HB 2617 — Enhancing higher education procedures.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-22
AN ACT Relating to enhancing higher education procedures by modifying higher education funding for increases in compensation and central services and identifying essential student services;
Latest action: 2026-01-22 — First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
Sponsors
- Pollet, Gerry (D, WA-46) — sponsor · 2026-01-22
- Leavitt, Mari (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Rule, Alicia (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Ryu, Cindy (D, WA-32) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Hall, Zach (D, WA-5) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Timmons, Joe (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Schmidt, Suzanne (R, WA-4) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Parshley, Lisa (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Nance, Greg (D, WA-23) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Obras, Edwin (D, WA-33) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Goodman, Roger (D, WA-45) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Taylor, Jamila (D, WA-30) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Scott, Shaun (D, WA-43) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Zahn, Janice (D, WA-41) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Duerr, Davina (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Ramel, Alex (D, WA-40) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (16)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | Duerr, Davina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Goodman, Roger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Hall, Zach | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Leavitt, Mari | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Nance, Greg | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Obras, Edwin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Parshley, Lisa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Pollet, Gerry | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Ramel, Alex | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Rule, Alicia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Ryu, Cindy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Schmidt, Suzanne | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Scott, Shaun | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Taylor, Jamila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | Timmons, Joe | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-22 | 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 | Pollet, Gerry (D, state_lower WA-46) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Duerr, Davina (D, state_lower WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Goodman, Roger (D, state_lower WA-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Hall, Zach (D, state_lower WA-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Leavitt, Mari (D, state_lower WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Nance, Greg (D, state_lower WA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Obras, Edwin (D, state_lower WA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Parshley, Lisa (D, state_lower WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Ramel, Alex (D, state_lower WA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Rule, Alicia (D, state_lower WA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Ryu, Cindy (D, state_lower WA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Schmidt, Suzanne (R, state_lower WA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Scott, Shaun (D, state_lower WA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Taylor, Jamila (D, state_lower WA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Timmons, Joe (D, state_lower WA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | 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
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- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Schmidt, Suzanne (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Taylor, Jamila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Nance, Greg (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Leavitt, Mari (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · sponsored by Pollet, Gerry (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Obras, Edwin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Duerr, Davina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Goodman, Roger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Timmons, Joe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Hall, Zach (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Scott, Shaun (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Ramel, Alex (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Zahn, Janice (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Parshley, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Ryu, Cindy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-22 · cosponsored by Rule, Alicia (cosponsor) · sponsorship