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Wa. Const. art. I, § 32 — Article I / Section 32
WA Const., Article I, Section 32
Status: in_force

- Fundamental Principles A frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is essential to the security of individual right and the perpetuity of free government.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 20 — Article II / Section 20
WA Const., Article II, Section 20
Status: in_force

- Origin and Amendment of Bills Any bill may originate in either house of the legislature, and a bill passed by one house may be amended in the other.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 8 — Article II / Section 8
WA Const., Article II, Section 8
Status: in_force

- Judges of Their Own Election and Qualification-Quorum Each house shall be the judge of the election, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide.
Wa. Const. art. XIII, § 1 — Article XIII / Section 1
WA Const., Article XIII, Section 1
Status: in_force

- Educational, Reformatory, and Penal Institutions Educational, reformatory, and penal institutions; those for the benefit of youth who are blind or deaf or otherwise disabled; for persons who are mentally ill or developmentally disabled; and such other institutions as the public good may require, shall be fostered and supported by the state, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law. The regents, trustees, or commissioners of all such institutions existing at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, and of such as shall thereafter be established by law, shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate; and upon all nominations made by the governor, the question shall be taken by ayes and noes, and entered upon the journal.
Wa. Const. art. III, § 3 — Article III / Section 3
WA Const., Article III, Section 3
Status: in_force

- Other Executive Officers, Terms of Office The lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, and commissioner of public lands, shall hold their offices for four years respectively, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Wa. Const. art. III, § 6 — Article III / Section 6
WA Const., Article III, Section 6
Status: in_force

- Messages He shall communicate at every session by message to the legislature the condition of the affairs of the state, and recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient for their action.
Wa. Const. art. III, § 12 — Article III / Section 12
WA Const., Article III, Section 12
Status: in_force

- Veto Powers Every act which shall have passed the legislature shall be, before it becomes a law, presented to the governor. If he approves, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that house in which it shall have originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon the journal and proceed to reconsider. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members present shall agree to pass the bill it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of the members present, it shall become a law; but in all such cases the vote of both houses shall be determined by the yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for or against the bill shall be entered upon the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within five days, Sundays excepted, after it shall be presented to him, it shall become a law without his signature, unless the general adjournment shall prevent its return, in which case it shall become a law unless the governor, within twenty days next after the adjournment, Sundays excepted, shall file such bill with his objections thereto, in the office of secretary of state, who shall lay the same before the legislature at its next session in like manner as if it had been returned by the governor: Provided, That within forty-five days next after the adjournment, Sundays excepted, the legislature may, upon petition by a two-thirds majority or more of the membership of each house, reconvene in extraordinary session, not to exceed five days duration, solely to reconsider any bills vetoed. If any bill presented to the governor contain several sections or appropriation items, he may object to one or more sections or appropriation items while approving other portions of the bill: Provided, That he may not object to less than an entire section, except that if the section contain one or more appropriation items he may object to any such appropriation item or items. In case of objection he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the section or sections, appropriation item or items to which he objects and the reasons therefor; and the section or sections, appropriation item or items so objected to shall not take effect unless passed over the governor's objection, as hereinbefore provided. The provisions of Article II, section 12 insofar as they are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 29 — Article II / Section 29
WA Const., Article II, Section 29
Status: in_force

- Convict Labor After the first day of January eighteen hundred and ninety the labor of convicts of this state shall not be let out by contract to any person, copartnership, company or corporation, and the legislature shall by law provide for the working of convicts for the benefit of the state.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 17 — Article I / Section 17
WA Const., Article I, Section 17
Status: in_force

- Imprisonment for Debt There shall be no imprisonment for debt , except in cases of absconding debtors.
Wa. Const. art. XXVIII, § 1 — Article XXVIII / Section 1
WA Const., Article XXVIII, Section 1
Status: in_force

