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Wa. Const. art. XXVII, § 4 — Article XXVII / Section 4
WA Const., Article XXVII, Section 4
Status: in_force

- RECOGNIZANCES. All recognizances heretofore taken, or which may be taken before the change from a territorial to a state government shall remain valid, and shall pass to, and may be prosecuted in the name of the state; and all bonds executed to the Territory of Washington or to any county or municipal corporation, or to any officer or court in his or its official capacity, shall pass to the state authorities and their successors in office, for the uses therein expressed, and may be sued for and recovered accordingly, and all the estate, real, personal and mixed, and all judgments decrees, bonds, specialties, choses in action, and claims or debts, of whatever description, belonging to the Territory of Washington, shall inure to and vest in the State of Washington, and may be sued for and recovered in the same manner, and to the same extent, by the State of Washington, as the same could have been by the Territory of Washington.
Wa. Const. art. XXXI, § 1 — Article XXXI / Section 1
WA Const., Article XXXI, Section 1
Status: in_force

- Equality not Denied Because of Sex Equality of rights and responsibility under the law shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 25 — Article I / Section 25
WA Const., Article I, Section 25
Status: in_force

- Prosecution by Information Offenses heretofore required to be prosecuted by indictment may be prosecuted by information , or by indictment, as shall be prescribed by law.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 13 — Article II / Section 13
WA Const., Article II, Section 13
Status: in_force

- Limitation on Members Holding Office in the State No member of the legislature, during the term for which he is elected, shall be appointed or elected to any civil office in the state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during the term for which he was elected.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 5 — Article II / Section 5
WA Const., Article II, Section 5
Status: in_force

- Elections, When to be Held The next election of the members of the house of representatives after the adoption of this Constitution shall be on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, eighteen hundred and ninety, and thereafter, members of the house of representatives shall be elected biennially and their term of office shall be two years; and each election shall be on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, unless otherwise changed by law.
Wa. Const. art. XX, § 2 — Article XX / Section 2
WA Const., Article XX, Section 2
Status: in_force

- Regulations concerning medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy The legislature shall enact laws to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery, and the sale of drugs and medicines.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 8 — Article I / Section 8
WA Const., Article I, Section 8
Status: in_force

- Irrevocable Privilege, Franchise, or Immunity Prohibited No law granting irrevocably any privilege, franchise or immunity, shall be passed by the legislature.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 25 — Article II / Section 25
WA Const., Article II, Section 25
Status: in_force

- Extra Compensation, Prohibited The legislature shall never grant any extra compensation to any public officer, agent, servant, or contractor, after the services shall have been rendered, or the contract entered into, nor shall the compensation of any public officer be increased or diminished during his term of office.
Wa. Const. art. XX, § 1 — Article XX / Section 1
WA Const., Article XX, Section 1
Status: in_force

- Board of Health and Bureau of Vital Statistics There shall be established by law a state board of health and a bureau of vital statistics in connection therewith, with such powers as the legislature may direct.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 5 — Article I / Section 5
WA Const., Article I, Section 5
Status: in_force

- Freedom of Speech Every person may freely speak , write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 34 — Article II / Section 34
WA Const., Article II, Section 34
Status: in_force

- Bureau of Statistics, Agriculture and Immigration There shall be established in the office of the secretary of state, a bureau of statistics, agriculture and immigration, under such regulations as the legislature may provide.
Wa. Const. art. XXVII, § 17 — Article XXVII / Section 17
WA Const., Article XXVII, Section 17
Status: in_force

- Separate articles The following separate articles shall be submitted to the people for adoption or rejection at the election for the adoption of this Constitution: SEPARATE ARTICLE, NO. 1 "All persons male and female of the age of twenty-one years or over, possessing the other qualifications, provided by this Constitution, shall be entitled to vote at all elections." SEPARATE ARTICLE, NO. 2 "It shall not be lawful for any individual, company or corporation, within the limits of this state, to manufacture, or cause to be manufactured, or to sell, or offer for sale, or in any manner dispose of any alcoholic, malt or spirituous liquors, except for medicinal, sacramental or scientific purposes." If a majority of the ballots cast at said election on said separate articles be in favor of the adoption of either of said separate articles, then such separate article so receiving a majority shall become a part of this Constitution and shall govern and control any provision of the Constitution in conflict therewith.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 21 — Article II / Section 21
WA Const., Article II, Section 21
Status: in_force

