HB 1540 — Expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-23
AN ACT Relating to expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college;
Latest action: 2025-04-21 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Sponsors
- Timmons, Joe (D, WA-42) — sponsor · 2025-01-23
- Eslick, Carolyn (R, WA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Ortiz-Self, Lillian (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Ramel, Alex (D, WA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Duerr, Davina (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Kloba, Shelley (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Macri, Nicole (D, WA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Callan, Lisa (D, WA-5) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Zahn, Janice (D, WA-41) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Ormsby, Timm (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Pollet, Gerry (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Scott, Shaun (D, WA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Doglio, Beth (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Hill, Natasha (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Simmons, Tarra (D, WA-23) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Appropriations.
- · house — APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — APP - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Minority; do not pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 3.
- · house — First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.
- · house — HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- · house — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · house — Referred to Ways & Means.
- · house — WM - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 92, 2025 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 7/27/2025.
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (16)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-23 | Callan, Lisa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Doglio, Beth | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Duerr, Davina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Eslick, Carolyn | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Hill, Natasha | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Kloba, Shelley | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Macri, Nicole | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Ormsby, Timm | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Ortiz-Self, Lillian | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Pollet, Gerry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Ramel, Alex | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Reed, Julia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Scott, Shaun | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Simmons, Tarra | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Timmons, Joe | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Zahn, Janice | 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 | Timmons, Joe (D, state_lower WA-42) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Callan, Lisa (D, state_lower WA-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Doglio, Beth (D, state_lower WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Duerr, Davina (D, state_lower WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Eslick, Carolyn (R, state_lower WA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Hill, Natasha (D, state_lower WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Kloba, Shelley (D, state_lower WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Macri, Nicole (D, state_lower WA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Ormsby, Timm (D, state_lower WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Ortiz-Self, Lillian (D, state_lower WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Pollet, Gerry (D, state_lower WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Ramel, Alex (D, state_lower WA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Scott, Shaun (D, state_lower WA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Simmons, Tarra (D, state_lower WA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Zahn, Janice (D, state_lower WA-41) | 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
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- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Macri, Nicole (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Duerr, Davina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Ramel, Alex (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Kloba, Shelley (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Ortiz-Self, Lillian (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Doglio, Beth (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Hill, Natasha (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Callan, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Zahn, Janice (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · sponsored by Timmons, Joe (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Eslick, Carolyn (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Simmons, Tarra (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Ormsby, Timm (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Pollet, Gerry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Scott, Shaun (cosponsor) · sponsorship