HB 2229 — Concerning the professional engineers' registration act.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to the professional engineers' registration act;
Latest action: 2026-02-10 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Zahn, Janice (D, WA-41) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Waters, Kevin (R, WA-17) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Leavitt, Mari (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Parshley, Lisa (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Lekanoff, Debra (D, WA-40) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Thai, My-Linh (D, WA-41) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · house — Prefiled for introduction.
- · house — First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business.
- · house — CPB - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Minority; do not pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Minority; do not pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · 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 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 4.
- · house — First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
- · house — LC - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Minority; do not pass.
- · house — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 134, 2026 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Leavitt, Mari | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Lekanoff, Debra | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Parshley, Lisa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Reed, Julia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Thai, My-Linh | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Waters, Kevin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Zahn, Janice | 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 | Zahn, Janice (D, state_lower WA-41) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Leavitt, Mari (D, state_lower WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Lekanoff, Debra (D, state_lower WA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Parshley, Lisa (D, state_lower WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Thai, My-Linh (D, state_lower WA-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Waters, Kevin (R, state_lower WA-17) | 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 Parshley, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Waters, Kevin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Zahn, Janice (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Leavitt, Mari (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Thai, My-Linh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Lekanoff, Debra (cosponsor) · sponsorship