Washington Property Tax Levy Initiative (2025)
| Washington Property Tax Levy Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 4, 2025 | |
| Topic Taxes and Property | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Property Tax Levy Initiative is not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 4, 2025.
This initiative would have set regular property tax levies at 25% below the amount otherwise allowed, with an exception for voter-approved school levies, and would require voter approval to exceed the 1% limit on annual property tax increases.[1]
Text of measure
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify an indirectly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the Legislature in Washington—for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election. Initial filings for indirect initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the regular session at which their proposal would be presented to lawmakers. Signatures must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the beginning of the legislative session in the year of the targeted election.
The requirements to get an Initiative to the Legislature certified for the 2025 ballot:
- Signatures: 324,516 valid signatures
- Deadline: December 31, 2024
The secretary of state verifies the signatures using a random sample method. If the sample indicates that the measure has sufficient signatures, the measure is certified to appear before the legislature. If the legislature does not approve the measure, it is certified to appear on the ballot. However, if the sample indicates that the measure has insufficient signatures, every signature is checked. Under Washington law, a random sample result may not invalidate a petition.
Details about this initiative
- Tim Eyman filed the initiative on March 15, 2024. Ballot language was issued for the initiative on April 11, 2024.[1]
- Signatures were not submitted for the initiative by the deadline.[1]
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