SB 5185 — Establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-13
AN ACT Relating to establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates;
Latest action: 2026-02-06 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Saldaña, Rebecca (D, WA-37) — sponsor · 2025-01-13
- Cortes, Adrian (D, WA-18) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Cleveland, Annette (D, WA-49) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Wellman, Lisa (D, WA-41) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Stanford, Derek (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Nguyen, Joe (D, WA-34) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Chapman, Mike (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Orwall, Tina (D, WA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Dhingra, Manka (D, WA-45) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Valdez, Javier (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Riccelli, Marcus (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Bateman, Jessica (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Hasegawa, Bob (D, WA-11) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
Action timeline
- · senate — Prefiled for introduction.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
- · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- · senate — HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.
- · senate — HCW - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · senate — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · senate — Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 5.
- · senate — Senate concurred in House amendments.
- · senate — Passed final passage; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — President signed.
- · senate — Speaker signed.
- · senate — Delivered to Governor.
- · senate — Governor signed.
- · senate — Chapter 154, 2026 Laws.
- · senate — Effective date 6/11/2026.
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (14)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-13 | Bateman, Jessica | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Chapman, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Cleveland, Annette | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Cortes, Adrian | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Dhingra, Manka | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Hasegawa, Bob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Nguyen, Joe | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Orwall, Tina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Riccelli, Marcus | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Saldaña, Rebecca | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Stanford, Derek | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Valdez, Javier | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Wellman, Lisa | 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 | Saldaña, Rebecca (D, state_upper WA-37) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Bateman, Jessica (D, state_upper WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Chapman, Mike (D, state_upper WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Cleveland, Annette (D, state_upper WA-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Cortes, Adrian (D, state_upper WA-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Dhingra, Manka (D, state_upper WA-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Hasegawa, Bob (D, state_upper WA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Nguyen, Joe (D, state_upper WA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Orwall, Tina (D, state_upper WA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Riccelli, Marcus (D, state_upper WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Stanford, Derek (D, state_upper WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Valdez, Javier (D, state_upper WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Wellman, Lisa (D, state_upper 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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- 2025-01-13 · sponsored by Saldaña, Rebecca (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Bateman, Jessica (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Stanford, Derek (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Wellman, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Orwall, Tina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Riccelli, Marcus (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Chapman, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Cleveland, Annette (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Dhingra, Manka (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Nguyen, Joe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Hasegawa, Bob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Valdez, Javier (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Cortes, Adrian (cosponsor) · sponsorship