HB 1606 — Concerning state employee access to peer-reviewed journals.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-27
AN ACT Relating to state employee access to peer-reviewed journals;
Latest action: 2025-03-03 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Engell, Andrew (R, WA-7) — sponsor · 2025-01-27
- Bernbaum, Adam (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Orcutt, Ed (R, WA-20) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Corry, Chris (R, WA-15) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Reeves, Kristine (D, WA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Waters, Kevin (R, WA-17) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Ramel, Alex (D, WA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Parshley, Lisa (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Ormsby, Timm (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Nance, Greg (D, WA-23) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Appropriations.
- · house — APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · house — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · house — First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
- · house — SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 64, 2025 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (11)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-27 | Bernbaum, Adam | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Corry, Chris | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Engell, Andrew | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Nance, Greg | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Orcutt, Ed | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Ormsby, Timm | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Parshley, Lisa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Ramel, Alex | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Reed, Julia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Reeves, Kristine | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Waters, Kevin | 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 | Engell, Andrew (R, state_lower WA-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Bernbaum, Adam (D, state_lower WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Corry, Chris (R, state_lower WA-15) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Nance, Greg (D, state_lower WA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Orcutt, Ed (R, state_lower WA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Ormsby, Timm (D, state_lower WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Parshley, Lisa (D, state_lower WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Ramel, Alex (D, state_lower WA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Reeves, Kristine (D, state_lower WA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Waters, Kevin (R, state_lower WA-17) | 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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- 2025-01-27 · sponsored by Engell, Andrew (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Parshley, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Orcutt, Ed (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Corry, Chris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Ormsby, Timm (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Waters, Kevin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Nance, Greg (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Ramel, Alex (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Bernbaum, Adam (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Reeves, Kristine (cosponsor) · sponsorship