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Previewed initiatives on parental rights and girls' sports to likely go to voters after lawmakers decline hearings

Washington State Legislative Preview · January 9, 2026
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Summary

Two citizen initiatives—one affecting parental-notification rules and another restricting transgender girls' participation in girls' sports—were provisionally certified; leaders said neither chamber plans hearings and predicted the measures would likely go to the ballot for voters to decide.

Panelists described two provisionally certified initiative petitions that could reach the legislature and, if not passed, the ballot. One measure would roll back recent legislative changes on parental notification and the other would impose eligibility rules for girls' sports that critics say have a transgender subtext.

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