HB 1896 — Increasing local law enforcement officers by authorizing a local sales and use tax credited against the state portion to hire additional officers and increasing the number of basic law enforcement courses offered by the criminal justice training commission.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-07
AN ACT Relating to increasing local law enforcement officers by authorizing a local sales and use tax credited against the state portion to hire additional officers and increasing the number of basic law enforcement courses offered by the criminal justice training commission;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Abell, Hunter (R, WA-7) — sponsor · 2025-02-07
- Richards, Adison (D, WA-26) — cosponsor · 2025-02-07
- Engell, Andrew (R, WA-7) — cosponsor · 2025-02-07
- Schmidt, Suzanne (R, WA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-02-07
- Klicker, Mark (R, WA-16) — cosponsor · 2025-02-07
- Jacobsen, Cyndy (R, WA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-02-07
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 (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-07 | Abell, Hunter | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-07 | Engell, Andrew | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-07 | Jacobsen, Cyndy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-07 | Klicker, Mark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-07 | Richards, Adison | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-07 | 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 | Abell, Hunter (R, state_lower WA-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Engell, Andrew (R, state_lower WA-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jacobsen, Cyndy (R, state_lower WA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Klicker, Mark (R, state_lower WA-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Richards, Adison (D, state_lower WA-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | 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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- 2025-02-07 · sponsored by Abell, Hunter (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-07 · cosponsored by Schmidt, Suzanne (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-07 · cosponsored by Richards, Adison (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-07 · cosponsored by Klicker, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-07 · cosponsored by Jacobsen, Cyndy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-07 · cosponsored by Engell, Andrew (cosponsor) · sponsorship