Returning bills to their house of origin.
SCR 8405 is a procedural Senate Concurrent Resolution governing how unfinished legislation is handled at the close of the Washington State Legislature’s regular session. It directs each chamber to transmit to the other chamber any bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and joint memorials that have not yet passed, so those measures can be assigned to the appropriate Rules Committee for third reading. In practical terms, the resolution establishes a formal end-of-session process for returning pending measures to their house of origin rather than leaving them in limbo.
The resolution also instructs the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House to retain all legislative measures, records, journals, dockets, and related documents in the status they were in at adjournment sine die of the Sixty-ninth Legislature’s regular session. Finally, it provides that measures introduced during any special session of that legislature are to continue the numbering sequence used in the regular session, preserving continuity in bill numbering across sessions.
SCR 8405 does not create or amend substantive policy statutes; instead, it affects legislative procedure and the internal handling of bills, resolutions, and memorials at adjournment. Its effect is on the operation of the House and Senate Rules Committees, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Chief Clerk of the House, as well as on the status and numbering of pending measures and special-session introductions. The resolution helps preserve the legislative record and ensures unfinished measures are formally returned and tracked.
The bill appears to be a routine housekeeping measure with little visible controversy. Because it concerns session administration, bill routing, and record retention rather than policy substance, the general sentiment is likely neutral to favorable among legislators who value orderly procedure and continuity. No committee transcript or recorded vote information was provided, so there is no evidence of opposition or divided sentiment in the available materials.
There is no specific substantive contention reflected in the available record. Any potential concern would likely be limited to procedural preferences about how unfinished bills should be handled at adjournment, whether measures should be returned to the house of origin, and how special-session bills should be numbered. The resolution does not indicate disagreement over policy outcomes, and no named opponents or supporters are identified in the provided context.