HCR 4403

H-1396.1
  SUBSTITUTE HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 4403
State of Washington  69th Legislature     2025 Regular Session
By House State Government & Tribal Relations (originally sponsored by
Representatives Tharinger, Steele, McClintock, Abbarno, Waters,
Leavitt, Ormsby, and Kloba)
READ FIRST TIME 02/14/25.
1     WHEREAS, The Washington State Library Building was completed in
2 1958 and has stood for over 60 years as an outstanding example of
3 Paul Thiry's Pacific Northwest modernism style of architecture; and
4     WHEREAS, The Washington State Library Building was renamed the
5 Joel Pritchard State Library in 1997 to honor the extraordinary
6 public service and legacy of Lieutenant Governor Joel Pritchard; and
7     WHEREAS, This building served faithfully for many years as the
8 state's library facility before coming into use by the legislature as
9 an office building for more than 20 years; and
10     WHEREAS, The legislature has commissioned an expansion and
11 restoration of this building in a manner that honors its modernist
12 spirit while enhancing its utility to the capitol campus; and
13     WHEREAS, The legislature recognizes that continuing to refer to
14 this facility as a library building may cause confusion to campus
15 visitors; and
16     WHEREAS, The legislature wish to affirm its admiration and
17 respect for the profound legacy of Lieutenant Governor Joel
18 Pritchard, who fostered in the evergreen state a commitment to
19 literacy, an enduring respect for bipartisanship, and a love of
20 pickleball; and
21     WHEREAS, Pursuant to RCW 43.34.090, the legislature is vested
22 with the authority to approve names for new or existing buildings on
23 the capitol campus based on recommendations from the state capitol
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1 committee and the department of enterprise services, with the advice
2 of the capitol campus design advisory committee and subject to
3 specific criteria;
4     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives
5 of the state of Washington, the Senate concurring, that the
6 rehabilitated Joel Pritchard State Library be renamed as the "Joel
7 Pritchard Building"; and
8     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the department of enterprise
9 services affix the name "Joel Pritchard Building" to this state
10 office building located at 415 15th Avenue Southwest in Olympia,
11 Washington; and
12     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be
13 forwarded to the Honorable Robert Ferguson, Governor of the State of
14 Washington and to the Director of the Department of Enterprise
15 Services.
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