SB 5796 — Enacting an excise tax on large employers on the amount of payroll expenses above the social security wage threshold to fund programs and services to benefit Washingtonians.
Congress · introduced 2025-03-21
AN ACT Relating to enacting an excise tax on large employers on the amount of payroll expenses above the social security wage threshold to fund public schools, health care, social services, and other programs and services to benefit Washingtonians;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Saldaña, Rebecca (D, WA-37) — sponsor · 2025-03-21
- Robinson, June (D, WA-38) — cosponsor · 2025-03-21
- Alvarado, Emily (D, WA-34) — cosponsor · 2025-03-21
- Bateman, Jessica (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-03-21
- Frame, Noel (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-03-21
- Hasegawa, Bob (D, WA-11) — cosponsor · 2025-03-21
- Lovelett, Liz (D, WA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-03-21
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-03-21
- Pedersen, Jamie (D, WA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-03-21
- Ramos, Bill (D, WA-5) — cosponsor · 2025-03-21
- Trudeau, Yasmin (D, WA-27) — cosponsor · 2025-03-21
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
- · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Text versions
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Inbound (11)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-21 | Alvarado, Emily | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-21 | Bateman, Jessica | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-21 | Frame, Noel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-21 | Hasegawa, Bob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-21 | Lovelett, Liz | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-21 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-21 | Pedersen, Jamie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-21 | Ramos, Bill | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-21 | Robinson, June | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-21 | Saldaña, Rebecca | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-21 | Trudeau, Yasmin | 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 | Saldaña, Rebecca (D, state_upper WA-37) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Alvarado, Emily (D, state_upper WA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Bateman, Jessica (D, state_upper WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Frame, Noel (D, state_upper WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Hasegawa, Bob (D, state_upper WA-11) | 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 | Pedersen, Jamie (D, state_upper WA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Ramos, Bill (D, state_upper WA-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Robinson, June (D, state_upper WA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Trudeau, Yasmin (D, state_upper WA-27) | 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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- 2025-03-21 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-21 · cosponsored by Frame, Noel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-21 · cosponsored by Ramos, Bill (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-21 · cosponsored by Pedersen, Jamie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-21 · sponsored by Saldaña, Rebecca (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-21 · cosponsored by Lovelett, Liz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-21 · cosponsored by Hasegawa, Bob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-21 · cosponsored by Trudeau, Yasmin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-21 · cosponsored by Bateman, Jessica (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-21 · cosponsored by Alvarado, Emily (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-21 · cosponsored by Robinson, June (cosponsor) · sponsorship