SB 5627 — Improving safe excavation practices and preventing damage to underground utilities.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-31
AN ACT Relating to improving safe excavation practices and preventing damage to underground utilities;
Latest action: 2025-03-06 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Ramos, Bill (D, WA-5) — sponsor · 2025-01-31
- Harris, Paul (R, WA-17) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Wellman, Lisa (D, WA-41) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Shewmake, Sharon (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Wilson, Jeff (R, WA-19) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Hasegawa, Bob (D, WA-11) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.
- · senate — ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · senate — On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · senate — On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · senate — Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
- · senate — ENVI - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · senate — Referred to Appropriations.
- · senate — APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Environment & Energy.
- · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · senate — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · senate — Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
- · senate — Senate concurred in House amendments.
- · senate — Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — President signed.
- · senate — Speaker signed.
- · senate — Delivered to Governor.
- · senate — Governor signed.
- · senate — Chapter 292, 2025 Laws.
- · senate — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-31 | Harris, Paul | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-31 | Hasegawa, Bob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-31 | Wilson, Jeff | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-31 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-31 | Ramos, Bill | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-31 | Shewmake, Sharon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-31 | Wellman, Lisa | 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 | Ramos, Bill (D, state_upper WA-5) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Harris, Paul (R, state_upper WA-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Hasegawa, Bob (D, state_upper WA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Shewmake, Sharon (D, state_upper WA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Wellman, Lisa (D, state_upper WA-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Wilson, Jeff (R, state_upper WA-19) | 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.
- 2025-01-31 · cosponsored by Harris, Paul (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-31 · cosponsored by Hasegawa, Bob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-31 · sponsored by Ramos, Bill (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-31 · cosponsored by Wellman, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-31 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-31 · cosponsored by Wilson, Jeff (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-31 · cosponsored by Shewmake, Sharon (cosponsor) · sponsorship