HB 2178 — Concerning court rules and procedures.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to court rules and procedures, including aligning statutes with court rules and other statutes, making technical corrections, and updating an implementation date;
Latest action: 2026-01-29 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Thai, My-Linh (D, WA-41) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Abell, Hunter (R, WA-7) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Ryu, Cindy (D, WA-32) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Simmons, Tarra (D, WA-23) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Zahn, Janice (D, WA-41) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Reeves, Kristine (D, WA-30) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Fosse, Mary (D, WA-38) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · house — Prefiled for introduction.
- · house — First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
- · house — CRJ - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · house — First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
- · house — LAW - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 151, 2026 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Abell, Hunter | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Fosse, Mary | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Reed, Julia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Reeves, Kristine | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Ryu, Cindy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Simmons, Tarra | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Thai, My-Linh | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Zahn, Janice | 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 | Thai, My-Linh (D, state_lower WA-41) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Abell, Hunter (R, state_lower WA-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Fosse, Mary (D, state_lower WA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Reeves, Kristine (D, state_lower WA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Ryu, Cindy (D, state_lower WA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Simmons, Tarra (D, state_lower WA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | 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.
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Ryu, Cindy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Zahn, Janice (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Simmons, Tarra (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Reeves, Kristine (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Abell, Hunter (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Fosse, Mary (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Thai, My-Linh (sponsor) · sponsorship