HB 1865 — Expanding access for small business employees and adjusting implementation dates for working connections child care.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-06
AN ACT Relating to expanding access to child care benefits for small business employees and adjusting implementation dates for working connections child care;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Bergquist, Steve (D, WA-11) — sponsor · 2025-02-06
- Couture, Travis (R, WA-35) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Eslick, Carolyn (R, WA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Nance, Greg (D, WA-23) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Salahuddin, Osman (D, WA-48) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Obras, Edwin (D, WA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Pollet, Gerry (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Timmons, Joe (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services.
- · house — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (9)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-06 | Bergquist, Steve | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Couture, Travis | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Eslick, Carolyn | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Nance, Greg | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Obras, Edwin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Pollet, Gerry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Reed, Julia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Salahuddin, Osman | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Timmons, Joe | 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 | Bergquist, Steve (D, state_lower WA-11) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Couture, Travis (R, state_lower WA-35) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Eslick, Carolyn (R, state_lower WA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Nance, Greg (D, state_lower WA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Obras, Edwin (D, state_lower WA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Pollet, Gerry (D, state_lower WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Salahuddin, Osman (D, state_lower WA-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Timmons, Joe (D, state_lower WA-42) | 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.
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Timmons, Joe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Obras, Edwin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · sponsored by Bergquist, Steve (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Pollet, Gerry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Couture, Travis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Eslick, Carolyn (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Nance, Greg (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Salahuddin, Osman (cosponsor) · sponsorship