HB 1046 — Protecting the vulnerable by providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle arising from the rescue of vulnerable persons or domestic animals.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-13
AN ACT Relating to protecting the vulnerable by providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle arising from the rescue of vulnerable persons or domestic animals;
Latest action: 2025-04-30 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Sponsors
- Leavitt, Mari (D, WA-28) — sponsor · 2025-01-13
- Low, Sam (R, WA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Ryu, Cindy (D, WA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Walen, Amy (D, WA-48) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Fitzgibbon, Joe (D, WA-34) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Callan, Lisa (D, WA-5) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Bronoske, Dan (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Peterson, Strom (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Pollet, Gerry (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Nance, Greg (D, WA-23) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Berg, April (D, WA-44) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Fosse, Mary (D, WA-38) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
- · house — CRJ - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 2.
- · house — First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
- · house — LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · house — Minority; do not pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · house — Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · house — House concurred in Senate amendments.
- · house — Passed final passage; yeas, 60; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 2.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 183, 2025 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (12)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-13 | Berg, April | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Bronoske, Dan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Callan, Lisa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Fitzgibbon, Joe | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Fosse, Mary | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Leavitt, Mari | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Low, Sam | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Nance, Greg | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Peterson, Strom | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Pollet, Gerry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Ryu, Cindy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Walen, Amy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leavitt, Mari (D, state_lower WA-28) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Berg, April (D, state_lower WA-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Bronoske, Dan (D, state_lower WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Callan, Lisa (D, state_lower WA-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Fitzgibbon, Joe (D, state_lower WA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Fosse, Mary (D, state_lower WA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Low, Sam (R, state_lower WA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Nance, Greg (D, state_lower WA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Peterson, Strom (D, state_lower WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Pollet, Gerry (D, state_lower WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Ryu, Cindy (D, state_lower WA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Walen, Amy (D, state_lower WA-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Low, Sam (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Fitzgibbon, Joe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Nance, Greg (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Pollet, Gerry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Fosse, Mary (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Berg, April (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Peterson, Strom (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Callan, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Walen, Amy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Bronoske, Dan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Ryu, Cindy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · sponsored by Leavitt, Mari (sponsor) · sponsorship