SB 5400 — Supporting local news journalism.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-21
AN ACT Relating to supporting local news journalism;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Liias, Marko (D, WA-21) — sponsor · 2025-01-21
- Boehnke, Matt (R, WA-8) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Chapman, Mike (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Cortes, Adrian (D, WA-18) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Frame, Noel (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Krishnadasan, Deborah (D, WA-26) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Lovelett, Liz (D, WA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Lovick, John (D, WA-44) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Orwall, Tina (D, WA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Riccelli, Marcus (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Saldaña, Rebecca (D, WA-37) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Shewmake, Sharon (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Valdez, Javier (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
- · senate — LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · senate — Referred to Ways & Means.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · senate — Referred to Ways & Means.
- · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (13)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-21 | Boehnke, Matt | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Chapman, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Cortes, Adrian | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Frame, Noel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Krishnadasan, Deborah | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Lovelett, Liz | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Lovick, John | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Orwall, Tina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Riccelli, Marcus | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Saldaña, Rebecca | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Shewmake, Sharon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Valdez, Javier | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Liias, Marko | 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 | Liias, Marko (D, state_upper WA-21) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Boehnke, Matt (R, state_upper WA-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Chapman, Mike (D, state_upper WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Cortes, Adrian (D, state_upper WA-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Frame, Noel (D, state_upper WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Krishnadasan, Deborah (D, state_upper WA-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Lovelett, Liz (D, state_upper WA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Lovick, John (D, state_upper WA-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Orwall, Tina (D, state_upper WA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Riccelli, Marcus (D, state_upper WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Saldaña, Rebecca (D, state_upper WA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Shewmake, Sharon (D, state_upper WA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Valdez, Javier (D, state_upper WA-46) | 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.
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Orwall, Tina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Cortes, Adrian (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Boehnke, Matt (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Lovelett, Liz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Valdez, Javier (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · sponsored by Liias, Marko (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Lovick, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Riccelli, Marcus (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Krishnadasan, Deborah (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Chapman, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Frame, Noel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Shewmake, Sharon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Saldaña, Rebecca (cosponsor) · sponsorship