HB 1631 — Establishing the state marine forest.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-27
AN ACT Relating to establishing bull kelp forests as the official state marine forest;
Latest action: 2025-04-16 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Sponsors
- Nance, Greg (D, WA-23) — sponsor · 2025-01-27
- Mena, Sharlett (D, WA-29) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Griffey, Dan (R, WA-35) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Salahuddin, Osman (D, WA-48) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Low, Sam (R, WA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Parshley, Lisa (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Hunt, Victoria (D, WA-5) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Walsh, Jim (R, WA-19) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Ramel, Alex (D, WA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Paul, Dave (D, WA-10) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Duerr, Davina (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Bernbaum, Adam (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Chase, Rob (R, WA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Peterson, Strom (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Shavers, Clyde (D, WA-10) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Ryu, Cindy (D, WA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- McEntire, Joel (R, WA-19) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Richards, Adison (D, WA-26) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Kloba, Shelley (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Simmons, Tarra (D, WA-23) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Tharinger, Steve (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Zahn, Janice (D, WA-41) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Thomas, Brianna (D, WA-34) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Timmons, Joe (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.
- · house — SGOV - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · 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, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 45, 2025 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (25)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-27 | Bernbaum, Adam | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Chase, Rob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Duerr, Davina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Griffey, Dan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Kloba, Shelley | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Low, Sam | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | McEntire, Joel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Mena, Sharlett | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Nance, Greg | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Parshley, Lisa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Paul, Dave | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Peterson, Strom | 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 | Richards, Adison | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Ryu, Cindy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Salahuddin, Osman | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Shavers, Clyde | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Simmons, Tarra | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Tharinger, Steve | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Thomas, Brianna | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Timmons, Joe | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Walsh, Jim | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Zahn, Janice | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-27 | Hunt, Victoria | 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 | Nance, Greg (D, state_lower WA-23) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Bernbaum, Adam (D, state_lower WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Chase, Rob (R, state_lower WA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Duerr, Davina (D, state_lower WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Griffey, Dan (R, state_lower WA-35) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Hunt, Victoria (D, state_upper WA-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Kloba, Shelley (D, state_lower WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Low, Sam (R, state_lower WA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | McEntire, Joel (R, state_lower WA-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Mena, Sharlett (D, state_lower WA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Parshley, Lisa (D, state_lower WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Paul, Dave (D, state_lower WA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Peterson, Strom (D, state_lower WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Ramel, Alex (D, state_lower WA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Richards, Adison (D, state_lower WA-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Ryu, Cindy (D, state_lower WA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Salahuddin, Osman (D, state_lower WA-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Shavers, Clyde (D, state_lower WA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Simmons, Tarra (D, state_lower WA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Tharinger, Steve (D, state_lower WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Thomas, Brianna (D, state_lower WA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Timmons, Joe (D, state_lower WA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Walsh, Jim (R, state_lower WA-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Zahn, Janice (D, state_lower WA-41) | 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.
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Timmons, Joe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Peterson, Strom (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Duerr, Davina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Ramel, Alex (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Low, Sam (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Parshley, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Richards, Adison (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Salahuddin, Osman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Chase, Rob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Paul, Dave (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by McEntire, Joel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Zahn, Janice (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Tharinger, Steve (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Shavers, Clyde (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Mena, Sharlett (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Hunt, Victoria (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Thomas, Brianna (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Bernbaum, Adam (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Kloba, Shelley (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Griffey, Dan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Ryu, Cindy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Simmons, Tarra (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Walsh, Jim (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-27 · sponsored by Nance, Greg (sponsor) · sponsorship