Ensuring the efficacy of judicial orders as harm reduction tools that increase the safety of survivors of abuse and support law enforcement in their efforts to enforce the law.

Updated the deadline for limited jurisdiction courts to allow electronic petition tracking from January 1, 2026, to align with superior courts.

Added a requirement for courts to send notifications 90 days before a protection order expires to remind survivors of upcoming expiration.

Added a new section requiring all full and temporary protection orders issued after December 31, 2025, to be typewritten in their entirety.

Added a new effective date provision stating the act takes effect on March 31, 2026.

Extended the deadline for courts to accept remote and electronic protection order filings from January 1, 2023, to January 1, 2026.

Updated the list of statutes governing confidential party information forms to include chapters 9.41, 36.28A, and 2.56 RCW.

Added a new requirement that all full and temporary protection orders issued after December 31, 2025, must be typewritten in their entirety.

Clarified that a minor can petition to renew a protection order as an adult up to one year after the order expires, rather than only while it is still in effect.