- Yeas and Nays The yeas and nays of the members of either house shall be entered on the journal , on the demand of one-sixth of the members present.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 10 — Article II / Section 10
WA Const., Article II, Section 10
Status: in_force

- Election of Officers Each house shall elect its own officers; and when the lieutenant governor shall not attend as president, or shall act as governor, the senate shall choose a temporary president. When presiding, the lieutenant governor shall have the deciding vote in case of an equal division of the senate.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 17 — Article II / Section 17
WA Const., Article II, Section 17
Status: in_force

- Freedom of Debate No member of the legislature shall be liable in any civil action or criminal prosecution whatever, for words spoken in debate .
Wa. Const. art. III, § 4 — Article III / Section 4
WA Const., Article III, Section 4
Status: in_force

- Returns of Elections, Canvass, Etc. The returns of every election for the officers named in the first section of this article shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government by the returning officers, directed to the secretary of state, who shall deliver the same to the speaker of the house of representatives at the first meeting of the house thereafter, who shall open, publish and declare the result thereof in the presence of a majority of the members of both houses. The person having the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected, and a certificate thereof shall be given to such person, signed by the presiding officers of both houses; but if any two or more shall be highest and equal in votes for the same office, one of them shall be chosen by the joint vote of both houses. Contested elections for such officers shall be decided by the legislature in such manner as shall be determined by law. The terms of all officers named in section one of this article shall commence on the second Monday in January after their election until otherwise provided by law.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 42 — Article II / Section 42
WA Const., Article II, Section 42
Status: in_force

- Governmental Continuity During Emergency Periods The legislature, in order to insure continuity of state and local governmental operations in periods of emergency resulting from enemy attack, shall have the power and the duty, immediately upon and after adoption of this amendment, to enact legislation providing for prompt and temporary succession to the powers and duties of public offices of whatever nature and whether filled by election or appointment, the incumbents and legal successors of which may become unavailable for carrying on the powers and duties of such offices; the legislature shall likewise enact such other measures as may be necessary and proper for insuring the continuity of governmental operations during such emergencies. Legislation enacted under the powers conferred by this amendment shall in all respects conform to the remainder of the Constitution: Provided, That if, in the judgment of the legislature at the time of disaster, conformance to the provisions of the Constitution would be impracticable or would admit of undue delay, such legislation may depart during the period of emergency caused by enemy attack only, from the following sections of the Constitution: Article 14, Sections 1 and 2, Seat of Government; Article 2, Sections 8, 15 (Amendments 13 and 32), and 22, Membership, Quorum of Legislature and Passage of Bills; Article 3, Section 10 (Amendment 6), Succession to Governorship: Provided, That the legislature shall not depart from Section 10, Article III, as amended by Amendment 6, of the state Constitution relating to the Governor's office so long as any successor therein named is available and capable of assuming the powers and duties of such office as therein prescribed; Article 3, Section 13, Vacancies in State Offices; Article 11, Section 6, Vacancies in County Offices; Article 11, Section 2, Seat of County Government; Article 3, Section 24, State Records.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 2 — Article II / Section 2
WA Const., Article II, Section 2
Status: in_force

- House of Representatives and Senate The house of representatives shall be composed of not less than sixty-three nor more than ninety-nine members. The number of senators shall not be more than one-half nor less than one-third of the number of members of the house of representatives. The first legislature shall be composed of seventy members of the house of representatives, and thirty-five senators.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 15 — Article I / Section 15
WA Const., Article I, Section 15
Status: in_force

- Convictions, Effect of No conviction shall work corruption of blood , nor forfeiture of estate.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 19 — Article I / Section 19
WA Const., Article I, Section 19
Status: in_force

- Freedom of Elections All Elections shall be free and equal, and no power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage .
Wa. Const. art. III, § 7 — Article III / Section 7
WA Const., Article III, Section 7
Status: in_force

- Extra Legislative Sessions He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the legislature by proclamation, in which shall be stated the purposes for which the legislature is convened.
Wa. Const. art. XXII, § 2 — Article XXII / Section 2
WA Const., Article XXII, Section 2
Status: in_force

