HB 2127 — Changing the legal title for physician assistants to physician associates.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to changing the legal title for physician assistants to physician associates, including providing clarification for billing and administrative terminology;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.
Sponsors
- Marshall, Matt (R, WA-2) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Parshley, Lisa (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Chase, Rob (R, WA-4) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Schmidt, Suzanne (R, WA-4) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Thomas, Brianna (D, WA-34) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Griffey, Dan (R, WA-35) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Graham, Jenny (R, WA-6) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · house — Prefiled for introduction.
- · house — First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.
Text versions
No text versions on file yet — same ingest as the action timeline populates these. Each version has direct links to the XML / HTML / PDF at govinfo.gov.
Connected on the graph
Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Chase, Rob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Graham, Jenny | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Griffey, Dan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Marshall, Matt | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Parshley, Lisa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Schmidt, Suzanne | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Thomas, Brianna | 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 | Marshall, Matt (R, state_lower WA-2) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chase, Rob (R, state_lower WA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Graham, Jenny (R, state_lower WA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Griffey, Dan (R, state_lower WA-35) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Parshley, Lisa (D, state_lower WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Schmidt, Suzanne (R, state_lower WA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Thomas, Brianna (D, state_lower WA-34) | 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.
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Thomas, Brianna (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Chase, Rob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Graham, Jenny (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Schmidt, Suzanne (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Griffey, Dan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Marshall, Matt (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Parshley, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship