Washington Tax on Property and Casualty Insurance Premiums for Wildfire Prevention Initiative (2020)
| Washington Tax on Property and Casualty Insurance Premiums for Wildfire Prevention Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Taxes and Environment | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Tax on Property and Casualty Insurance Premiums for Wildfire Prevention Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 3, 2020.
The measure was designed to create a 3% tax on insurance premiums related to property and/or casualty insurance policies to fund the Wildfire Prevention and Preparedness Fund, which would have also been created by the measure.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of initiative 1095 can be found here.
Path to the ballot
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 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: 259,622 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was January 3, 2020.
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
- Greg Wong submitted the initiative on November 27, 2019.[1]
- Proponents did not submit signatures by the deadline.[2]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the 2020 Legislature," accessed December 16, 2019
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, telephone communication with the Washington Secretary of State's office, January 3, 2020
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