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Initiative Measure No. IL26-349 concerns the cannabis excise tax. This measure would reduce the state cannabis excise tax from 37% to 7% of the selling price on each retail sale of cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, and cannabis-infused products.

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This measure would reduce the state cannabis excise tax from 37% to 7% of the selling price on each retail sale of cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, and cannabis-infused products.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-126 concerns heightened voter registration requirements for applicants and currently registered voters. This measure would require voters to have an enhanced driver's license or enhanced identicard, or provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person, and would cancel registrations for voters not meeting those requirements.

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This measure would require voter registration applicants to have an enhanced driver"s license or enhanced identicard, or, alternatively, to demonstrate proof of U.S. citizenship in person at their county auditor's office by providing certain types of documentary evidence, as specified by the measure. The measure imposes the same requirements on existing voters and would require cancellation of registrations for voters who have not met those requirements 14 days prior to the 2027 general election.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-001 concerns parental rights relating to their children in public school. This measure would repeal amendments to a statute listing certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children and re-enact the law as it was originally enacted by Initiative to the Legislature 2081.

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This measure would re-enact RCW 28A.605.005 as it was originally enacted in Initiative to the Legislature 2081. The re-enacted law would list certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children, including rights to review materials and student records, receive certain notifications and opt students out of certain activities. It would repeal amendments to the statute, which modified school obligations and access to certain student records and added certain parental rights.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-499 concerns parental rights relating to their children in public school. This measure would repeal amendments to a statute listing certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children and re-enact the law as it was originally enacted by Initiative to the Legislature 2081.

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This measure would repeal RCW 28A.605.005 and re-enact the law as it was enacted in Initiative to the Legislature 2081. The re-enacted law would list certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children, including rights to review materials and student records, receive certain notifications and opt students out of certain activities. It would repeal amendments to the statute, which modified school obligations and access to certain student records and added certain parental rights.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-114 concerns the obligation to pay healthcare expenses of minor children. This measure would provide that no parent, stepparent, or legal guardian may be liable for payment of healthcare rendered according to state law to a minor without their prior consent to that care.

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This measure would provide that no parent, stepparent, or legal guardian may be liable for payment for any medical care, healthcare, or mental healthcare rendered according to state law to a person under the age of 18 without the prior consent of that parent, stepparent, or legal guardian.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-650 concerns a payment program for education expenses of non-public school students. This Measure would establish public payments for private-school and home-schooled students. Payment amounts depend on income and disability status. Businesses could donate $300,000,000 in total annually towards the program instead of paying taxes.

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This Measure would establish public payments for private-school and home-schooled students. Payment amounts depend on income and disability status. Businesses could donate $300,000,000 in total annually towards the program instead of paying taxes.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-880 concerns a payment program for educational expenses of non-public school students. This measure would require 100,000 payments annually of $12,000 to families of home-schooled and private-school students. They would be paid for with funds currently restricted to public schools, early learning, and higher education.

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This measure would establish a payment program awarding 100,000 of $12,000 each annually for educational expenses of students receiving home-based instruction or attending private school. Payments would be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, with priority to students already receiving program payments. Payments would be funded with the education legacy trust account established in RCW 83.100.230. Government control or supervision of home-based instruction or private schools cannot be expanded becouse they receive program funds.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-910 concerns the state and local property tax limit factor. This measure would reduce the maximum percentage by which certain property tax levies could increase annually from 1.0 to 0.5 percent, unless a taxing district’s voters approve a greater increase by simple majority.

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This measure would reduce the maximum percentage by which certain property tax levies could increase annually from 1.0 percent to 0.5 percent. It would also require voter approval by simple majority at a general election in order to exceed the 0.5 percent growth limit on levies for a taxing district.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-903 concerns reducing assessed property values for state property tax levies. This measure would require that property be assessed at 50% of its true and fair value for purposes of state property tax levies that fund K-12 public schools, unless otherwise provided by law.

