SB 6186 — Directing the department of social and health services to apply for a waiver from the United States department of agriculture restricting the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits from being used to purchase unhealthy foods such as candy and sweetened beverages.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-16
AN ACT Relating to directing the department of social and health services to apply for a waiver from the United States department of agriculture restricting the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits from being used to purchase unhealthy foods such as candy and sweetened beverages;
Latest action: 2026-01-16 — First reading, referred to Human Services.
Sponsors
- Warnick, Judy (R, WA-13) — sponsor · 2026-01-16
- Christian, Leonard (R, WA-4) — cosponsor · 2026-01-16
- Schoesler, Mark (R, WA-9) — cosponsor · 2026-01-16
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Human Services.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | Christian, Leonard | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-16 | Schoesler, Mark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-16 | Warnick, Judy | 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 | Warnick, Judy (R, state_upper WA-13) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Christian, Leonard (R, state_upper WA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Schoesler, Mark (R, state_upper WA-9) | 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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- 2026-01-16 · cosponsored by Schoesler, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-16 · sponsored by Warnick, Judy (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-16 · cosponsored by Christian, Leonard (cosponsor) · sponsorship