- Apportionment of Representatives Until otherwise provided by law the representatives shall be divided among the several counties of the state in the following manner; the county of Adams shall have one representative; the county of Asotin shall have one representative; the county of Chehalis shall have two representatives; the county of Clarke shall have three representatives; the county of Clallam shall have one representative; the county of Columbia shall have two representatives; the county of Cowlitz shall have one representative; the county of Douglas shall have one representative; the county of Franklin shall have one representative; the county of Garfield shall have one representative; the county of Island shall have one representative; the county of Jefferson shall have two representatives; the county of King shall have eight representatives; the county of Klickitat shall have two representatives; the county of Kittitas shall have two representatives; the county of Kitsap shall have one representative; the county of Lewis shall have two representatives; the county of Lincoln shall have two representatives; the county of Mason shall have one representative; the county of Okanogan shall have one representative; the county of Pacific shall have one representative; the county of Pierce shall have six representatives; the county of San Juan shall have one representative; the county of Skamania shall have one representative; the county of Snohomish shall have two representatives; the county of Skagit shall have two representatives; the county of Spokane shall have six representatives; the county of Stevens shall have one representative; the county of Thurston shall have two representatives; the county of Walla Walla shall have three representatives; the county of Wahkiakum shall have one representative; the county of Whatcom shall have two representatives; the county of Whitman shall have five representatives; the county of Yakima shall have one representative. Districts and apportionment: Chapter 44.07D RCW.
Wa. Const. art. XXVII, § 10 — Article XXVII / Section 10
WA Const., Article XXVII, Section 10
Status: in_force

- PROBATE COURT, TRANSFER OF. When the state is admitted into the Union, and the superior courts in the respective counties organized, the books, records, papers and proceedings of the probate court in each county, and all causes and matters of administration pending therein, shall, upon the expiration of the term of office of the probate judges, on the second Monday in January, 1891, pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the superior court of the same county created by this Constitution, and the said court shall proceed to final judgment or decree, order or other determination in the several matters and causes, as the territorial probate court might have done, if this Constitution had not been adopted. And until the expiration of the term of office of the probate judges, such probate judges shall perform the duties now imposed upon them by the laws of the Territory. The superior courts shall have appellate and revisory jurisdiction over the decisions of the probate courts, as now provided by law, until such latter courts expire by limitation.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 33 — Article II / Section 33
WA Const., Article II, 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. II, § 1 — Article II / Section 1
WA Const., Article II, Section 1
Status: in_force

- Legislative Powers, Where Vested The legislative powers shall be vested in a senate and house of representatives , which shall be called the legislature of the State of Washington .
Wa. Const. art. XXVII, § 1 — Article XXVII / Section 1
WA Const., Article XXVII, Section 1
Status: in_force

- EXISTING RIGHTS, ACTIONS, AND CONTRACTS SAVED. No existing rights, actions, suits, proceedings, contracts or claims shall be affected by a change in the form of government, but all shall continue as if no such change had taken place; and all process which may have been issued under the authority of the Territory of Washington previous to its admission into the Union shall be as valid as if issued in the name of the state.
Wa. Const. art. XXVII, § 3 — Article XXVII / Section 3
WA Const., Article XXVII, Section 3
Status: in_force

- DEBTS, FINES, ETC., TO INURE TO THE STATE. All debts, fines, penalties and forfeitures, which have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, to the Territory of Washington, shall inure to the State of Washington.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 40 — Article I / Section 40
WA Const., Article I, Section 40
Status: in_force

- Highway Funds All fees collected by the State of Washington as license fees for motor vehicles and all excise taxes collected by the State of Washington on the sale, distribution or use of motor vehicle fuel and all other state revenue intended to be used for highway purposes, shall be paid into the state treasury and placed in a special fund to be used exclusively for highway purposes. Such highway purposes shall be construed to include the following: (a) The necessary operating, engineering and legal expenses connected with the administration of public highways, county roads and city streets; (b) The construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of public highways, county roads, bridges and city streets; including the cost and expense of (1) acquisition of rights-of-way, (2) installing, maintaining and operating traffic signs and signal lights, (3) policing by the state of public highways, (4) operation of movable span bridges, (5) operation of ferries which are a part of any public highway, county road, or city street; (c) The payment or refunding of any obligation of the State of Washington, or any political subdivision thereof, for which any of the revenues described in section 1 may have been legally pledged prior to the effective date of this act; (d) Refunds authorized by law for taxes paid on motor vehicle fuels; (e) The cost of collection of any revenues described in this section: Provided, That this section shall not be construed to include revenue from general or special taxes or excises not levied primarily for highway purposes, or apply to vehicle operator's license fees or any excise tax imposed on motor vehicles or the use thereof in lieu of a property tax thereon, or fees for certificates of ownership of motor vehicles.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 23 — Article I / Section 23
WA Const., Article I, Section 23
Status: in_force

