrove R-47Dan Kristiansen R-39Jan Angel R-26Troy Kelley D-28

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. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  6. First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

HB 1426 in other sessions

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

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