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This measure would require that, for purposes of state property tax levies, all property must be valued at 50 percent of its true and fair value in money (rather than at 100 percent as currently provided by law) and assessed on the same basis unless specifically provided otherwise by law. Under state law, the property tax levies are legally required to fund K-12 public schools.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-558 concerns the obligation to pay healthcare expenses of minor children. This measure would require healthcare providers or facilities to pay for any healthcare rendered according to state law to a minor without the prior consent of the minor’s parent, stepparent or legal guardian.

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This measure would provide that no parent, stepparent, or legal guardian shall be liable for the costs of or payment for any medical care, healthcare, or mental healthcare rendered according to state law to a minor without the prior consent of that parent, stepparent, or legal guardian. Instead, the measure would make the healthcare provider or healthcare facility providing such care liable for any resulting costs or payments.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-638 concerns participation in athletics at K-12 schools. This measure would prohibit students it defines as “biologically male” from competing in certain school athletic activities intended for female students only. It would require verification of biological sex by students’ healthcare providers.

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This measure would require policies prohibiting students it defines as “biologically male” from competing with or against female students in certain interschool athletic activities that are intended for female students only. Students who choose to participate in such activities must provide a statement from the student’s healthcare provider verifying the student’s biological sex, based on reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup, or normal endogenously produced testosterone levels. These requirements would apply to individual or team athletic competitions.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-942 concerns the state and local property tax limit factor. This measure would reduce the maximum percentage by which certain property tax levies could increase annually from 1.0 to 0.5 percent, unless a taxing district’s voters approve a greater increase by simple majority.

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This measure would reduce the maximum percentage by which certain property tax levies could increase annually from 1.0 percent to 0.5 percent. It would also require voter approval by simple majority at a general election in order to exceed the 0.5 percent growth limit on levies for a taxing district. It would eliminate special elections as a mechanism for taxing districts to exceed the levy limits otherwise provided by law.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-109 concerns parental rights relating to their children in public school. This measure would repeal amendments to a statute listing certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children and re-enact the law as it was originally enacted by Initiative to the Legislature 2081.

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This measure would repeal RCW 28A.605.005 and re-enact the law as it was enacted in Initiative to the Legislature 2081. The re-enacted law would list certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children, including rights to review materials and student records, receive certain notifications, and opt students out of certain activities. It would repeal amendments to the statute, which modified school obligations and access to certain student records and added certain parental rights.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-731 concerns reducing the state property tax levy that funds public education. This measure would, beginning in 2027, and every year thereafter, reduce by 50% the state regular property tax levy dedicated to funding K-12 public schools.

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This measure would reduce the only regular property tax levy for state government by 50 percent of the levy amount that would otherwise be allowed by law. The levy is dedicated to funding K- 12 public schools. These changes would begin in 2027 and occur every year thereafter. The reduction would be applied to the levy amount that would otherwise be allowed without regard to the prior years’ reductions required by this measure.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-447 concerns the obligation to pay healthcare expenses of minor children. This measure would require healthcare providers or facilities to pay for any healthcare rendered according to state law to a minor without the prior consent of the minor’s parent, stepparent or legal guardian.

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This measure would provide that no parent, stepparent, or legal guardian shall be liable for the costs of or payment for any medical care, healthcare, or mental healthcare rendered according to state law to a minor without the prior consent of that parent, stepparent, or legal guardian. Instead, the measure would make the healthcare provider or healthcare facility providing such care liable for any resulting costs or payments.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-588 concerns public school education. This measure would substantially repeal Laws of 2025, chapter 369 (E.S.H.B. 1296), which listed certain student rights, adopted employee protections, and amended Initiative 2081 (regarding rights of parents and guardians of public-school children).

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This measure would repeal most of a recent state law that listed certain public-school student rights relating to student safety and discrimination, changed parental notification requirements, and required a complaint investigation process for school districts. This measure would have the effect of reinstating Initiative 2081, which listed certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children, including rights to review instructional materials, inspect health records, receive certain notifications, and opt out of certain activities.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-282 concerns health insurance coverage of medically-necessary care. This measure would limit claim denials and medical-appropriateness review for care determined by licensed health care providers to be medically-necessary and relieve policyholders from liability for amounts beyond cost-sharing applicable for in-network providers.

