SB 5373 — Shifting general elections for local governments to even-numbered years to increase voter participation.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-20
AN ACT Relating to shifting general elections for local governments to even-numbered years to increase voter participation;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Ramos, Bill (D, WA-5) — sponsor · 2025-01-20
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Slatter, Vandana (D, WA-48) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Saldaña, Rebecca (D, WA-37) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Frame, Noel (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Orwall, Tina (D, WA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Trudeau, Yasmin (D, WA-27) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Stanford, Derek (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Riccelli, Marcus (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Shewmake, Sharon (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Liias, Marko (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Bateman, Jessica (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Pedersen, Jamie (D, WA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Valdez, Javier (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
- Wilson, Claire (D, WA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-01-20
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
- · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (15)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-20 | Bateman, Jessica | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Wilson, Claire | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Frame, Noel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Liias, Marko | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Orwall, Tina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Pedersen, Jamie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Ramos, Bill | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Riccelli, Marcus | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Saldaña, Rebecca | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Shewmake, Sharon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Slatter, Vandana | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Stanford, Derek | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Trudeau, Yasmin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-20 | Valdez, Javier | 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 | Ramos, Bill (D, state_upper WA-5) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Bateman, Jessica (D, state_upper WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Frame, Noel (D, state_upper WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Liias, Marko (D, state_upper WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Orwall, Tina (D, state_upper WA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Pedersen, Jamie (D, state_upper WA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Riccelli, Marcus (D, state_upper WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Saldaña, Rebecca (D, state_upper WA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Shewmake, Sharon (D, state_upper WA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Slatter, Vandana (D, state_upper WA-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Stanford, Derek (D, state_upper WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Trudeau, Yasmin (D, state_upper WA-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Valdez, Javier (D, state_upper WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Wilson, Claire (D, state_upper WA-30) | 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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- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Liias, Marko (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Bateman, Jessica (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Frame, Noel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Valdez, Javier (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Orwall, Tina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Riccelli, Marcus (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Shewmake, Sharon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Stanford, Derek (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Saldaña, Rebecca (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · sponsored by Ramos, Bill (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Pedersen, Jamie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Wilson, Claire (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Trudeau, Yasmin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-20 · cosponsored by Slatter, Vandana (cosponsor) · sponsorship