2019 Washington Senate Joint Resolution 8200

Senate Joint Resolution 8200
Senate Joint Resolution 8200
Washington State Legislature
Territorial extent	State of Washington
Introduced by	Dean Takko
Amends
	Constitution of Washington
Related legislation
	House Joint Resolution 4200
Summary
	"Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize the Legislature to enact measures for ensuring continuity of government operations during emergencies resulting from a catastrophic incident."
Keywords
	Continuity of government, Emergency management

2019 Washington Senate Joint Resolution 8200
November 5, 2019
Extraordinary Powers Amendment
Results
Yes 70–80% 60–70% 50–60%	No 50–60%

Senate Joint Resolution 8200 (2019), also known as SJR 8200, is a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Washington that, if enacted, would extend to the Washington State Legislature extraordinary powers during a "catastrophic incident", including the authority to fill constitutionally-established offices in the event the entire lines of succession to those offices had been wiped out and to designate a new capital city should Olympia be rendered no longer usable. It was passed by Washington voters in the November, 2019 general election.