SB 5850 — Establishing protections for citizens participating in the initiative and referendum process.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to establishing protections for citizens participating in the initiative and referendum process;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
Sponsors
- Wilson, Jeff (R, WA-19) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Wagoner, Keith (R, WA-39) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Holy, Jeff (R, WA-6) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- McCune, Jim (R, WA-2) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Christian, Leonard (R, WA-4) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Schoesler, Mark (R, WA-9) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Torres, Nikki (R, WA-15) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Goehner, Keith (R, WA-12) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Harris, Paul (R, WA-17) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Short, Shelly (R, WA-7) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Braun, John (R, WA-20) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Warnick, Judy (R, WA-13) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Muzzall, Ron (R, WA-10) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Dozier, Perry (R, WA-16) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Fortunato, Phil (R, WA-31) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Frame, Noel (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · senate — Prefiled for introduction.
- · senate — First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (16)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Braun, John | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Christian, Leonard | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Dozier, Perry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Fortunato, Phil | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Frame, Noel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Goehner, Keith | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Harris, Paul | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Holy, Jeff | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Wilson, Jeff | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | McCune, Jim | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Muzzall, Ron | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Schoesler, Mark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Short, Shelly | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Torres, Nikki | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Wagoner, Keith | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Warnick, Judy | 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 | Wilson, Jeff (R, state_upper WA-19) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Braun, John (R, state_upper WA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Christian, Leonard (R, state_upper WA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Dozier, Perry (R, state_upper WA-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Fortunato, Phil (R, state_upper WA-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Frame, Noel (D, state_upper WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Goehner, Keith (R, state_upper WA-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Harris, Paul (R, state_upper WA-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Holy, Jeff (R, state_upper WA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | McCune, Jim (R, state_upper WA-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Muzzall, Ron (R, state_upper WA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Schoesler, Mark (R, state_upper WA-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Short, Shelly (R, state_upper WA-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Torres, Nikki (R, state_upper WA-15) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Wagoner, Keith (R, state_upper WA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Warnick, Judy (R, state_upper WA-13) | 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.
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Muzzall, Ron (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Warnick, Judy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Wilson, Jeff (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Short, Shelly (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Dozier, Perry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Holy, Jeff (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by McCune, Jim (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Wagoner, Keith (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Fortunato, Phil (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Christian, Leonard (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Harris, Paul (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Schoesler, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Braun, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Frame, Noel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Goehner, Keith (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Torres, Nikki (cosponsor) · sponsorship