HB 1541 — Concerning the veterans affairs advisory committee.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-23
AN ACT Relating to the veterans affairs advisory committee;
Latest action: 2025-03-11 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Abell, Hunter (R, WA-7) — sponsor · 2025-01-23
- Donaghy, Brandy (D, WA-44) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Morgan, Melanie (D, WA-29) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Kloba, Shelley (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Shavers, Clyde (D, WA-10) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Zahn, Janice (D, WA-41) — 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 Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
- · house — TEDV - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — TEDV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Minority; do not pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — TEDV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Minority; do not pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
- · house — First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
- · house — SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · house — By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- · house — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
- · house — Returned to second reading for amendment.
- · house — Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 7.
- · house — First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
- · house — SGTE - 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, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 5, 2026 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-23 | Abell, Hunter | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Donaghy, Brandy | 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 | Morgan, Melanie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Shavers, Clyde | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Simmons, Tarra | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | 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 | Abell, Hunter (R, state_lower WA-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Donaghy, Brandy (D, state_lower WA-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Hill, Natasha (D, state_lower WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Kloba, Shelley (D, state_lower WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Morgan, Melanie (D, state_lower WA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Shavers, Clyde (D, state_lower WA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Simmons, Tarra (D, state_lower WA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | 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
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.
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Hill, Natasha (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Zahn, Janice (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Shavers, Clyde (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · sponsored by Abell, Hunter (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Donaghy, Brandy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Morgan, Melanie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Kloba, Shelley (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Simmons, Tarra (cosponsor) · sponsorship