HB 2655 — Providing a retail sales and use tax exemption for the construction and equipping of new data centers located in a county east of the Cascades that borders another state and has a population of at least 500,000.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-26
AN ACT Relating to providing a retail sales and use tax exemption for the construction and equipping of new data centers located in a county east of the Cascades that borders another state and has a population of at least 500,000;
Latest action: 2026-01-26 — First reading, referred to Finance.
Sponsors
- Ormsby, Timm (D, WA-3) — sponsor · 2026-01-26
- Volz, Mike (R, WA-6) — cosponsor · 2026-01-26
- Ybarra, Alex (R, WA-13) — cosponsor · 2026-01-26
- Berg, April (D, WA-44) — cosponsor · 2026-01-26
- Springer, Larry (D, WA-45) — cosponsor · 2026-01-26
- Gregerson, Mia (D, WA-33) — cosponsor · 2026-01-26
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Finance.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | Berg, April | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-26 | Gregerson, Mia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-26 | Ormsby, Timm | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-26 | Springer, Larry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-26 | Volz, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-26 | Ybarra, Alex | 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 | Ormsby, Timm (D, state_lower WA-3) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Berg, April (D, state_lower WA-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Gregerson, Mia (D, state_lower WA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Springer, Larry (D, state_lower WA-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Volz, Mike (R, state_lower WA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Ybarra, Alex (R, state_lower WA-13) | 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.
- 2026-01-26 · cosponsored by Springer, Larry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-26 · cosponsored by Volz, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-26 · cosponsored by Berg, April (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-26 · cosponsored by Ybarra, Alex (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-26 · sponsored by Ormsby, Timm (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-26 · cosponsored by Gregerson, Mia (cosponsor) · sponsorship