This bill adds new sections to multiple chapters of the Revised Code of Washington (including chapters 43.216, 28A.320, 70.02, 28B.10, and 29A.04), is titled the secure and accountable federal enforcement (SAFE) act, contains a severability provision, and takes effect immediately under an emergency clause. It creates new statewide legal requirements and prohibitions rather than amending the specific existing offenses described in the extracted text. The bill bars early learning providers and school district employees from collecting information or documents about immigration or citizenship status of students or family members except when required by state or federal law or to administer a stateor federally-supported early learning or child care program. It requires county auditors to designate ballot-handling, processing, counting, and tabulation areas as nonpublic during elections. It requires health care facilities, institutions of higher education, early learning providers, and school districts to identify and designate nonpublic areas and prohibits allowing immigration enforcement officers access to those nonpublic areas for immigration enforcement purposes unless the officer has a valid judicial warrant, judicial subpoena, or court order specifically granting access. Where practicable the bill encourages staff to request identification from enforcement officers and, to the extent possible, to have denials witnessed and documented. School boards must adopt or amend a policy limiting immigration enforcement consistent with the bill by the beginning of the 2027-28 school year, and the school provisions apply to charter schools and state-tribal education compact schools to the same extent as school districts. The bill states it does not create a private right of action. The extracted materials do not state any enforcement mechanisms, penalties, or which state agency (if any) has authority to enforce these prohibitions. The text also does not define "protected health information" for purposes of the health care provisions, does not list which specific state or federal laws create the listed exceptions, does not precisely define "nonpublic area" for each setting, and leaves several instructions expressed in discretionary language ("to the extent practicable," "encouraged," "to the extent possible") without procedural standards.

If enacted, organizations that run child care, K‑12 schools, health care facilities, colleges, and local election operations will need to change front‑line practices: they will likely stop asking families about immigration or citizenship status except when a specific law requires it, mark and secure certain rooms or processing areas as off‑limits to immigration agents, and train staff to ask for ID, refuse entry without a judicial warrant or court order, and document refusals. School boards must adopt limiting‑enforcement policies by the 2027‑28 school year and provide them to the state on request, and county auditors must designate ballot‑handling areas as nonpublic during elections, so expect costs for policy writing, staff training, signage, physical access controls, and routine documentation of any enforcement encounters. The main effects fall on early learning providers, school districts (including charter and state‑tribal schools), health care facilities, institutions of higher education, county auditors, and election workers, who will take on new operational duties and modest added expenses and legal uncertainty. Important details are missing here—who enforces these rules, what exactly counts as a “nonpublic area” or “protected health information,” and which specific state or federal laws create exceptions—so affected entities will likely seek legal guidance to reduce risk of conflict with federal authorities.