Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 44.04 - General Provisions.
44.04.010 - Date of regular sessions.

RCW 44.04.010
Date of regular sessions.

Regular sessions of the legislature shall be held annually, commencing on the second Monday of January.

[ 1980 c 87 § 27; 1979 ex.s. c 48 § 1; 1891 c 20 § 1; RRS § 8177.]
NOTES:

Effective date—1979 ex.s. c 48: "This 1979 act shall take effect on January 1, 1980, if the proposed amendment to Article II, section 12 of the state Constitution by Substitute Senate Joint Resolution No. 110, providing for annual sessions of the legislature, is validly submitted and is approved and ratified by the voters at a general election held in November, 1979. If the proposed amendment is not so approved and ratified, this 1979 act shall be null and void in its entirety." [ 1979 ex.s. c 48 § 2.] "This 1979 act" refers to the amendment to RCW 44.04.010 by 1979 ex.s. c 48. Substitute Senate Joint Resolution No. 110 was approved and ratified by the people at the November 6, 1979, general election.


Regular and special sessions: State Constitution, Art. 2 § 12.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 44 - State Government—Legislative

Chapter 44.04 - General Provisions.

44.04.010 - Date of regular sessions.

44.04.012 - Special legislative session—Legislature may convene.

44.04.021 - Commencement of terms of office.

44.04.040 - Vouchers for pay and mileage of members—Warrants.

44.04.041 - Warrants for pay and mileage of members—Payment of.

44.04.050 - Vouchers for pay of employees—Warrants.

44.04.051 - Warrants for pay of employees—Payment of.

44.04.060 - Vouchers for incidental expenses—Warrants.

44.04.070 - Warrants for incidental expenses—Payment of.

44.04.090 - Warrants for subsistence and lodging.

44.04.100 - Contest of election—Depositions.

44.04.120 - Members' allowances when engaged in legislative business.

44.04.125 - Allowances of members-elect when attending meetings.

44.04.170 - Information from municipal associations.

44.04.200 - References to regular session of the legislature.

44.04.210 - Gender-neutral terms.

44.04.230 - Teachers' insurance benefits—Reimbursement.

44.04.240 - Teachers' insurance benefits—Payment of warrants.

44.04.250 - Surplus computer equipment—Donation to schools.

44.04.260 - Legislative committees and agencies—Oversight.

44.04.280 - State laws—Respectful language.

44.04.290 - Periodic review of plans for bicycle, pedestrian, and equestrian facilities.

44.04.300 - Joint transportation committee—Created—Duties.

44.04.310 - Joint transportation committee—Allowances, expenses.

44.04.320 - Oral history program.

44.04.325 - Legislative oral history committee—Members, staff.

44.04.330 - Legislative oral history committee—Duties.

44.04.335 - Oral history activities—Funding—Joint rules.

44.04.340 - Oral history activities—Gifts, grants, conveyances—Expenditures—Joint rules.

44.04.345 - Legislative oral history account.

44.04.360 - Joint higher education committee—Purpose.

44.04.362 - Joint higher education committee—Membership.

44.04.364 - Joint higher education committee—Meetings—Reimbursement—Rules—Staffing.

44.04.370 - Gina Grant Bull memorial legislative page scholarship program.

44.04.375 - Legislative page scholarship program—Gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, devises—Expenditures—Joint rules.

44.04.380 - Gina Grant Bull memorial legislative page scholarship account.

44.04.390 - Code of conduct—Training for registered lobbyists.

44.04.400 - Rosa Franklin legislative internship program scholarship.

44.04.405 - Rosa Franklin legislative internship program scholarship—Gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, devises—Expenditures—Joint rules.

44.04.410 - Rosa Franklin legislative internship program scholarship account.