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HCR 4407

Establishing cutoff dates for the consideration of legislation during the 2024 regular session of the sixty-eighth legislature.

2023-2024 Regular Session Introduced by Joe Fitzgibbon and 1 co-sponsor

Requires measures from the 2025 session to be reintroduced in the 2026 session in the house of origin with the same number and highest status, preserving continuity and efficiency.

Filed with Secretary of State.
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Bill Summary · HCR 4407

Summary: House Concurrent Resolution 4407 (HCR 4407)

Overview

HCR 4407 is a House Concurrent Resolution in the State of Washington, prefiled for introduction and introduced on December 1, 2025. Classified as a concurrent resolution, it addresses procedural rules governing how bills, resolutions, memorials, and related measures introduced during the 2025 regular session (the 69th Legislature) should be treated in the 2026 regular session.

Purpose and Intent

  • To specify that measures introduced in the 2025 regular session may be carried over to the 2026 regular session and must be considered there with the same status they had in the original session.
  • To promote efficiency and expeditious handling of the public business in the 2026 session by ensuring continuity of measures from 2025.

Key Provisions

  • Any bills, joint resolutions, joint memorials, and concurrent resolutions introduced during the 2025 regular session are to be reintroduced in the house of origin in the 2026 regular session.
  • Each such measure shall retain the same number it had in the original session.
  • Each measure shall be given the highest legislative status that it attained in the original house, as reflected in the official House and Senate dockets at adjournment sine die of the 2025 regular session.

Scope and Applicability

  • Applies specifically to measures introduced during the 2025 regular session of the 69th Legislature.
  • Requires reintroduction in the house of origin; the measure retains its original number and status as recorded at adjournment.
  • Does not alter substantive content of the measures themselves; it governs procedural handling across sessions.

Procedural and Timeline Aspects

  • Prefiled for introduction on December 1, 2025, with an effective focus on the 2026 regular session.
  • As a concurrent resolution, it expresses a procedural rule and does not itself create or modify law; it does not require the governor’s signature.

Potential Impacts

  • Legislative workflow: Streamlines continuity for measures from 2025 into 2026, potentially reducing the need to rework or reframe measures.
  • Legislative status continuity: Ensures that the weight or priority of a measure (as indicated by its highest attained status) is preserved when carried into 2026.
  • Attention and prioritization: Could influence committee scheduling and floor consideration in the 2026 session by preserving established statuses.
  • Parties affected: Members and staff of both chambers, particularly dockets and recordkeeping entities that track measure status.

Notes

  • The bill is non-substantive in terms of policy change; its effect is purely procedural, aimed at preserving the continuity and efficiency of legislative business across sessions.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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