SB 5944 — Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to language access providers' collective bargaining;
Latest action: 2026-03-18 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Sponsors
- Cortes, Adrian (D, WA-18) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Alvarado, Emily (D, WA-34) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Conway, Steve (D, WA-29) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Hasegawa, Bob (D, WA-11) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Saldaña, Rebecca (D, WA-37) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Valdez, Javier (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Wilson, Claire (D, WA-30) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · senate — Prefiled for introduction.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
- · senate — LC - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · 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, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
- · senate — LAWS - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Referred to Appropriations.
- · senate — APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — APP - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Minority; do not 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, 86; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2.
- · senate — President signed.
- · senate — Speaker signed.
- · senate — Delivered to Governor.
- · senate — Governor signed.
- · senate — Chapter 109, 2026 Laws.
- · senate — Effective date 6/11/2026.
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Alvarado, Emily | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Wilson, Claire | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Conway, Steve | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Hasegawa, Bob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Saldaña, Rebecca | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Valdez, Javier | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Cortes, Adrian | 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 | Cortes, Adrian (D, state_upper WA-18) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Alvarado, Emily (D, state_upper WA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Conway, Steve (D, state_upper WA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Hasegawa, Bob (D, state_upper WA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Saldaña, Rebecca (D, state_upper WA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Valdez, Javier (D, state_upper WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Wilson, Claire (D, state_upper WA-30) | 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.
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Wilson, Claire (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Cortes, Adrian (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Conway, Steve (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Valdez, Javier (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Hasegawa, Bob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Saldaña, Rebecca (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Alvarado, Emily (cosponsor) · sponsorship