SB 5531 — Streamlining the home care worker background check process.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-28
AN ACT Relating to streamlining the home care worker background check process;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Chapman, Mike (D, WA-24) — sponsor · 2025-01-28
- Bateman, Jessica (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Conway, Steve (D, WA-29) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Frame, Noel (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Krishnadasan, Deborah (D, WA-26) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Lovelett, Liz (D, WA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Stanford, Derek (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Valdez, Javier (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
- · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (9)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-28 | Bateman, Jessica | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Conway, Steve | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Frame, Noel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Krishnadasan, Deborah | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Lovelett, Liz | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Stanford, Derek | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Valdez, Javier | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Chapman, Mike | 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 | Chapman, Mike (D, state_upper WA-24) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Bateman, Jessica (D, state_upper WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Conway, Steve (D, state_upper WA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Frame, Noel (D, state_upper WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Krishnadasan, Deborah (D, state_upper WA-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Lovelett, Liz (D, state_upper WA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Stanford, Derek (D, state_upper WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | 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
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- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Valdez, Javier (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Lovelett, Liz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Stanford, Derek (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Conway, Steve (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Frame, Noel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · sponsored by Chapman, Mike (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Bateman, Jessica (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Krishnadasan, Deborah (cosponsor) · sponsorship