HB 2557 — Providing parental access to special education evaluation reports.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-19
AN ACT Relating to parental access to special education evaluation reports;
Latest action: 2026-02-12 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Chase, Rob (R, WA-4) — sponsor · 2026-01-19
- Schmidt, Suzanne (R, WA-4) — cosponsor · 2026-01-19
- Eslick, Carolyn (R, WA-39) — cosponsor · 2026-01-19
- Santos, Sharon Tomiko (D, WA-37) — cosponsor · 2026-01-19
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Education.
- · house — ED - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Referred to Appropriations.
- · house — Referred to Appropriations.
- · house — APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Education.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Education.
- · 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, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
- · house — First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
- · house — EDU - Majority; do 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, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 34, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | Chase, Rob | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-19 | Eslick, Carolyn | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-19 | Santos, Sharon Tomiko | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-19 | Schmidt, Suzanne | 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 | Chase, Rob (R, state_lower WA-4) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Eslick, Carolyn (R, state_lower WA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Santos, Sharon Tomiko (D, state_lower WA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Schmidt, Suzanne (R, state_lower WA-4) | 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.
- 2026-01-19 · cosponsored by Schmidt, Suzanne (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-19 · sponsored by Chase, Rob (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-19 · cosponsored by Santos, Sharon Tomiko (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-19 · cosponsored by Eslick, Carolyn (cosponsor) · sponsorship