HB 1712 — Allowing the use of electricity generated by qualified biomass facilities in the Pacific Northwest to meet renewable resource requirements.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-29
AN ACT Relating to allowing the use of electricity generated by qualified biomass facilities in the Pacific Northwest to meet a qualifying utility's renewable resource requirements under the energy independence act;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Waters, Kevin (R, WA-17) — sponsor · 2025-01-29
- Ybarra, Alex (R, WA-13) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
- Fey, Jake (D, WA-27) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
- Barnard, Stephanie (R, WA-8) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
- Schmidt, Suzanne (R, WA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
- · house — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-29 | Barnard, Stephanie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-29 | Fey, Jake | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-29 | Schmidt, Suzanne | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-29 | Waters, Kevin | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-29 | Ybarra, Alex | 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 | Waters, Kevin (R, state_lower WA-17) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Barnard, Stephanie (R, state_lower WA-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Fey, Jake (D, state_lower WA-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Schmidt, Suzanne (R, state_lower WA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Ybarra, Alex (R, state_lower WA-13) | 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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- 2025-01-29 · cosponsored by Schmidt, Suzanne (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-29 · cosponsored by Ybarra, Alex (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-29 · cosponsored by Fey, Jake (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-29 · sponsored by Waters, Kevin (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-29 · cosponsored by Barnard, Stephanie (cosponsor) · sponsorship