HB 2309 — Reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating postgraduate degree requirements that are unnecessary.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating postgraduate degree requirements that are unnecessary;
Latest action: 2026-03-14 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Sponsors
- Leavitt, Mari (D, WA-28) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Rude, Skyler (R, WA-16) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Zahn, Janice (D, WA-41) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Kloba, Shelley (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Doglio, Beth (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Ormsby, Timm (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Jacobsen, Cyndy (R, WA-25) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · house — Prefiled for introduction.
- · house — First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.
- · house — SGOV - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · house — First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
- · house — SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 38, 2026 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Doglio, Beth | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Jacobsen, Cyndy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Kloba, Shelley | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Leavitt, Mari | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Ormsby, Timm | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Reed, Julia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Rude, Skyler | 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 | Leavitt, Mari (D, state_lower WA-28) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Doglio, Beth (D, state_lower WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jacobsen, Cyndy (R, state_lower WA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Kloba, Shelley (D, state_lower WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Ormsby, Timm (D, state_lower WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Rude, Skyler (R, state_lower WA-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | 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
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 Jacobsen, Cyndy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Doglio, Beth (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Zahn, Janice (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Ormsby, Timm (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Leavitt, Mari (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Kloba, Shelley (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Rude, Skyler (cosponsor) · sponsorship