SB 5420 — Ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-22
AN ACT Relating to ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses;
Latest action: 2026-03-24 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Sponsors
- Lovick, John (D, WA-44) — sponsor · 2025-01-22
- Wagoner, Keith (R, WA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Chapman, Mike (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Dozier, Perry (R, WA-16) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
- · senate — SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · senate — On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
- · senate — TEDV - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — TEDV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · senate — Referred to Appropriations.
- · senate — APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
- · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · senate — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · senate — By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- · senate — Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
- · senate — TEDV - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — TEDV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · senate — Referred to Appropriations.
- · senate — APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
- · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · senate — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · senate — Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
- · senate — Senate concurred in House amendments.
- · senate — Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — President signed.
- · senate — Speaker signed.
- · senate — Delivered to Governor.
- · senate — Governor signed.
- · senate — Chapter 207, 2026 Laws.
- · senate — Effective date 6/11/2026.
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-22 | Chapman, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Dozier, Perry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Wagoner, Keith | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Lovick, John | 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 | Lovick, John (D, state_upper WA-44) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chapman, Mike (D, state_upper WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Dozier, Perry (R, state_upper WA-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Wagoner, Keith (R, state_upper WA-39) | 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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- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Chapman, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · sponsored by Lovick, John (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Wagoner, Keith (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Dozier, Perry (cosponsor) · sponsorship