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SB 5346 — Restricting mobile device usage by public school students.

Congress · introduced 2025-01-17

AN ACT Relating to improving student outcomes by restricting mobile device use by public school students;

Latest action: 2026-02-11 — 1st substitute bill substituted.

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · senate — First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
  2. · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. · senate — EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  4. · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
  5. · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  6. · senate — EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  7. · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
  8. · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  9. · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  10. · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  11. · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
  12. · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
  13. · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  14. · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  15. · senate — First reading, referred to Education.
  16. · senate — ED - Executive action taken by committee.
  17. · senate — ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
  18. · senate — Minority; do not pass.
  19. · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  20. · senate — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  21. · senate — Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
  22. · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  23. · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  24. · senate — Senate concurred in House amendments.
  25. · senate — Passed final passage; yeas, 43; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2.
  26. · senate — President signed.
  27. · senate — Speaker signed.
  28. · senate — Delivered to Governor.
  29. · senate — Governor signed.
  30. · senate — Chapter 225, 2026 Laws.
  31. · senate — Effective date 6/11/2026.

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Connected on the graph

Inbound (13)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2025-01-17Bateman, Jessicacosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-17Christian, Leonardcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-17Dozier, Perrycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-17Frame, Noelcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-17Harris, Paulcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-17Hasegawa, Bobcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-17King, Curtiscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-17Krishnadasan, Deborahcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-17Liias, Markosponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship
2025-01-17Lovick, Johncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-17Nobles, T'winacosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-17Salomon, Jessecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-17Shewmake, Sharoncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship

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.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Liias, Marko (D, state_upper WA-21)sponsor0—5
2Bateman, Jessica (D, state_upper WA-22)cosponsor0—1
3Christian, Leonard (R, state_upper WA-4)cosponsor0—1
4Dozier, Perry (R, state_upper WA-16)cosponsor0—1
5Frame, Noel (D, state_upper WA-36)cosponsor0—1
6Harris, Paul (R, state_upper WA-17)cosponsor0—1
7Hasegawa, Bob (D, state_upper WA-11)cosponsor0—1
8King, Curtis (R, state_upper WA-14)cosponsor0—1
9Krishnadasan, Deborah (D, state_upper WA-26)cosponsor0—1
10Lovick, John (D, state_upper WA-44)cosponsor0—1
11Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28)cosponsor0—1
12Salomon, Jesse (D, state_upper WA-32)cosponsor0—1
13Shewmake, Sharon (D, state_upper WA-42)cosponsor0—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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  1. 2025-01-17 · cosponsored by Hasegawa, Bob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2025-01-17 · cosponsored by Dozier, Perry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2025-01-17 · cosponsored by Bateman, Jessica (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2025-01-17 · cosponsored by Salomon, Jesse (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2025-01-17 · cosponsored by Frame, Noel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2025-01-17 · sponsored by Liias, Marko (sponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2025-01-17 · cosponsored by Lovick, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2025-01-17 · cosponsored by Shewmake, Sharon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2025-01-17 · cosponsored by Krishnadasan, Deborah (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  10. 2025-01-17 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  11. 2025-01-17 · cosponsored by Harris, Paul (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  12. 2025-01-17 · cosponsored by King, Curtis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  13. 2025-01-17 · cosponsored by Christian, Leonard (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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