Reversing and substituting important components of Initiative 2081, a parental rights legislation supported by almost 454,000 state voters just one year ago.
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson on Tuesday signed House Bill 1296 into law.
BREAKING: Gov. Bob Ferguson has just signed the Democrats’ bill to gut the parental rights initiative, overturning the will of over 400,000 Washingtonians who backed Initiative 2081.
— Ari Hoffman 🎗 (@thehoffather) May 20, 2025
Introduced and passed by the Democrat-run Legislature, HB 1296 significantly alters the original proposal, which assured parents of public school children of 15 rights.
Along with access to educational and medical information, these rights comprised notification of academic achievement.
Medical treatment, school safety concerns, and law enforcement actions involving their children. Critics claim the new law eliminates or lessens many of these safeguards.
