On January 9, 2006 an Initiative was filed to Prohibit Death being a taxable event in Washington State..

The intent of this act is to prohibit taxes triggered by death. All death, estate, gift, and inheritance taxes are prohibited in the State of Washington.

On June 30th the I-920 Campaign turned in 377,687 signatures to the Secretary of State. On July 7th the I-920 Campaign turned in 17,532 signatures to the Secretary of State. On July 29th the Secretary of State confirms 395,219 signatures were turned in. On August 2nd the Secretary of State declares Initiative 920 valid for the November 7th Ballot. On November 7th the tax payers have the opportunity to declare death not a taxable event.