SB 5259 — Creating a sales and use tax exemption for bait purchased for commercial fishing.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-14
AN ACT Relating to creating a sales and use tax exemption for bait purchased for commercial fishing;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Shewmake, Sharon (D, WA-42) — sponsor · 2025-01-14
- Chapman, Mike (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-14
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-14
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
- · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-14 | Chapman, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-14 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-14 | Shewmake, Sharon | 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 | Shewmake, Sharon (D, state_upper WA-42) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chapman, Mike (D, state_upper WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | 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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- 2025-01-14 · cosponsored by Chapman, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-14 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-14 · sponsored by Shewmake, Sharon (sponsor) · sponsorship