This version of the Washington Constitution was copied from the Legislature's Web site. Every effort has been made to ensure that it is word for word identical to the Constitution as published by the Legislature. The Code Reviser's Office, in publishing the Constitution in the bound volumes of the Revised Code of Washington, adopted certain formatting conventions to best present both the current and original language of each article. The same formatting is carried forward here. The current language of each article, as amended, appears immediately after the article title in regular type.
Any superceded language appears in italic font at the end of each article.
The Code Reviser has also included historical comments on the amendments that have resulted in changes. In short, if the text appears in italics the language is not part of the Constitution in its current state. Hyperlinks of internal references in the Constitution, provided by the Code Reviser, are also added to facilitate comparison of related sections. Copyright of this version of the Constitution is held the Code Reviser's Office, State of Washington. Inquiries on commercial distribution should be directed to that office.