HB 1836 — Supporting local news journalism.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-04
AN ACT Relating to supporting local news journalism;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Ramel, Alex (D, WA-40) — sponsor · 2025-02-04
- Mena, Sharlett (D, WA-29) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Tharinger, Steve (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Stonier, Monica Jurado (D, WA-49) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Peterson, Strom (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Parshley, Lisa (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Thai, My-Linh (D, WA-41) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Doglio, Beth (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Taylor, Jamila (D, WA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Farivar, Darya (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Stearns, Chris (D, WA-47) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Berry, Liz (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Paul, Dave (D, WA-10) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Goodman, Roger (D, WA-45) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Fosse, Mary (D, WA-38) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Scott, Shaun (D, WA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Salahuddin, Osman (D, WA-48) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Hill, Natasha (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Cortes, Julio (D, WA-38) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Finance.
- · house — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (19)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-04 | Berry, Liz | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Cortes, Julio | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Doglio, Beth | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Farivar, Darya | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Fosse, Mary | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Goodman, Roger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Hill, Natasha | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Mena, Sharlett | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Parshley, Lisa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Paul, Dave | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Peterson, Strom | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Ramel, Alex | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Salahuddin, Osman | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Scott, Shaun | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Stearns, Chris | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Stonier, Monica Jurado | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Taylor, Jamila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Thai, My-Linh | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Tharinger, Steve | 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 | Ramel, Alex (D, state_lower WA-40) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Berry, Liz (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cortes, Julio (D, state_lower WA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Doglio, Beth (D, state_lower WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Farivar, Darya (D, state_lower WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Fosse, Mary (D, state_lower WA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Goodman, Roger (D, state_lower WA-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Hill, Natasha (D, state_lower WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Mena, Sharlett (D, state_lower WA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Parshley, Lisa (D, state_lower WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Paul, Dave (D, state_lower WA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Peterson, Strom (D, state_lower WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Salahuddin, Osman (D, state_lower WA-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Scott, Shaun (D, state_lower WA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Stearns, Chris (D, state_lower WA-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Stonier, Monica Jurado (D, state_lower WA-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Taylor, Jamila (D, state_lower WA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Thai, My-Linh (D, state_lower WA-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Tharinger, Steve (D, state_lower WA-24) | 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.
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Salahuddin, Osman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Paul, Dave (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Scott, Shaun (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Mena, Sharlett (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Goodman, Roger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Taylor, Jamila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Stonier, Monica Jurado (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Stearns, Chris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Fosse, Mary (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · sponsored by Ramel, Alex (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Thai, My-Linh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Tharinger, Steve (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Doglio, Beth (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Peterson, Strom (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Berry, Liz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Hill, Natasha (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Farivar, Darya (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Parshley, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Cortes, Julio (cosponsor) · sponsorship