HB 2579 — Promoting and funding public media and digital equity.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-20
AN ACT Relating to promoting and funding public media and digital equity;
Latest action: 2026-01-20 — First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
Sponsors
- Stearns, Chris (D, WA-47) — sponsor · 2026-01-20
- Berry, Liz (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
- Parshley, Lisa (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
- Gregerson, Mia (D, WA-33) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
- Santos, Sharon Tomiko (D, WA-37) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
- Mena, Sharlett (D, WA-29) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
- Goodman, Roger (D, WA-45) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
- Obras, Edwin (D, WA-33) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
- Fosse, Mary (D, WA-38) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
- Peterson, Strom (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
- Cortes, Julio (D, WA-38) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
- Pollet, Gerry (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
- Nance, Greg (D, WA-23) — cosponsor · 2026-01-20
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (14)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | Berry, Liz | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Cortes, Julio | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Fosse, Mary | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Goodman, Roger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Gregerson, Mia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Mena, Sharlett | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Nance, Greg | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Obras, Edwin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Parshley, Lisa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Peterson, Strom | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Pollet, Gerry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Reed, Julia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Santos, Sharon Tomiko | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-20 | Stearns, Chris | 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 | Stearns, Chris (D, state_lower WA-47) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Berry, Liz (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cortes, Julio (D, state_lower WA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Fosse, Mary (D, state_lower WA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Goodman, Roger (D, state_lower WA-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Gregerson, Mia (D, state_lower WA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Mena, Sharlett (D, state_lower WA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Nance, Greg (D, state_lower WA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Obras, Edwin (D, state_lower WA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Parshley, Lisa (D, state_lower WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Peterson, Strom (D, state_lower WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Pollet, Gerry (D, state_lower WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Santos, Sharon Tomiko (D, state_lower WA-37) | 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.
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Mena, Sharlett (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Obras, Edwin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Berry, Liz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Parshley, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Gregerson, Mia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Peterson, Strom (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Fosse, Mary (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Pollet, Gerry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Goodman, Roger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Nance, Greg (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · sponsored by Stearns, Chris (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Cortes, Julio (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-20 · cosponsored by Santos, Sharon Tomiko (cosponsor) · sponsorship