- Salaries for Legislature, Elected State Officials, and Judges -- Independent Commission -- Referendum Salaries for members of the legislature, elected officials of the executive branch of state government, and judges of the state's supreme court, court of appeals, superior courts, and district courts shall be fixed by an independent commission created and directed by law to that purpose. No state official, public employee, or person required by law to register with a state agency as a lobbyist, or immediate family member of the official, employee, or lobbyist, may be a member of that commission. As used in this section the phrase "immediate family" has the meaning that is defined by law. Any change of salary shall be filed with the secretary of state and shall become law ninety days thereafter without action of the legislature or governor, but shall be subject to referendum petition by the people, filed within the ninety-day period. Referendum measures under this section shall be submitted to the people at the next following general election, and shall be otherwise governed by the provisions of this Constitution generally applicable to referendum measures. The salaries fixed pursuant to this section shall supersede any other provision for the salaries of members of the legislature, elected officials of the executive branch of state government, and judges of the state's supreme court, court of appeals, superior courts, and district courts. The salaries for such officials in effect on January 12, 1987, shall remain in effect until changed pursuant to this section. After the initial adoption of a law by the legislature creating the independent commission, no amendment to such act which alters the composition of the commission shall be valid unless the amendment is enacted by a favorable vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the legislature and is subject to referendum petition. The provisions of section 14 of Article IV, sections 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, and 22 of Article III, and section 23 of Article II, insofar as they are inconsistent herewith, are hereby superseded. The provisions of section 1 of Article II relating to referendum procedures, insofar as they are inconsistent herewith, are hereby superseded with regard to the salaries governed by this section.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 14 — Article I / Section 14
WA Const., Article I, Section 14
Status: in_force

- Excessive Bail, Fines and Punishment Excessive bail shall not be required, excessive fines imposed, nor cruel punishment inflicted.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 35 — Article II / Section 35
WA Const., Article II, Section 35
Status: in_force

- Protection of Employees The legislature shall pass necessary laws for the protection of persons working in mines, factories and other employments dangerous to life or deleterious to health; and fix pains and penalties for the enforcement of the same.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 37 — Article II / Section 37
WA Const., Article II, Section 37
Status: in_force

- Revision or Amendment No act shall ever be revised or amended by mere reference to its title, but the act revised or the Section amended shall be set forth at full length.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 19 — Article II / Section 19
WA Const., Article II, Section 19
Status: in_force

- Bill to Contain One Subject No bill shall embrace more than one subject , and that shall be expressed in the title .
Wa. Const. art. I, § 7 — Article I / Section 7
WA Const., Article I, Section 7
Status: in_force

- Invasion of Private Affairs or Home Prohibited No person shall be disturbed in his private affairs , or his home invaded, without authority of law.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 10 — Article I / Section 10
WA Const., Article I, Section 10
Status: in_force

- Administration of Justice Justice in all cases shall be administered openly , and without unnecessary delay .
Wa. Const. art. I, § 28 — Article I / Section 28
WA Const., Article I, Section 28
Status: in_force

- Hereditary Privileges Abolished No hereditary emoluments, privileges, or powers, shall be granted or conferred in this state.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 24 — Article I / Section 24
WA Const., Article I, Section 24
Status: in_force

- Right to Bear Arms The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired, but nothing in this Section shall be construed as authorizing individuals or corporations to organize, maintain or employ an armed body of men .
Wa. Const. art. II, § 4 — Article II / Section 4
WA Const., Article II, Section 4
Status: in_force

- Election of Representatives and Term of Office Members of the house of representatives shall be elected in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine at the time and in the manner provided by this Constitution, and shall hold their offices for the term of one year and until their successors shall be elected.
Wa. Const. art. XXVII, § 13 — Article XXVII / Section 13
WA Const., Article XXVII, Section 13
Status: in_force

REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS. [Repealed by AMENDMENT 74, 1983 Substitute Senate Joint Resolution No. 103. Approved November 8, 1983.] Original text -- Art. 27 Section 13 REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS -- One representative in the congress of the United States shall be elected from the state at large, at the first election provided for in this Constitution; and, thereafter, at such times and places, and in such manner, as may be prescribed by law. When a new apportionment shall be made by congress, the legislature shall divide the state into congressional districts, in accordance with such apportionment. The vote cast for representative in congress, at the first election, shall be canvassed, and the result determined in the manner provided for by the laws of the Territory for the canvass of the vote for delegate in congress.
Wa. Const. art. X, § 3 — Article X / Section 3
WA Const., Article X, Section 3
Status: in_force

