JOINT MEMORIAL · 2015–16 SESSION

HJM 4000: Free and fair elections

Asking congress to call a limited convention, authorized under Article V of the United States Constitution, for the purpose of proposing a free and fair elections amendment to that Constitution.

Summary

Requests Congress to call a constitutional convention.

From the House Bill Report (HJM 4000), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate

IntroducedJan 12, 2015
Out of committeeFeb 5, 2016
Passed HouseFeb 17, 2016
Passed Senatestopped here
Filed

Prime sponsor: Chris Reykdal (D-22)
Introduced: January 12, 2015 in the House
Last action: March 10, 2016

Votes

House · Final Passage

Passed February 17, 2016

Version voted on: HJM 4000

52 Yea 46 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	50	0	0	0
Republican	2	46	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (52)

Nay (46)

Permalink to this vote

History

Mar 10, 2016By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Mar 10, 2016By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
Feb 19, 2016First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security.
Feb 17, 2016Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 0.
Feb 17, 2016Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Feb 11, 2016Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 5, 2016Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 4, 2016Minority; do not pass.
Feb 4, 2016SG - Majority; do pass.
Jan 11, 2016By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jun 28, 2015By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
May 29, 2015By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 29, 2015By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jan 12, 2015First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
Jan 8, 2015Prefiled for introduction.

HJM 4000 in other sessions

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

HJM 4000 (2025–26) Martin Luther King, Jr. Way · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HJM 4000 (2023–24) Year of the salmon · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HJM 4000 (2021–22) New state in E. Washington · Did not pass · died in committee
HJM 4000 (2019–20) Biochar · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HJM 4000 (2017–18) New state in E. Washington · Did not pass · died in committee
HJM 4000 (2013–14) I-5: "Purple Heart Trail" · Did not pass · died in committee
HJM 4000 (2011–12) Pat down search procedures · Did not pass · died in committee
HJM 4000 (2009–10) County health care costs · Passed Legislature · filed with Secretary of State

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