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Washington Prohibit Seclusion and Physical Restraint in Schools Initiative (2019)

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Washington Prohibit Seclusion and Physical Restraint in Schools Initiative
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Election date
November 5, 2019
Topic
Education
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
State statute
Origin
Citizens


The Prohibit Seclusion and Physical Restraint in Schools Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 5, 2019.

The initiative would have prohibited physical restraint and seclusion as punishment for children in schools.[1][2]

Richard Pope filed the initiative again targeting the 2020 ballot. The 2020 version of the initiative can be found here.

Text of measure

Full text

The full text of Initiative 1666 can be found here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

The state process

In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify an indirectly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the Legislature in Washington—for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election. Initial filings for indirect initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the regular session at which their proposal would be presented to lawmakers. Signatures must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the beginning of the legislative session in the year of the targeted election.

The requirements to get an Initiative to the Legislature certified for the 2019 ballot:

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 to appear before the legislature. If the legislature does not approve the measure, it is certified to appear on 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

  • Richard Pope submitted the initiative on March 1, 2019.[2]
  • Signatures for the initiative were not submitted before the deadline on July 5, 2019.[3]

See also

External links

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