This bill adds new duties and procedures in Washington law for youth sports organizations, coaches, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), school districts, and the state child welfare statutes. It creates new sections in chapter 26.44 RCW and in chapter 28A.600 RCW and amends RCW 26.44.030 to expand and clarify who must report suspected child abuse or neglect, to set reporting deadlines and notice times, and to require the department to develop model prohibited-conduct policies and mandatory-reporting training. By January 1, 2026 the department must make a prohibited conduct policy and mandatory-reporting training publicly available; coaches in youth sports must begin annual mandatory-reporting training on or after July 1, 2026. The WIAA must require coaches in interscholastic youth athletics to complete abuse prevention training before beginning a coaching position and to develop a prohibited conduct policy by January 1, 2026; school districts must adopt the WIAA policy or develop their own. The bill is primarily procedural and regulatory: it imposes new training and policy requirements, amends reporting procedures and timelines (reports at first opportunity but no later than 48 hours; departmental notifications to law enforcement within 24 hours in emergencies and 72 hours otherwise; written follow-up reports within five days; prosecutors must notify victims and others within five days of charging decisions), distinguishes investigation and family-assessment responses with specified time frames (investigations not to exceed 90 days; family assessments generally 45 days with limited extensions), and addresses confidentiality and information-sharing rules. It does not create a new crime apart from an existing misdemeanor penalty for unauthorized further dissemination of exchanged information; it adds procedural duties, reporting duties, and organizational obligations rather than new substantive criminal offenses. Several details are unclear from the provided text: the specific agency referred to as “the department” is not explicitly named here, the full statutory definition of “youth sports organization” is not included, and parts of the amended RCW 26.44.030 and other subsections are incomplete or cut off in the extracted material.

If enacted, youth sports organizations and school districts will have to adopt a prohibited conduct policy and coaches will need to complete specified abuse-prevention and mandatory-reporting trainings: the state department must produce a model policy and a mandatory-reporting course by January 1, 2026, WIAA must produce a school-athletics policy by that date, WIAA coaches must complete prevention training before starting, and all youth-sports coaches must begin annual mandatory-reporting training by July 1, 2026. Reports of suspected abuse must be made quickly (at first opportunity and no later than 48 hours), and the department and law enforcement must meet short notification windows (24 hours in emergencies, 72 hours otherwise); the department’s responses are limited to defined investigation or family-assessment tracks with firm time limits (investigations generally capped at 90 days; family assessments at 45 days with narrow extensions). The groups most affected are youth sports organizations, coaches, WIAA, school districts, and the child-welfare department and law enforcement: organizations and coaches will likely face recurring training costs, new administrative work to show compliance, and potential liability if they fail to follow the required prohibited-conduct rules or reporting duties; the department will need staffing and resources to develop materials, provide training publicly, and meet faster investigation and notification timelines, which could increase its workload. Important context is missing from the extracts — the specific agency named as “the department” and the full statutory definition of “youth sports organization” are not present here — so who ultimately pays for training, how some duties are allocated, and certain scope details remain uncertain.