HB 1906 — Increasing transparency and consumer protection in water system rates.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-10
AN ACT Relating to increasing transparency and consumer protection in water system rates;
Latest action: 2026-02-16 — 2nd substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Tharinger, Steve (D, WA-24) — sponsor · 2025-02-10
- Shavers, Clyde (D, WA-10) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Parshley, Lisa (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Hill, Natasha (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
- · house — ENVI - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — ENVI - 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.
- · house — APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — 2nd substitute bill substituted.
- · house — 2nd substitute bill substituted.
- · house — 2nd substitute bill substituted.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 6.
- · house — First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.
- · house — ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · house — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · house — Referred to Ways & Means.
- · house — WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · house — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · house — Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · house — House concurred in Senate amendments.
- · house — Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 237, 2026 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-10 | Hill, Natasha | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Parshley, Lisa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Shavers, Clyde | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Tharinger, Steve | 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 | Tharinger, Steve (D, state_lower WA-24) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Hill, Natasha (D, state_lower WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Parshley, Lisa (D, state_lower WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Shavers, Clyde (D, state_lower WA-10) | 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.
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Shavers, Clyde (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · sponsored by Tharinger, Steve (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Parshley, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Hill, Natasha (cosponsor) · sponsorship