This bill creates multiple new statutory sections that limit assistance with immigration enforcement and require designation of public versus nonpublic areas in a variety of public-accommodation settings. New sections are added to chapters of the RCW governing early learning (new section to chapter 43.216 RCW), the attorney general (43.10 RCW), K‑12 school districts (28A.320 RCW), health care facilities and adult family homes (70.02 RCW), institutions of higher education (28B.10 RCW), and county election operations (29A.04 RCW). It is titled the secure and accountable federal enforcement (SAFE) act, includes a severability clause, and the act takes effect immediately. The substantive changes are procedural and policy requirements rather than criminal penalties. Covered providers and institutions generally may not collect immigration or citizenship status information or allow immigration enforcement officers into designated nonpublic areas without a valid judicial warrant or court order; they should, to the extent practicable, request identification. Covered entities must adopt or amend policies to designate public and nonpublic areas, inform staff how to respond to immigration enforcement requests, and contact a collective bargaining representative if a union‑represented worker is the subject of on‑site enforcement. The attorney general must publish a model policy for early learning settings within 12 months, school districts must adopt or amend limiting policies by the start of the 2027–28 school year, and county auditors must designate ballot handling areas as nonpublic and prohibit access for immigration enforcement absent a specific judicial order. Denials of access should, where possible, be witnessed and documented. The bill repeatedly states that no private right of action is created. Several definitions and cross‑references are cited by other RCWs (for example RCW 43.17.420, RCW 70.128.010, and RCW 28B.92.030) but their text is not included in the provided material. Section 6 (new section to chapter 29A.04 RCW) is incomplete in the extracted facts, so any additional provisions in that section or in text beyond these excerpts cannot be described here.

If enacted, state and local institutions that serve children, students, patients, voters, and college communities will have to create and follow written policies that carve out "nonpublic" areas and generally refuse immigration enforcement access to those areas unless there is a specific judicial warrant or court order. Early learning programs, school districts (including charter and compact schools), health care facilities and adult family homes, colleges and universities, and county auditors running ballot counting areas will need to train staff, post or map nonpublic zones, ask officers for identification when practicable, document witnessed denials of access in some settings, and notify collective bargaining representatives if a union-represented worker is the subject of enforcement on site. The attorney general must publish model policies within a year, school districts must adopt policies by the 2027–28 school year, and the act is stated to take effect immediately. Practically, these requirements will increase administrative work and training costs for the affected providers and government offices as they develop, adopt, and implement policies and procedures, and they change how front-line staff respond to immigration officers, potentially reducing unplanned on-site enforcement actions absent judicial authorization. The law removes the ability for individuals to sue under these sections (no private right of action), so enforcement will rely on agencies and internal compliance; some definitions and parts of the bill (including a partially shown Section 6 and cross-referenced statutory definitions) are missing from the extracted text, so there is uncertainty about how a few terms and any enforcement or exemption details will be applied.