Washington Public Vote on Tax Increases Initiative (2018)

Washington Public Vote on Tax Increases Initiative
Election date November 6, 2018
Topic Direct democracy measures and Taxes
Status Not on the ballot
Type State statute	Origin Citizens
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The Washington Public Vote on Tax Increases Initiative was not put on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 6, 2018.

Tim Eyman proposed multiple versions of the initiative.

The first version filed, Initiative 895, would have required that tax increases passed by the state legislature expire after one year unless voters approve the increases as referred ballot measures.

The second version filed, Initiative 898, would have required that tax increases passed by the state legislature expire after one year unless passed by a two-thirds vote in the legislature or approved by voters at the ballot box.

Ballot title

The following are the ballot titles for the initiatives:

Initiative Measure No. 895
Initiative Measure No. 895 concerns state taxes. This measure would require tax increases to expire after one year unless approved by a simple majority of voters at an election, and would terminate any increase imposed in 2018 lacking such approval. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ]

Initiative Measure No. 898
Initiative Measure No. 898 concerns state taxes. This measure would require tax increases to expire after one year unless approved by a two-thirds legislative vote or majority popular vote, and terminate any increase imposed in 2018 without such approval. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ]

Initiative Measure No. 961
The ballot title for this initiative has not yet been issued.

Ballot summary

The following are the ballot summaries for the initiatives:

Initiative Measure No. 895
This measure would require tax increases imposed by the legislature after January 1, 2019, to expire one year after taking effect unless approved by a simple majority of voters at an election. The measure also would terminate, on the date the measure takes effect, any tax increase imposed in 2018 that has not been approved by a simple majority of voters at an election.

Initiative Measure No. 898
This measure would require state tax increases to expire one year after taking effect unless they are approved by a two-thirds vote of the legislature or a simple majority of the voters. Any tax increase imposed in 2018 without such approval would be terminated and expire on the effective date of this act.

Initiative Measure No. 961
The ballot summary for this initiative has not yet been issued.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

To make the 2018 ballot, proponents of Initiatives to the Legislature were required to submit at least 259,622 valid signatures by December 29, 2017. If certified, initiatives are sent to the Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate for consideration. The legislature chooses whether to enact the measure, send it to the 2018 ballot alone, or send it to the ballot alongside an alternative proposition.

Tim Eyman and M.J. Fagan filed two versions of the initiative with the secretary of state's office in 2017. The first version of the initiative received a ballot title and summary on March 15, 2017.

Proponents of the initiative did not submit signatures to the secretary of state's office by the December 29, 2017, deadline and the measure was not put on the ballot.

See also

2018 measures

• 2018 ballot measures
• Direct democracy measures on the ballot
• Taxes on the ballot

Washington

• Washington ballot measures
• Washington ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
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