- Bill of Attainder, Ex Post Facto Law, Etc. No bill of attainder , ex post facto law , or law impairing the obligations of contracts shall ever be passed.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 12 — Article I / Section 12
WA Const., Article I, Section 12
Status: in_force

- Special Privileges and Immunities Prohibited No law shall be passed granting to any citizen, class of citizens, or corporation other than municipal, privileges or immunities which upon the same terms shall not equally belong to all citizens, or corporations.
Wa. Const. art. XXVII, § 19 — Article XXVII / Section 19
WA Const., Article XXVII, Section 19
Status: in_force

- Appropriation The legislature is hereby authorized to appropriate from the state treasury sufficient money to pay any of the expenses of this convention not provided for by the Enabling Act of Congress.
Wa. Const. art. XXV, § 1 — Article XXV / Section 1
WA Const., Article XXV, Section 1
Status: in_force

- Authority of the United States The consent of the State of Washington is hereby given to the exercise, by the congress of the United States, of exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such tracts or parcels of land as are now held or reserved by the government of the United States for the purpose of erecting or maintaining thereon forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, lighthouses and other needful buildings, in accordance with the provisions of the seventeenth paragraph of the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, so long as the same shall be so held and reserved by the United States. Provided: That a sufficient description by metes and bounds, and an accurate plat or map of each such tract or parcel of land be filed in the proper office of record in the county in which the same is situated, together with copies of the orders, deeds, patents or other evidences in writing of the title of the United States: and provided, That all civil process issued from the courts of this state and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of this state against any person charged with crime in cases arising outside of such reservations, may be served and executed thereon in the same mode and manner, and by the same officers, as if the consent herein given had not been made.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 37 — Article I / Section 37
WA Const., Article I, 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. I, § 29 — Article I / Section 29
WA Const., Article I, Section 29
Status: in_force

- Constitution Mandatory The provisions of this Constitution are mandatory, unless by express words they are declared to be otherwise.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 2 — Article I / Section 2
WA Const., Article I, Section 2
Status: in_force

- Supreme Law of the Land The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land .
Wa. Const. art. I, § 34 — Article I / Section 34
WA Const., Article I, Section 34
Status: in_force

- Bureau of Statistics, Agriculture and Immigration There shall be established in the office of the secretary of state, a bureau of statistics, agriculture and immigration, under such regulations as the legislature may provide.
Wa. Const. art. II, § 24 — Article II / Section 24
WA Const., Article II, Section 24
Status: in_force

- Lotteries and Divorce The legislature shall never authorize any lottery or grant any divorce.
Wa. Const. art. I, § 42 — Article I / Section 42
WA Const., Article I, Section 42
Status: in_force

- Governmental Continuity During Emergency Periods The legislature, in order to insure continuity of state and local governmental operations in periods of emergency resulting from enemy attack, shall have the power and the duty, immediately upon and after adoption of this amendment, to enact legislation providing for prompt and temporary succession to the powers and duties of public offices of whatever nature and whether filled by election or appointment, the incumbents and legal successors of which may become unavailable for carrying on the powers and duties of such offices; the legislature shall likewise enact such other measures as may be necessary and proper for insuring the continuity of governmental operations during such emergencies. Legislation enacted under the powers conferred by this amendment shall in all respects conform to the remainder of the Constitution: Provided, That if, in the judgment of the legislature at the time of disaster, conformance to the provisions of the Constitution would be impracticable or would admit of undue delay, such legislation may depart during the period of emergency caused by enemy attack only, from the following sections of the Constitution: Article 14, Sections 1 and 2, Seat of Government; Article 2, Sections 8, 15 (Amendments 13 and 32), and 22, Membership, Quorum of Legislature and Passage of Bills; Article 3, Section 10 (Amendment 6), Succession to Governorship: Provided, That the legislature shall not depart from Section 10, Article III, as amended by Amendment 6, of the state Constitution relating to the Governor's office so long as any successor therein named is available and capable of assuming the powers and duties of such office as therein prescribed; Article 3, Section 13, Vacancies in State Offices; Article 11, Section 6, Vacancies in County Offices; Article 11, Section 2, Seat of County Government; Article 3, Section 24, State Records.