HB 2162 — Establishing a public interest law grant program and a business and occupation tax credit for approved contributions to the program account.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to establishing a public interest law grant program, a program account, and a business and occupation tax credit for approved contributions to the program account;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
Sponsors
- Richards, Adison (D, WA-26) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Couture, Travis (R, WA-35) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Simmons, Tarra (D, WA-23) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Zahn, Janice (D, WA-41) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Graham, Jenny (R, WA-6) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · house — Prefiled for introduction.
- · house — First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Couture, Travis | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Graham, Jenny | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Reed, Julia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Richards, Adison | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Simmons, Tarra | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Zahn, Janice | 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 | Richards, Adison (D, state_lower WA-26) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Couture, Travis (R, state_lower WA-35) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Graham, Jenny (R, state_lower WA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Simmons, Tarra (D, state_lower WA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Zahn, Janice (D, state_lower WA-41) | 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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- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Graham, Jenny (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Zahn, Janice (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Richards, Adison (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Simmons, Tarra (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Couture, Travis (cosponsor) · sponsorship