RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS.
Summary
Requires the legislature to follow fundamental principles of the sunshine law, including: requiring a majority vote to suspend legislative rules; requiring proposed amendments on a measure to be germane to the text to be amended; and requiring all floor votes to be printed on the order of the day before consideration. Specifies that correspondence received by the legislature or any of its committees on a measure is testimony on the measure and subject to disclosure as a public record. (SD1)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2019
Last action Dec 1, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
upper
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 123) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
upper
Jan 31, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) L. Thielen, Inouye, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Baker.
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-19 2:45PM in conference room 225.
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to GVO, JDC/WAM.
upper
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Donna Kim
DDemocratic
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