SB 5868 — Adding an additional superior court judge in Skagit county and in Yakima county.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to adding an additional superior court judge in Skagit county and in Yakima county;
Latest action: 2026-03-25 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Sponsors
- Wagoner, Keith (R, WA-39) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- King, Curtis (R, WA-14) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Dhingra, Manka (D, WA-45) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Lovelett, Liz (D, WA-40) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Pedersen, Jamie (D, WA-43) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · senate — Prefiled for introduction.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
- · senate — LAW - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · senate — Referred to Ways & Means.
- · senate — WM - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
- · senate — CRJ - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Referred to Appropriations.
- · senate — APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — APP - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · senate — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
- · senate — President signed.
- · senate — Speaker signed.
- · senate — Delivered to Governor.
- · senate — Governor signed.
- · senate — Chapter 226, 2026 Laws.
- · senate — Effective date 6/11/2026.
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Dhingra, Manka | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | King, Curtis | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Lovelett, Liz | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Pedersen, Jamie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Wagoner, Keith | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | 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 | Wagoner, Keith (R, state_upper WA-39) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Dhingra, Manka (D, state_upper WA-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | King, Curtis (R, state_upper WA-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Lovelett, Liz (D, state_upper WA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Pedersen, Jamie (D, state_upper WA-43) | 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
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- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Pedersen, Jamie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Lovelett, Liz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Dhingra, Manka (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by King, Curtis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Wagoner, Keith (sponsor) · sponsorship