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This measure would require health insurance carriers and others administering health insurance claims to cover all services and medications a licensed health care provider determines are medically-necessary before challenging medical necessity, and to hold policyholders harmless for amounts beyond copayments and deductibles applicable to in-network providers. It would establish mandatory arbitration for disputes between providers and carriers; provide for administration and enforcement by the insurance commissioner and department of health; and define various terms.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-677 concerns judicial reporting of child abuse or neglect. This measure would make judges and judicial officers mandated reporters for credible allegations of child abuse or neglect and provide for potential disciplinary action and criminal liability for some knowing failures to report

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This measure would add judges and judicial officers to the list of individuals required to report credible allegations of child abuse or neglect to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families or law enforcement. Judges and judicial officers would be required to report, within 48 hours, any credible allegations received or witnessed while presiding over judicial proceedings. The measure would provide for potential disciplinary action or criminal liability for knowing failures to report.

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Initiative Measure No IL26-217 concerns early release and resentencing of individuals convicted of violent offenses This measure would forbid early release of individuals convicted of violent offenses unless they meet specified criteria and a review panel unanimously approves; disqualify certain offenders; and add requirements for resentencing or release. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ]

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This measure would require individuals convicted of violent offenses to satisfy specific criteria to be eligible for early release and would disqualify certain violent offenders. It would establish a sentencing review panel and require unanimous approval for early release of certain offenders. It would require notification to the victim’s family before an offender’s resentencing or early release and would provide that any statement by the family be given binding weight unless rebutted with specific evidence.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-275 concerns judicial reporting of child abuse or neglect. This measure would make judges and judicial officers mandated reporters for credible allegations of child abuse or neglect and provide for potential disciplinary action and criminal liability for some knowing failures to report. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ]

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This measure would add judges and judicial officers to the list of individuals required to report credible allegations of child abuse or neglect to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families or law enforcement. Judges and judicial officers would be required to report, within 48 hours, any credible allegations received or witnessed while presiding over judicial proceedings. Knowing failures to report would result in referral to the Commission on Judicial Conduct and potential criminal liability.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-115 concerns public school education. This measure would substantially repeal Laws of 2025, chapter 369 (ESHB 1296), which listed certain student rights, included employee protections, and amended Initiative 2081 (regarding rights of parents and guardians of public-school children).

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This measure would repeal most of a recent state law that listed certain public-school student rights relating to student safety and discrimination, changed parental notification requirements, and required a complaint investigation process for school districts. This measure would have the effect of reinstating Initiative 2081, which listed certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children, including rights to review instructional materials, inspect health records, receive certain notifications, and opt out of certain activities.

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Initiative Measure No.IL26-111 concerns regional transit authorities. This measure would repeal laws that permit counties to establish a regional transit authority, govern processes for such authorities, and allow them to implement and develop revenue for high-capacity transportation within authority boundaries.

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This measure would repeal chapter 81.112 RCW, which permits two or more contiguous counties to establish a regional transit authority if they each have populations of four hundred thousand people or more by submitting a ballot proposition to voters. Regional transit authorities implement high-capacity transportation systems and develop revenue to support those transportation systems. Regional transit authorities exercise all rights with respect to high-capacity transportation system facilities in the system plan required by RCW 81.104.100.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-148 concerns repealing the Growth Management Act and the Shoreline Management Act. This measure would repeal the Growth Management Act, which requires certain cities and counties to adopt plans and regulations to manage growth, and the Shoreline Management Act, which regulates shoreline development and use.

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This measure would repeal the Growth Management Act and the Shoreline Management Act. The Growth Management Act requires that certain counties and cities adopt plans related to growth that consider issues including land use, housing, utilities, economic development, and climate change. The Shoreline Management Act regulates shoreline uses and requires certain local governments to adopt and implement shoreline master programs that establish policies and regulations for shoreline use, environmental protection, and public access.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-287 concerns campaign finance disclosure and campaign contribution limitations. This measure would repeal Washington’s laws regulating electoral campaign finances, such as requirements to disclose contributions and expenditures by election campaigns, political committees, and lobbyists, and limits on contributions to campaigns.

