Washington Repeal Provision on When Laws Take Effect Amendment (1912)
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Washington Repeal Provision on When Laws Take Effect Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Washington on November 5, 1912. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported repealing constitutional language requiring new laws to take effect 90 days after the legislative session's adjournment, unless an emergency was declared and approved by a two-thirds vote of the legislature. |
A "no" vote opposed repealing constitutional language requiring new laws to take effect 90 days after the legislative session's adjournment, unless an emergency was declared and approved by a two-thirds vote of the legislature. |
Election results
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79,940 | 62.49% | ||
| No | 47,978 | 37.51% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Repeal Provision on When Laws Take Effect Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Proposed amendment of article II of the Constitution of the State of Washington, by striking section 31 therefrom, which relates to the time when laws take effect. | ” |
Constitutional changes
The ballot measure repealed Section 31 of Article II of the Washington State Constitution. The following struck-through language was repealed:
SEC. 31. No law, except appropriation bills, shall take effect until ninety days after the adjournment of the session at which it was enacted, unless in case of any emergency (which emergency must be expressed in the preamble or in the body of the act) the legislature shall otherwise direct by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house; said vote to be taken by yeas and nays and entered on the journals.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Washington Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Washington State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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