The bill creates a new section and amends existing law in chapter 28A.635 RCW (specifically adding a new Sec. 1 with findings and amending RCW 28A.635.090 and RCW 28A.635.100). It makes it unlawful to use force or violence to interfere with, or to threaten by force or violence to intimidate, an employee or contractor of a public or private elementary or secondary school, an elementary or secondary student, or an official or volunteer acting as an official for extracurricular athletic activities, while that person is in the peaceful discharge or conduct of duties or studies. The bill refers to the statutory definition of “public school” in RCW 28A.150.010. The bill establishes criminal penalties: interference by force or violence is a gross misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $1,000, jail up to 364 days, or both. On conviction for that offense, persons who are not students face an additional exclusion from the school where the crime was committed or from attending the extracurricular athletic activities in which the crime was committed for not less than 12 months and not more than 18 months. Intimidation by threat of force or violence is a gross misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $500, jail up to six months, or both. Legally, the measure creates new unlawful conduct and associated penalties and modifies existing statutes in chapter 28A.635 RCW; it therefore adds criminal prohibitions and an administrative exclusion penalty for nonstudents. The bill identifier is Second Substitute House Bill 1085 (H-1746.1), 69th Legislature, 2025 Regular Session. The bill title and preamble mention requiring schools to notify the public of such penalties, but the extracted text does not include any specific notification requirement or details about how exclusions are to be enforced, who provides notice, or any appeal or enforcement procedures.

If enacted, the law would make it a crime for anyone to physically assault or use threats of force against K–12 students, school employees or contractors, and officials or volunteers at school athletic events, with convictions carrying gross misdemeanor penalties (fines up to $1,000 and up to 364 days in jail for violent interference; lower fines and shorter jail time for threats). For people who are not students, a conviction would also require the school to bar them from the campus or from attending the extracurricular athletic activity where the offense occurred for 12 to 18 months. Both public and private elementary and secondary schools, plus their staff, students, and event officials or volunteers, are covered. In practice, this raises the stakes for anyone who might try to disrupt school activities and creates a new, enforceable exclusion obligation for schools to implement when a nonstudent is convicted. That could increase administrative work to record, communicate, and enforce 12–18 month bans, but the bill text does not say who must carry out exclusions, how notice or appeals would work, or whether schools must publicly notify the penalties despite the bill title mentioning notification, so some operational details and enforcement responsibilities remain unclear.