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Initiative Measure No. IP25-406 concerns motor vehicle emission standards. This measure would limit the application of motor vehicle emission standards to certain California residents and would require a federal waiver before enforcing such laws.

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This measure would limit the application of motor vehicle emission standards to California state residents purchasing or registering vehicles in Washington state. It would also require a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency for such laws to become enforceable.

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Initiative Measure No. IP25-628 concerns judicial reporting of child abuse or neglect. This measure would add judges to the list of people required to report to law enforcement or the appropriate agency when they have reasonable cause to believe a child has suffered abuse or neglect.

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This measure would add judges to the list of people required under current law to make reports to law enforcement or the Department of Children, Youth, and Families when they have reasonable cause to believe a child has suffered abuse or neglect.

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Initiative Measure No. IP25-476 concerns voter registration. This measure would cancel some voter registrations, limit some voters’ access to ballots, and change a signature-verification statute; and would require signature updates, criminal referrals, and initial and yearly voter registration database screenings.

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This measure would require that election officials conduct an initial database screening, with new registrations temporarily suspended, and yearly screenings going forward. Voters who have not voted recently must be sent a notice and, if voters do not respond, their registrations will be canceled. This measure would prohibit inactive voters and provisionally registered voters from receiving ballots. It would require voter-signature updates every two years and change a requirement for alternatives to ballot signature verification.

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Initiative Measure No. IP25-419 concerns sports in public high schools and colleges. This measure would exclude anyone whose original birth certificate identified them as male from public high school or college-sponsored girl’s or women’s sports teams, and allow enforcement lawsuits by athletes and schools.

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This measure would require sports teams sponsored by public high schools or state colleges, universities, or other postsecondary institutions to be designated as male, female, or mixed-sex, and would exclude students whose sex is listed as male on their original birth certificate from joining female-designated teams. It would allow students and schools to file lawsuits for injunctive relief and damages based on violations of these provisions

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Initiative Measure No. IP25-071 concerns parental rights relating to their children in public school. This measure would repeal Senate Bill 5181 (2025), which was written to amend Initiative 2081, both of which relate to certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children.

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This measure would repeal Senate Bill 5181, which was written to amend Initiative to the Legislature 2081 by modifying the list of declared rights for parents and guardians of public-school children, including rights to review instructional materials, inspect records, receive certain notifications, have children receive education free from unlawful discrimination, and opt out of certain activities, like sexual-health education. It would re-enact the prior version of those laws.

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Initiative Measure No. IP25-269 concerns eliminating restrictions on certain firearms and other objects. This measure would repeal certain laws restricting assault weapons, large-capacity magazines, and concealed pistols; eliminate the governor’s emergency authority to temporarily restrict certain objects; apply changes to pending cases; and direct department dissolution.

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This measure would repeal certain laws restricting the manufacture, importation, distribution, sale, or offer of sale of large-capacity magazines and assault weapons; repeal a law regulating concealed pistols; eliminate the governor’s emergency authority to prohibit explosives and restrict other items to help preserve or maintain life, health, property, or the public peace; apply these changes to pending legal proceedings; and dissolve state or local government agencies or departments established specifically to enforce the repealed laws.

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Initiative Measure No. IP25-629 concerns public school education. This measure would repeal House Bill 1296 (2025), which was written to adopt certain student rights and to amend Initiative 2081, which related to rights of parents and guardians of public-school children.

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This measure would repeal House Bill 1296, which was written to amend Initiative 2081 (relating to rights for parents and guardians of public-school children) and to adopt certain public-school student rights relating to student safety and prevention of discrimination. It would re-enact laws providing certain rights to parents and guardians of public-school children, including rights to review instructional materials, inspect records, receive certain notifications, and opt out of certain activities, like sexual-health education.

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Initiative Measure No. IP25-459 concerns parental rights relating to their children in public school. This measure would repeal and re-enact a particular statute, as existing or as amended, related to parental rights of children in public school and restate the law as it existed in April 2025.

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This measure would reenact Initiative to the Legislature 2081, which established a list of declared rights for parents and guardians of public-school children, including rights to review instructional materials, inspect records, receive certain notifications, have children receive education free from unlawful discrimination, and opt out of certain activities, including sexual-health education. It would repeal and re-enact a law (RCW 28A.605.005), as existing or as amended, relating to the same list of declared rights.

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Initiative Measure No. IP25-879 concerns parental rights regarding their children’s public-school education. This measure would repeal a statute providing certain rights to parents and guardians of public-school children, as existing or as amended, and re-enact the law as it existed in April 2025.

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This measure would repeal RCW 28A.605.005, as existing or as amended, 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 instructional materials, inspect student records, including health and disciplinary records, receive certain notifications, and opt students out of certain activities, like sexual-health education and answering certain surveys or assignments.

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Initiative Measure No. IP25-633 concerns parental rights relating to their children in public school. This measure would repeal Senate Bill 5181 (2025), which was written to amend Initiative 2081, both of which relate to certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children.

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This measure would repeal Senate Bill 5181, which was written to amend Initiative to the Legislature 2081 by modifying the list of declared rights for parents and guardians of public-school children, including rights to review instructional materials, inspect records, receive certain notifications, have children receive education free from unlawful discrimination, and opt out of certain activities, like sexual-health education. It would re-enact the prior version of those laws.

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Initiative Measure No. IP25-107 concerns the state and local property tax limit factor. This measure would reduce the growth rate limit on annual property tax increases from 1.0 to 0.5 percent, but voters could approve a greater limit at a general election for the taxing district.

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This measure would reduce the maximum growth rate in the amount of tax revenue that may be collected annually from 1.0 percent to 0.5 percent. It would also require voter approval at a general election in order to exceed the 0.5 percent growth limit.

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Initiative Measure No. IP25-040 concerns tax increases enacted by the state legislature. This measure would require that tax increases enacted by the state legislature expire after one year, and would terminate increases enacted in 2025, unless approved by majority popular vote or two-thirds legislative majority.

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This measure would require that tax increases enacted by the state legislature expire one year after becoming effective, unless approved by a two-thirds legislative majority or a simple majority of the popular vote at an election. Any tax increase enacted by the legislature in 2025 would expire when this measure becomes effective, unless similarly approved. Tax increase is defined as any legislative action that increases state tax revenue deposited in any fund, budget, or account.

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Initiative Measure No. IP25-288 concerns tax increases enacted by the state legislature. This measure would require that tax increases enacted by the state legislature expire after one year, and would terminate increases enacted in 2025, unless approved by majority popular vote or two-thirds legislative majority.

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This measure would require that tax increases enacted by the state legislature expire one year after becoming effective, unless approved by a two-thirds legislative majority or a simple majority of the popular vote at an election. Any tax increase enacted by the legislature in 2025 would expire when this measure becomes effective, unless similarly approved. Tax increase is defined as any legislative action that increases state tax revenue deposited in any fund, budget, or account.