Bill > HB1184

This bill amends several sections of Washington state law related to school district elections. The key provisions are: 1. It changes the voter approval requirement for school district bond measures from a three-fifths supermajority to a simple majority. 2. It allows school districts to issue bonds and levy taxes to pay the principal and interest on those bonds with a majority vote, rather than the previous three-fifths supermajority requirement. 3. It clarifies that the voter approval requirement for school district bonds and levies is a simple majority, while maintaining the three-fifths supermajority for other types of local government bond measures. 4. It requires school districts to hold a public hearing before altering the specific purposes or expenditures of a bond measure that was previously approved by voters. 5. The bill's effective date is contingent on voter approval of a related constitutional amendment to allow a simple majority for school district bond measures.