- Soldiers' Home The legislature shall provide by law for the maintenance of a soldiers' home for honorably discharged Union soldiers, sailors, marines and members of the state militia disabled while in the line of duty and who are bona fide citizens of the state.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 31 — Article I / Section 31
WA Const., Article I, Section 31
Status: in_force

- Standing Army No standing army shall be kept up by this state in time of peace, and no soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of its owner, nor in time of war except in the manner prescribed by law.
Wa. Const. art. XXIII, § 2 — Article XXIII / Section 2
WA Const., Article XXIII, Section 2
Status: in_force

- Constitutional Conventions Whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature shall deem it necessary to call a convention to revise or amend this Constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote at the next general election, for or against a convention, and if a majority of all the electors voting at said election shall have voted for a convention, the legislature shall at the next session, provide by law for calling the same; and such convention shall consist of a number of members, not less than that of the most numerous branch of the legislature.
Wa. Const. art. III, § 1 — Article III / Section 1
WA Const., Article III, Section 1
Status: in_force

- Executive Department The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, and a commissioner of public lands, who shall be severally chosen by the qualified electors of the state at the same time and place of voting as for the members of the legislature.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 4 — Article I / Section 4
WA Const., Article I, Section 4
Status: in_force

- Right of Petition and Assemblage The right of petition and of the people peaceably to assemble for the common good shall never be abridged.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 30 — Article I / Section 30
WA Const., Article I, Section 30
Status: in_force

- Rights Reserved The enumeration in this Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny others retained by the people.
Wa. Const. art. III, § 13 — Article III / Section 13
WA Const., Article III, Section 13
Status: in_force

-Vacancy in Appointive Office When, during a recess of the legislature, a vacancy shall happen in any office, the appointment to which is vested in the legislature, or when at any time a vacancy shall have occurred in any other state office, for the filling of which vacancy no provision is made elsewhere in this Constitution, the governor shall fill such vacancy by appointment, which shall expire when a successor shall have been elected and qualified.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 27 — Article I / Section 27
WA Const., Article I, Section 27
Status: in_force

- Treason, Defined, Etc. Treason against the state shall consist only in levying war against the state, or adhering to its enemies, or in giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or confession in open court.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 33 — Article I / Section 33
WA Const., Article I, Section 33
Status: in_force

- Ownership of Lands by Aliens, Prohibited The ownership of lands by aliens, other than those who in good faith have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, is prohibited in this state, except where acquired by inheritance, under mortgage or in good faith in the ordinary course of justice in the collection of debts; and all conveyances of lands hereafter made to any alien directly or in trust for such alien shall be void: Provided, That the provisions of this Section shall not apply to lands containing valuable deposits of minerals, metals, iron, coal, or fire-clay, and the necessary land for mills and machinery to be used in the development thereof and the manufacture of the products therefrom. Every corporation, the majority of the capital stock of which is owned by aliens, shall be considered on alien for the purposes of this prohibition.
Wa. Const. art. XXVII, § 8 — Article XXVII / Section 8
WA Const., Article XXVII, Section 8
Status: in_force

- CHANGE OF COURTS - TRANSFER OF CAUSES. Whenever the judge of the superior court of any county, elected or appointed under the provisions of this Constitution shall have qualified the several causes then pending in the district court of the territory except such causes as would have been within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States district court had such court existed at the time of the commencement of such causes, within such county, and the records, papers and proceedings of said district court, and the seal and other property pertaining thereto, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the superior court for such county. And where the same judge is elected for two or more counties, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the district court having custody of such papers and records to transmit to the clerk of such county, or counties, other than that in which such records are kept the original papers in all cases pending in such district court and belonging to the jurisdiction of such county or counties together with transcript of so much of the records of said district court as relate to the same; and until the district courts of the Territory shall be superseded in manner aforesaid, the said district courts and the judges thereof, shall continue with the same jurisdiction and powers, to be exercised in the same judicial districts respectively, as heretofore constituted under the laws of the Territory. Whenever a quorum of the judges of the supreme court of the state shall have been elected and qualified, the causes then pending in the supreme court of the Territory, except such causes as would have been within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, circuit court had such court existed at the time of the commencement of such causes, and the papers, records and proceedings of said court and the seal and other property pertaining thereto, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the supreme court of the state, and until so superseded, the supreme court of the Territory and the judges thereof, shall continue with like powers and jurisdiction as if this Constitution had not been adopted.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 6 — Article I / Section 6
WA Const., Article I, Section 6
Status: in_force

