SB 5453 — Concerning public defense recruitment and retention.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-23
AN ACT Relating to public defense recruitment and retention;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Slatter, Vandana (D, WA-48) — sponsor · 2025-01-23
- Torres, Nikki (R, WA-15) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Frame, Noel (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Hasegawa, Bob (D, WA-11) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Holy, Jeff (R, WA-6) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Saldaña, Rebecca (D, WA-37) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Chapman, Mike (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Valdez, Javier (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
- · senate — LAW - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · senate — Referred to Ways & Means.
- · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-23 | Chapman, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Frame, Noel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Hasegawa, Bob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Holy, Jeff | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Saldaña, Rebecca | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Slatter, Vandana | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Torres, Nikki | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Valdez, Javier | 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 | Slatter, Vandana (D, state_upper WA-48) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chapman, Mike (D, state_upper WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Frame, Noel (D, state_upper WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Hasegawa, Bob (D, state_upper WA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Holy, Jeff (R, state_upper WA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Saldaña, Rebecca (D, state_upper WA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Torres, Nikki (R, state_upper WA-15) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Valdez, Javier (D, state_upper WA-46) | 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.
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Frame, Noel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Holy, Jeff (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Hasegawa, Bob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Torres, Nikki (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Saldaña, Rebecca (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · sponsored by Slatter, Vandana (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Chapman, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Valdez, Javier (cosponsor) · sponsorship