Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 v. State

(concurring) — It is readily apparent that initiative measure 695 (1-695) is a “bill” that embraces more than one subject. Thus, I entirely agree with the majority’s conclusion that it runs afoul of the single-subject provision in article II, section 19, of the Washington Constitution.

Having reached that determination, we should go no further. The majority does not, however, stop with its analysis of I-695’s collision with article II, section 19, but rather goes on to hold that the measure violates another provision of article II, section 19, as well as article II, sections 1(a) and (b), and…