2008 Revised Code of Washington Initiatives and Referendums
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Codification Tables: Initiatives and Referendums—RCW
INITIATIVES AND REFERENDUMS
This table contains initiatives to the people, initiatives to the legislature, and
referendum bills that were approved by the people, and their placement in the session
laws beginning with the 1951 session. The RCW placement can be found by using
the Codification Tables.
Initiatives to the People—Session Laws
Initiative Number
178
180
181
199
207
208
210
215
229
233
242
245
276
282
316
335
345
350
383
394
402
456
464
518
573
593
601
607
655
688
692
695
713
722
728
732
747
773
775
776
790
841
872
900
901
937
960
Session Law Citation
1951 c 1
1953 c 1
1953 c 2
1957 c 5
1961 c 1
1961 c 2
1961 c 3
1965 c 5
1967 c 1
1967 c 2
1969 c 1
1969 c 2
1973 c 1
1974 ex.s. c 149
1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 9
1979 c 1
1979 c 2
1979 c 4
1981 c 1
1981 2nd ex.s. c 6
1981 2nd ex.s. c 7
1985 c 1
1985 c 2
1989 c 1
1993 c 1
1994 c 1
1994 c 2
1995 c 1
1997 c 1
1999 c 1
1999 c 2
*2000 c 1
2001 c 1
**2001 c 2
2001 c 3
2001 c 4
***2002 c 1
2002 c 2
2002 c 3
2003 c 1
2003 c 2
2004 c 1
2005 c 2
2006 c 1
2006 c 2
2007 c 1
2008 c 1
*Washington Supreme Court decision in Amalgamated Transit Union Local
587 et al v. The State of Washington, 142 Wash.2d 183 (2000), declared
Initiative Measure No. 695 (2000 c 1) unconstitutional in its entirety.
**Washington Supreme Court decision in City of Burien et al v. Frederick C.
Kiga et al, 144 Wn.2nd 819, 31 P.3d 659, declared Initiative Measure No. 722
(2001 c 2) unconstitutional in its entirety.
(2008 Ed.)
***Washington Supreme Court decision in Washington Citizens Action of
Washington v. State, 162 Wn.2d 142 (2007) declared Initiative Measure No.
747 (2002 c 1) unconstitutional in its entirety.
Initiatives to the Legislature—Session Laws
Initiative Number
23
25
44
59
62
97
99
120
134
159
164
200
297
Session Law Citation
1959 c 1
1961 c 4
1973 c 2
1979 c 3
1980 c 1
1989 c 2
1989 c 4
1992 c 1
1993 c 2
1995 c 129
*1995 c 98
1999 c 3
2005 c 1
*By Referendum Measure No. 48, the voters rejected the initiative passed by
the legislature and prevented it from becoming law.
Referendum Bills—Session Laws
Referendum Bill Number
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
31
33
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
45
47
48
49
Session Law Citation
1957 c 299
1963 ex.s. c 12
1963 ex.s. c 26
1963 ex.s. c 27
1965 ex.s. c 158
1965 ex.s. c 172
1965 ex.s. c 152
1967 c 106
1967 ex.s. c 126
1967 ex.s. c 148
1970 ex.s. c 3
1970 ex.s. c 40
1970 ex.s. c 67
1972 ex.s. c 82
1972 ex.s. c 98
1972 ex.s. c 127
1972 ex.s. c 128
1972 ex.s. c 129
1972 ex.s. c 130
1972 ex.s. c 133
1973 1st ex.s. c 200
1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 104
1979 ex.s. c 221
1979 ex.s. c 234
1980 c 159
1986 ex.s. c 1
1987 c 246
1991 c 54
1994 sp.s. c 7
1995 1st sp.s. c 2
1997 c 3
1997 c 220
1998 c 321
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