This bill creates a new section in chapter 28A.230 RCW and amends RCW 28A.230.150 to require that each public high school annually observe a "National Voter Registration Day" on the third Tuesday of September (or the following Tuesday if that day is a major religious holiday) and, as resources allow, coordinate voter registration events in each history or social studies class attended by high school seniors (and when possible other grades) on that day or within a two-week window before or after. The events must offer students age 16 and older the opportunity to register to vote or sign up to register online, with paper registration forms available for those who cannot use the online method. County auditors may assist as resources allow. The bill also directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to update and distribute youth voter registration materials annually, notify principals and relevant teachers electronically, and to work with the Secretary of State to provide registration methods that enable electronic collection of the number of students who registered on National Voter Registration Day. The Superintendent must report annually to the Governor and appropriate legislative committees on progress toward a stated goal of at least 50,000 new high school student registrations, including county-level registration numbers and recommendations to increase youth registration. RCW 28A.230.150 is amended to require observing January 16 (Temperance and Good Citizenship Day) with a similar school-centered voter registration event focused on students who missed the September opportunity. Legally, the measure creates new procedural duties for schools and education officials, adds reporting obligations, and amends an existing statute; it references disclosure rules in chapter 29A.08 RCW (including RCW 29A.08.725) for future voter information. The text does not specify funding, enforcement, an effective date, a definition of "major religious holiday," or the privacy and technical details of the electronic collection methods, and it does not set out any penalties for noncompliance in the provided excerpts.

If enacted, public high schools will be expected each year to set aside time around the third Tuesday in September for a classroom voter registration push that must offer every student age 16 or older a way to register or “sign up” to register and must provide paper forms for those who can’t use online methods; high schools would also have a second opportunity on January 16 (Temperance and Good Citizenship Day) to catch eligible students who missed the first event. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary of State would need to update and distribute youth registration materials annually, pursue a stated goal of at least 50,000 new high-school registrations a year, and the Superintendent must report yearly to the Governor and legislative committees on progress and county-level registration numbers. The people most affected are public high schools, teachers, county auditors (who may help as resources allow), and the Superintendent’s and Secretary of State’s offices. Schools and teachers will face added classroom time and administrative work to run events and provide paper forms, and school districts may incur modest costs for materials or coordination; county auditors and state offices will need staff time to support outreach and reporting. Several details that affect implementation and cost are left unclear here: there’s no defined funding or enforcement mechanism, “as resources allow” makes actual participation optional, the privacy and technical rules for collecting electronic counts are not spelled out, and there’s no definition of “major religious holiday” or an effective start date in the provided text.