Washington's Legislature had until March 12 to act on two citizen initiatives that had already qualified for the ballot with signature totals no Let's Go Washington campaign in the state had matched before.
Initiative 26-001 would reverse those 2025 changes and restore the original 2024 language, according to reporting from MyNorthwest .
Washington has allowed transgender athletes to compete consistent with their gender identity since 2007, a policy the initiative would functionally end for K-12 competition.
The Secretary of State's office verified both through the standard method, a random 3% sample of submitted signatures checked against voter rolls, and found the sports initiative's signatures valid at an 86% rate, KOMO reported .
That fight over the rules for future signature drives is happening in parallel with, not instead of, the two initiatives already headed to voters this fall.
The Legislature let a March deadline pass on two Let's Go Washington initiatives, one restoring parental access to school records, one requiring sex verification for girls' sports, sending both straight to voters.