Vote Yes on this bill if you want the state to preempt local rules and stop removal or damage of public monuments displayed 25+ years, fine officials who violate, let groups sue for fees and up to $100,000, require restoration or return after temporary moves, and withhold certain arts/history funds until costs are repaid.

Organizations that support this bill may include historic preservation groups, veterans’ organizations, heritage societies, and statewide history commissions that favor uniform protection of monuments.

Vote No on this bill if you want local governments to decide what to do with their monuments, avoid state-imposed fines and lawsuits, prevent state funding holdbacks, and keep flexibility to remove, relocate, or reinterpret controversial displays.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include civil rights and social justice groups, municipal and county associations, and public historians who favor local control or changes to controversial monuments.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want stronger protections against deed and real estate fraud, free property alerts for owners, tighter identity checks, required notary training and testing, clearer records, and safe-harbor rules that still hold bad actors accountable.

Organizations that support this bill may include consumer protection and elder advocacy groups, title insurers and settlement companies, notary professional associations favoring higher standards, and homeowner groups concerned about deed fraud.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new mandates and costs on clerks and notaries, stop a new paper filing fee, limit data retention that could risk privacy, and prevent added hurdles that may slow or complicate real estate transactions.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include independent notaries and small real estate firms wary of new training and record-keeping costs, privacy advocates concerned about ID and video storage, and local governments concerned about unfunded alert-system mandates.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want insurers to be able to charge tobacco users up to 50% more, keep limits on age and geography, require public hearings and quarterly reports on big area price gaps, and potentially reduce costs for non-users starting in 2027.

Organizations that support this bill may include public health and anti-tobacco groups, some health insurers and employer coalitions, and consumer or taxpayer advocates seeking lower premiums for non-tobacco users and more pricing transparency.

Vote No on this bill if you want to prevent higher premiums for tobacco users, avoid creating financial barriers to health coverage, and reject pricing that varies by tobacco use even with added oversight.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include tobacco industry groups, civil rights and anti-poverty organizations concerned about affordability and fairness, and patient advocates worried that smokers will forgo coverage or care.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want more valid votes counted by allowing voters to cure absentee and provisional ballot errors until Monday after Election Day and requiring officials to notify voters of fixable mistakes.

Organizations that support this bill may include voting rights and civic participation groups, disability and senior advocates, student and military‑voter organizations, and good‑government groups that favor giving voters time to fix minor mistakes.

Vote No on this bill if you want to keep current deadlines and tighter rejection rules, prioritize quicker results, and avoid adding new administrative steps for election offices.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include groups focused on faster election results or stricter procedures, some partisan committees, and taxpayer watchdogs concerned about added costs, delays, or potential errors.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want to ban salary history questions, require good-faith pay ranges in all job postings, protect applicants from retaliation, and let workers seek damages for violations to help close wage gaps.

Worker advocacy groups, labor unions, pay equity and women’s rights organizations, and transparency-focused nonprofits may support this bill because it promotes fair pay and requires clear salary ranges in job postings.

Vote No on this bill if you want employers to keep the option to ask about past pay, avoid mandatory pay-range disclosures, and limit new penalties and lawsuits against businesses.

State and local chambers of commerce, some employer and HR associations, recruiting firms, and small business groups may oppose this bill due to compliance costs, legal exposure, and reduced flexibility in hiring.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want tougher penalties on buyers, felony charges for repeat offenses, high fees that mostly fund survivor-led services, service referrals over arrest for sellers, protections when they report crimes, and felony penalties for assaulting them.

Organizations that support this bill may include anti–sex trafficking groups, survivor-led service providers, victim advocacy nonprofits, and some law enforcement and community safety organizations.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid higher criminalization and fees, keep greater judicial discretion and local revenue control, and oppose measures that may push sex work underground or increase enforcement costs.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include sex worker rights groups, civil liberties organizations, and fiscal conservatives concerned about costs and expanded criminal penalties.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want stronger online privacy for minors, limits on addictive algorithmic feeds and late-night or school-hour push alerts, less data collection and location tracking, and easy tools like time limits, private accounts, and nonpersonalized feeds.

