2026 Washington Initiative 638

You cannot be the head of the public school system when you have such a blatant disregard for half of the families, half of the parents, half of the students who you're supposed to care for.

And I will tell you, Chris Reichdahl, when we pass Initiative 638, which we will, Initiative 638 will pass in a matter of weeks because people have common sense.

They will vote yes on it.

And then after that, after that fight is over, I will make it my personal mission to make sure that you do not get another term as the superintendent of public instruction.

"No Hate in Washington State.

Vote no on 001, Initiative 001, and Initiative 638." Oh, wow.

Yeah, I don't, I don't want any hate here.

Yeah.

It's like, and I don't know enough about this to get any of the language right, but boxing has weight classes, right? No one who weighs 300 pounds gets to say, "I identify as someone who weighs 150 pounds," and compete against people weighing 150 pounds, because everyone can see that quantitatively and qualitatively that is not fair.

Same thing is true here.

So the argument against the desi- the initiative on the ballot in the State of Washington, Initiative 638, to keep boys out of girls' sports begins with, "Vote no to protect all girls." These people are lunatics.

Yes.

So with roughly three weeks until the midterm elections, the people of Washington state may just provide the biggest surprise of election night.

Ballot Initiative 638 is getting the most attention.

It would actually ban biological boys.

from competing in girls K-12 sports here in the Evergreen State.

Now, if 638 passes, it will be one of the biggest defeats yet for the left and the boys playing in Girls Sports Hill that they've chosen to die on.

Currently, 27 states have policies that prevent biological males from playing in girls' sports, but those policies have been enacted by state legislatures.

Initiative 638 would make history as the first initiative of its kind to be passed by the voters themselves.

And in a dark blue state like Washington, it could be a bombshell.

I, I didn't, Lars.

But in the last twenty-four to forty-eight hours since I've been reporting on this issue, I've had people I trust and people that have-- share my heart and my mind, uh, tell me that the Initiative 638 is in trouble.

Now, uh, Let's Go Washington just released a poll that said it was leading, I think, by six or eight points.

But-

Most people believe this is an eighty-twenty issue.

Yeah.

So the fact that Initiative 638 is even in question in the state of Washington...

And remember, Let's Go Washington, um, uh, collected four hundred and forty-five thousand signatures to get it on the ballot, and the legislature refused to act on it, so that's why it's on the ballot.

I'm standing up for what I believe in and for women's rights." Although both girls are too young to vote, they are well aware of the fact that Washington voters will have a voice on this issue in the November 3rd general election.

Initiative 638 proposes to amend state law to prohibit transgender girls from competing in school athletic activities intended exclusively for females and to require healthcare providers to verify a student's biological sex to determine eligibility.

"I do think my actions can make a difference and bring awareness to this issue that me and all the other girls are facing," Garrett said.

"There is a bill on the ballot in November, and anybody can vote for it.

All right.

Happening tonight in the city of Sammamish, I have a special place in my heart these days for the city of Sammamish, there's gonna be a public meeting, 6:30 PM at Sammamish City Hall, and the Sammamish City Council is gonna vote on whether to adopt, uh, basically a nonsense nothingness statement that says that they oppose two of the Let's Go Washington initiatives, initiative, uh, uh, Initiative 001 and Initiative 638.

001 is the Parental Rights Initiative, and 638 is the initiative that keeps boys out of girls' sports.

As you know, one of the council members who is behind this resolution is s- uh, Sammamish City Councilwoman Pam Stewart.

Got second.

And so this has been upsetting to a lot of the girls on his team and on other teams.

We continue to be inundated after we've done this story with emails from parents and people who are livid over this, who wanna protest this, and, uh, my response is vote yes on Initiative 638, and this will be done tomorrow.

It'll be done, and we don't have to talk about it anymore, 'cause as I've said, I'm so sick of talking about this stupid issue of boys playing against girls.

Of course, he's been a climate activist.

Now, the weekend brought together backers of an initiative to protect girls' sports in the State of Washington via Initiative 638.

If passed, uh, this would allow, no, I should say not allow biological males to compete in female sports, whether it's middle school, high school level in the State of Washington.

Now, you're gonna hear from some of those pleading for the protection of girls in sports in today's episode.

Okay, now a Protect Girls Sports rally was held over the weekend in Vancouver, Washington.

This was, uh, held by Let's Go Washington, sponsor of one of the initiatives on your ballot here for November the 3rd, less than a month now before voters have to have those, um, ballots returned to be counted.

This is Initiative 638, and this is the initiative that says basically, biological males cannot compete in girls sports in the state of Washington.

This is an issue we've been talking about now for a number of years, and, um, an issue, you know, on the national level, but certainly here in Washington state because Washington is one of, uh, several states that has refused to comply with the federal administrative directive that says you can't allow boys to compete in girls sports.