HB 1722 — Reviewing state restrictions affecting students participating in secondary career and technical education programs and other state-approved career pathways.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-29
AN ACT Relating to state restrictions affecting 16 and 17 year old students participating in secondary career and technical education programs and other state-approved career pathways;
Latest action: 2025-04-21 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Sponsors
- Connors, April (R, WA-8) — sponsor · 2025-01-29
- Schmidt, Suzanne (R, WA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
- Dufault, Jeremie (R, WA-15) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
- Barnard, Stephanie (R, WA-8) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
- · house — LAWS - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- · 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, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
- · house — First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.
- · house — HEWD - Majority; without recommendation.
- · house — And refer to Labor & Commerce.
- · house — Referred to Labor & Commerce.
- · house — LC - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Minority; do not 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 98, 2025 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 7/27/2025.
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-29 | Barnard, Stephanie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-29 | Connors, April | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-29 | Dufault, Jeremie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-29 | Schmidt, Suzanne | 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 | Connors, April (R, state_lower WA-8) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Barnard, Stephanie (R, state_lower WA-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Dufault, Jeremie (R, state_lower WA-15) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Schmidt, Suzanne (R, state_lower WA-4) | 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 Barnard, Stephanie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-29 · cosponsored by Schmidt, Suzanne (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-29 · sponsored by Connors, April (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-29 · cosponsored by Dufault, Jeremie (cosponsor) · sponsorship