Statewide Initiatives
Every Washington voter decides these 3. Each page has the official ballot title word for word, what a yes or no vote does, and links to the full text.
- Initiative IP26-645: Income tax repeal Repeal the new 9.9% tax on income over $1 million and ban income taxesmajority to pass
Biggest change: Repeals the 9.9% tax on individual income over $1,000,000 (Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6346, 2026), which was set to start in calendar year 2028..
- Initiative IL26-001: Parents' rights in public schools Bring back the 2024 parents' rights law in public schoolsmajority to pass
Biggest change: Repeals the 2025 amendments to the parents' rights law (RCW 28A.605.005) and restores the list as enacted in 2024 by Initiative 2081..
- Initiative IL26-638: Girls' school sports Girls' school sports limited to students the law defines as biologically femalemajority to pass
Biggest change: Students defined as "biologically male" could not compete on teams or in events designated only for female students, in public K-12 schools and in private schools that belong to the WIAA or a similar group..
Three citizen initiatives are on the ballot. Each changes state law (not the constitution) and passes with more than 50% of the votes cast on it. Source: Secretary of State: 2026 state Voters' Pamphlet (measures, pages 8-22) .