Washington Tax Increase Expiration After One Year Without Voter Approval Initiative (2025)
| Washington Tax Increase Expiration After One Year Without Voter Approval Initiative | |
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| Election date November 4, 2025 | |
| Topic State legislative vote requirements and Revenue and spending limits | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Tax Increase Expiration After One Year Without Voter Approval Initiative is not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 4, 2025.
This initiative would have required that any tax increase enacted by the state legislature expire after one year unless approved by a two-thirds legislative majority or a simple majority of voters at an election. It would also have terminated tax increases passed in 2025 unless approved by voters.[1]
Text of measure
The full text for both filed versions of the initiative is available here and here.
Path to the ballot
Process in Washington
An initiated state statute is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends state statute. There are 21 states that allow citizens to initiate state statutes, including 14 that provide for direct initiatives and nine (9) that provide for indirect initiatives (two provide for both). An indirect initiated state statute goes to the legislature after a successful signature drive. The legislatures in these states have the option of approving the initiative itself, rather than the initiative appearing on the ballot.
In Washington, the number of signatures required for an directinitiated state statute, called an Initiative to the People (ITP), is equal to 8% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. Signatures for direct initiatives are due at least four months prior to the general election. A simple majority vote is required for approval.
The requirements to get an Initiative to the People certified for the 2025 ballot:
- Signatures: 324,516 valid signatures
- Deadline: July 3, 2025
Stages of this ballot initiative
The following is the timeline of the initiative:
- April 15, 2025: Larry Jensen filed the petition with the secretary of state.[1]
- April 24, 2025: Ballot language was issued for the initiative.[1]
- July 3, 2025: As of this date, the submission deadline, no signatures were submitted. As such, the initiative was not placed on the November 2025 ballot.
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