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This measure would repeal Washington’s laws regulating electoral campaign finances and other campaign-related conduct, including requirements to disclose campaign finances and limits on campaign contributions and certain expenditures, set forth at RCW Chapter 29B. Those laws require reporting of contributions and expenditures by political campaigns, political committees, and lobbyists, registration of political committees, and various other campaign-finance-related regulations and reports. Those laws also prohibit corporate contributions directly to political campaigns and limit contributions to candidates.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-372 concerns removing legal protections for labor unions and workers. This measure would repeal laws legalizing labor unions, protecting workers from injunctions and criminal prosecutions in certain circumstances, and barring public employers from requiring workers to waive statutory rights when settling a grievance.

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This measure would repeal a law that declares it lawful for workers to organize themselves into labor unions. This measure would also repeal provisions of a law that prohibits injunctions stemming from labor disputes unless necessary to prevent irreparable damage and prohibits criminal prosecutions for labor organizing activity. It would also repeal a law that prohibits public employers from requiring workers to forgo legal claims in exchange for settling their grievances.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-387 concerns the repeal of certain voting laws. This measure would repeal the requirement that voters receive mail ballots. It would also repeal laws relating to voting locations, ballot distribution and processing, absentee voting, election observers, and disclosure of voter records.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-387 would repeal the requirement that Washington voters receive mail ballots for elections. It would also repeal laws requiring the availability of absentee voting and early voting; laws requiring election observers and public disclosure of certain voting records; and laws requiring nonpartisan student engagement hubs at state universities and colleges. The measure would also repeal certain laws related to voting locations and ballot distribution, returns, and processing.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-451 concerns repealing the Shoreline Management Act. This measure would repeal the Shoreline Management Act, which regulates certain shoreline uses and requires some local governments to implement plans regulating shoreline development and addressing shoreline use, environmental protection, and public access.

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This measure would repeal the Shoreline Management Act, which was enacted to protect and manage the state’s shorelines by regulating development and ensuring public access while preserving natural resources. It regulates certain shoreline uses and requires all counties and most towns and cities with stream, river, lake, or marine shorelines to implement Shoreline Master Programs approved by the Department of Ecology, which establish policies and regulations for shoreline use, environmental protection, and public access.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-486 concerns repealing the Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act. This measure would repeal the Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act, including repealing mandatory deadlines for electric utilities to eliminate coal-fired generation and use only renewable or nonemitting energy for power served to consumers.

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This measure would repeal the Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act, which is codified at RCW 19.405. That Act currently sets mandatory standards for electric utilities regarding power served to Washington consumers. Those standards include eliminating coal-fired generation by December 2025, being greenhouse gas neutral by 2030, and using only nonemitting electric generation or electricity from renewable resources by 2045. The Act also requires electric utilities to create and submit plans to reach these goals.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-719 concerns The Evergreen State College. This measure would repeal state laws establishing The Evergreen State College and its Board of Trustees, including laws authorizing the Board to confer degrees and entitling the college to federal benefits and donations.

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This measure would repeal Chapter 28B.40 RCW in its entirety, including laws establishing The Evergreen State College and its Board of Trustees and providing that The Evergreen State College shall be Washington’s only state college. The measure would also repeal laws authorizing the college to establish model schools; laws entitling the college to federal benefits and donations; and laws conferring powers and duties on the Board of Trustees, including the power to grant degrees.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-870 concerns repeal of the Growth Management Act, RCW 36.70A. This measure would repeal the Growth Management Act, which requires certain cities and counties to establish comprehensive plans and development regulations to increase housing and guide future growth consistent with 15 specified goals.

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This measure would repeal the Growth Management Act, which, among other things, requires certain cities and counties to establish comprehensive plans and development regulations to increase housing and guide future growth consistent with 15 specified goals, including development in urban areas, reducing sprawl, efficient transportation, affordable housing, economic development, property rights, timely permit processing, environmental protection, open space and recreational opportunities, historic preservation, sufficient facilities and services, climate change mitigation, shoreline management, and citizen involvement.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-911 concerns the repeal of statewide building and energy standards. This measure would repeal the State Building Code Act, which sets minimum statewide performance standards and requirements for construction and construction materials. It also repeals the state energy code.