Organizations that support this bill may include child safety and mental health advocacy groups, pediatric associations, parent-teacher organizations, and consumer protection groups.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid statewide age-assurance mandates and notification curfews, keep personalized algorithmic feeds for minors, reduce regulatory and legal exposure for platforms, and prevent potential privacy, speech, and access impacts.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include digital rights and civil liberties groups, technology and social media industry associations, small app developers, and business groups concerned about compliance costs and age verification risks.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want a larger refundable child tax credit, a $2,800 pregnancy credit at 20+ weeks, stricter SSN rules and a six-child cap, a simplified EITC with lower maximums for larger families, elimination of Head of Household status and the child care credit for kids, and removal of the SALT deduction starting in 2026.

Organizations that support this bill may include pro-life and family policy groups, conservative tax reform advocates, and think tanks that favor bigger refundable child credits and ending SALT and Head of Household preferences.

Vote No on this bill if you want to keep Head of Household filing and the child and dependent care credit, preserve the SALT deduction, maintain current EITC levels for bigger families, and avoid tying a pregnancy credit to abortion restrictions.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include reproductive rights and women's health groups, single-parent and anti-poverty advocates, childcare providers and labor organizations, and associations representing high-tax states that oppose eliminating the SALT deduction.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want tougher penalties and mandatory prison time for assaults, manslaughter, or murder of officers and certain workers, a broader definition of who counts as law enforcement, higher sentencing scores for battery on them, and a rule that people cannot use force to resist arrest when an officer acts in good faith.

Organizations that support this bill may include police unions, sheriffs’ offices, prosecutors’ associations, corrections organizations, and victims’ rights groups.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new mandatory minimums and longer sentences, limit prison growth and costs, keep current rules on resisting arrest instead of expanding them with a good‑faith standard, and prevent broader use of officer-status sentence enhancements.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include civil liberties groups, criminal justice reform advocates, public defender associations, and budget watchdogs concerned about increased prison costs.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want appeals of Fish and Wildlife decisions filed in the county where the wildlife is, boosting local voices and reducing court shopping.

Organizations that support this bill may include rural county governments, local hunting and fishing clubs, farm and ranch associations, and community groups near wildlife areas that want cases heard close to home.

Vote No on this bill if you want to keep current filing options, allowing cases in more centralized or convenient courts for uniform outcomes and lower travel costs.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include statewide environmental and animal protection nonprofits, statewide industry associations, and legal advocacy groups that prefer centralized courts and consistent rulings.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want Washington to set firm deadlines, increase transparency and public input, and speed work toward a universal, more affordable health care system.

Organizations that support this bill may include patient advocacy groups, public health nonprofits, community health clinics, labor unions, equity-focused groups, and consumer organizations seeking universal coverage and lower costs.

Vote No on this bill if you want to slow or stop movement toward a single-payer or unified financing model, avoid new committees and potential taxes, and keep health care changes in the private market.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include private health insurers and their trade associations, business and taxpayer groups wary of new taxes, and free-market policy organizations concerned about expanded government control.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want Washington to end private Medicaid managed care, pay providers directly at Medicare rates, fund care coordination separately, create one inclusive statewide network, ban AI-generated denials, publish public data, and add local oversight to improve access and equity.

Organizations that support this bill may include community health centers, patient and disability advocates, tribal and rural health providers, behavioral health organizations, public health departments, and transparency and equity coalitions seeking lower administrative costs and faster access to care.

Vote No on this bill if you want to keep insurer-run managed care with capitated payments and private networks, avoid a large state administrative transition, preserve current prior authorization practices, and maintain the existing Medicaid contracting model.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include managed care organizations and health insurers, risk-bearing intermediaries and their vendors, and some hospital and consultant groups concerned about losing capitation, network control, and facing state-run administration.