Washington Atlantic Salmon Net-Pen Farming Ban Veto Referendum (2018)
| Washington Atlantic Salmon Net-Pen Farming Ban Veto Referendum | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Environment | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Referendum | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Atlantic Salmon Net-Pen Farming Ban Veto Referendum (#78, 79) was not on the ballot in Washington as a veto referendum on November 6, 2018.
This veto referendum sought to overturn Washington House Bill 2957, which was signed on March 22, 2018, by Washington governor Jay Inslee (D) that was designed to phase out non-native finfish aquaculture in Washington's marine waters and ban net-pen farming of non-native finfish unless the net-pen farms were under a lease of state-owned aquatic lands. HB 2957 was largely a response to the collapse of Cooke Aquaculture's Cypress Island fish farm net-pen in August 2017 that released up to 263,000 non-native Atlantic salmon into Washington waters.[1]
Referendum 79 sought to overturn the bill in its entirety, while Referendum 78 sought to overturn specific sections, mainly sections 2-5 and 12.[2][3][4]
Text of measure
Full text
- The full text of referendum measure #78 is available here.
- The full text of referendum measure #79 is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify a veto referendum for the ballot is equal to 4 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election. Signatures must be submitted 90 days following the adjournment of the legislative session during which the targeted bill was passed.
The requirements to get a veto referendum certified for the 2018 ballot:
- Signatures: 129,811 valid signatures
- Deadline (2017 bills): The deadline to submit signatures for a veto referendum targeting a bill passed in the regular 2017 session was July 22.
- Deadline (2018 bills): The deadline to submit signatures for a veto referendum targeting a bill passed in the regular 2018 session was June 6, 2018.
The secretary of state verifies the signatures using a random sample method. If the sample indicates that the measure has sufficient signatures, the measure is certified for the ballot. However, if the sample indicates that the measure has insufficient signatures, every signature is checked. Under Washington law, a random sample result may not invalidate a petition.
Details about this initiative
- Tim Eyman filed both versions of this veto referendum on March 15, 2018.[4]
- Tim Eyman withdrew both versions of this veto referendum.[4]
- Eyman said that he was abandoning the efforts because of a lack of support, including a lack of support from Cooke Aquaculture's.[5]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Seattle Times, "Fish farm caused Atlantic salmon spill near San Juans, then tried to hide how bad it was, state says," accessed March 24, 2018
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Referendum Measure No. 78," accessed March 24, 2018
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Referendum Measure No. 79," accessed March 24, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Referendum Measures," accessed March 23, 2018
- ↑ The Seattle Times, "Tim Eyman withdraws referendums seeking vote on Atlantic salmon net-pen ban," March 23, 2018
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