- Oaths-Mode of Administering The mode of administering an oath, or affirmation , shall be such as may be most consistent with and binding upon the conscience of the person to whom such oath, or affirmation, may be administered.
Wa. Const. art. III, § 2 — Article III / Section 2
WA Const., Article III, Section 2
Status: in_force

- Governor, Term of Office The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for a term of four years, and until his successor is elected and qualified.
Wa. Const. art. XXVII, § 5 — Article XXVII / Section 5
WA Const., Article XXVII, Section 5
Status: in_force

- CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS AND PENAL ACTIONS. All criminal prosecutions and penal actions which may have arisen, or which may arise, before the change from a territorial to a state government, and which shall then be pending, shall be prosecuted to judgment, and execution in the name of the state. All offenses committed against the laws of the Territory of Washington, before the change from a territorial to a state government, and which shall not be prosecuted before such change, may be prosecuted in the name and by the authority of the State of Washington, with like effect as though such change had not taken place; and all penalties incurred shall remain the same as if this Constitution had not been adopted. All actions at law and suits in equity which may be pending in any of the courts of the Territory of Washington, at the time of the change from a territorial to a state government, shall be continued, and transferred to the court of the state having jurisdiction of the subject matter thereof.
Wa. Const. art. XXXI, § 2 — Article XXXI / Section 2
WA Const., Article XXXI, Section 2
Status: in_force

- Enforcement Power of Legislature The legislature shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 11 — Article II / Section 11
WA Const., Article II, Section 11
Status: in_force

- Journal, Publicity of Meetings-Adjournments Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and publish the same, except such parts as require secrecy. The doors of each house shall be kept open, except when the public welfare shall require secrecy. Neither house shall adjourn for more than three days, nor to any place other than that in which they may be sitting, without the consent of the other.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 13 — Article I / Section 13
WA Const., Article I, Section 13
Status: in_force

- Habeas Corpus The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless in case of rebellion or invasion the public safety requires it.
Wa. Const. art. X, § 4 — Article X / Section 4
WA Const., Article X, Section 4
Status: in_force

- Public Arms The legislature shall provide by law, for the protection and safe keeping of the public arms.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 36 — Article I / Section 36
WA Const., Article I, Section 36
Status: in_force

- When Bills Must Be Introduced No bill shall be considered in either house unless the time of its introduction shall have been at least ten days before the final adjournment of the legislature, unless 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 upon the journal, or unless the same be at a special session.
Wa. Const. art. XXX, § 1 — Article XXX / Section 1
WA Const., Article XXX, Section 1
Status: in_force

- Compensation of Public Officers The compensation of all elective and appointive state, county, and municipal officers who do not fix their own compensation, including judges of courts of record and the justice courts may be increased during their terms of office to the end that such officers and judges shall each severally receive compensation for their services in accordance with the law in effect at the time the services are being rendered. The provisions of section 25 of Article II (Amendment 35), section 25 of Article III (Amendment 31), section 13 of Article IV, section 8 of Article XI, and section 1 of Article XXVIII (Amendment 20) insofar as they are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Wa. Const. art. X, § 1 — Article X / Section 1
WA Const., Article X, Section 1
Status: in_force

- Who liable to Military Duty All able-bodied male citizens of this state between the ages of eighteen (18) and forty-five (45) years except such as are exempt by laws of the United States or by the laws of this state, shall be liable to military duty.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 3 — Article I / Section 3
WA Const., Article I, Section 3
Status: in_force

- Personal Rights No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
Wa. Const. art. XXVII, § 11 — Article XXVII / Section 11
WA Const., Article XXVII, Section 11
Status: in_force

DUTIES OF FIRST LEGISLATURE. The legislature, at its first session, shall provide for the election of all officers whose election is not provided for elsewhere in this Constitution, and fix the time for the commencement and duration of their term.