HB 1703 — Establishing an equine industry tax credit, allowing the horse racing commission to impose a fee, and using equine industry sales tax revenues for federal regulatory compliance.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-29
AN ACT Relating to establishing an equine industry tax credit, allowing the horse racing commission to impose a fee, and using equine industry sales tax revenues for federal regulatory compliance;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Stearns, Chris (D, WA-47) — sponsor · 2025-01-29
- Schmick, Joe (R, WA-9) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
- Goodman, Roger (D, WA-45) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Finance.
- · house — FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Referred to Appropriations.
- · house — Referred to Appropriations.
- · house — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- · house — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-29 | Goodman, Roger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-29 | Schmick, Joe | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-29 | Stearns, Chris | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | 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 | Stearns, Chris (D, state_lower WA-47) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Goodman, Roger (D, state_lower WA-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Schmick, Joe (R, state_lower WA-9) | 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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- 2025-01-29 · cosponsored by Schmick, Joe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-29 · sponsored by Stearns, Chris (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-29 · cosponsored by Goodman, Roger (cosponsor) · sponsorship