This Constitution was framed by a convention of seventy-five delegates, chosen by the people of the Territory of Washington at an election held May 14, 1889, under section 3 of the Enabling Act. The convention met at Olympia on the fourth day of July, 1889, and adjourned on the twenty-second day of August, 1889. The Constitution was ratified by the people at an election held on October 1, 1889, and on November 11, 1889, in accordance with section 8 of the Enabling Act, the president of the United States proclaimed the admission of the State of Washington into the Union.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (A) Constitution of the State of Washington (B) Constitutional Amendments (in order of adoption) (C) Index to State Constitution.In part (A), for convenience of the reader, the latest constitutional amendments have been integrated with the currently effective original sections of the Constitution with the result that the Constitution is herein presented in its currently amended form.
All current sections, whether original sections or constitutional amendments, are carried in Article and section order and are printed in regular type.
Following each section which has been amended, the original section and intervening amendments (if any) are printed in italics.
Appended to each amendatory section is a history note stating the amendment number and date of its approval as well as the citation to the session law wherein may be found the legislative measure proposing the amendment; e.g. "[AMENDMENT 27, 1951 House Joint Resolution No. 8, p 961. Approved November 4, 1952.]"