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This measure would repeal the State Building Code Act, which requires the State Building Code Council to set minimum performance standards and requirements for construction and construction materials, consistent with accepted standards of engineering, fire, and life safety. This measure would also repeal the law authorizing a state energy code, which directs the construction of increasingly energy efficient homes and buildings while taking into account regional climatic conditions.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-662 concerns housing and homelessness. This measure would repeal the Affordable Housing Program, Washington Housing Policy Act, and Homeless Housing and Assistance Act—laws creating and implementing programs to develop and preserve affordable housing and house homeless persons.

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This measure would repeal state laws including: (1) the Affordable Housing Program, aimed at developing and preserving affordable housing and coordinating public and private resources to meet affordable housing needs of low-income households; (2) the Washington Housing Policy Act, which establishes an advisory board to make affordable housing recommendations and reports; and (3) the Homeless Housing and Assistance Act, aimed at developing and implementing a statewide strategic plan for housing homeless persons, including homeless youth.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-923 concerns carbon allowance trading. This measure would repeal sections of the Washington Climate Commitment Act as amended, including sections establishing a program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-invest carbon allowance trading system for certain entities.

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This measure would repeal sections of the Washington Climate Commitment Act as amended, which establish a program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It would repeal the creation and modification of a cap-and-invest carbon allowance trading system that sets declining emission limits for covered entities. It would repeal provisions of the law that direct revenue from the program to fund climate and clean energy projects and require review of emissions from new or expanded covered entities.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-853 concerns firearms and other weapons. This measure would repeal many restrictions on firearms and other weapons. It would remove certain background check and permit requirements, location-based weapon prohibitions, and restrictions on some types of firearms and accessories.

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This measure would repeal or amend many laws related to firearms and other weapons. The measure would remove restrictions on assault weapons, large capacity magazines, untraceable firearms, and bump-fire stocks. It would also eliminate certain background check and permit requirements and an age limit. In addition, this measure would remove prohibitions on possessing weapons in some locations and laws criminalizing the unsafe storage of firearms. The measure would also make other changes related to firearms.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-533 concerns insurance and regulations related to cannabis, hemp, marijuana, and narcotics. This measure would regulate cannabis, hemp, and narcotics; require marijuana, cannabis, and hemp licensees obtain insurance; and impose requirements for insurance coverage and records disclosure. It would prohibit certain operations within residential zones.

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Initiative No. IL26-533 would prohibit insurance companies from issuing policies to cannabis or hemp operations within residential zones. The measure imposes requirements for insurance coverage obtained by marijuana, cannabis, and hemp licensees and limits coverage to one tax parcel. Insurance companies would be required to disclose certain records to customers, subject to penalties for noncompliance. The measure also prohibits growing cannabis or hemp in a residential zone and manufacturing or processing narcotics within residential dwellings.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-699 concerns time limits on tax increases. This measure would require tax increases imposed by the state legislature to expire one year after taking effect, unless the tax increase was approved with a two-thirds vote of the legislature.

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This measure would require that any new legislation that increases state tax revenue must expire one year from its effective date, unless the tax increase was approved by a two-thirds vote of the legislature. This would apply to tax increases imposed after January 1, 2026. The measure would prohibit the department of revenue from collecting revenue from expired tax increases.

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Initiative Measure No. IL26-025 concerns time limits on tax increases. This measure would require a tax increase imposed by the legislature to expire after one year unless it was approved with a two-thirds legislative vote or majority popular vote or is legislatively extended.

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This measure would require that any tax increase approved by the legislature must expire one year from its effective date, unless it was approved by a two-thirds vote of the legislature or majority popular vote or it is extended by the next year’s legislature. This would apply to tax increases imposed after January 1, 2026. The measure would prohibit the department of revenue from collecting revenue from expired tax increases.