SB 5878 — Offering plant-based food options in schools.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to plant-based food options in schools;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
Sponsors
- Lovick, John (D, WA-44) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Shewmake, Sharon (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Bateman, Jessica (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Liias, Marko (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Lovelett, Liz (D, WA-40) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Saldaña, Rebecca (D, WA-37) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Salomon, Jesse (D, WA-32) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Slatter, Vandana (D, WA-48) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Stanford, Derek (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · senate — Prefiled for introduction.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (9)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Bateman, Jessica | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Liias, Marko | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Lovelett, Liz | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Saldaña, Rebecca | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Salomon, Jesse | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Shewmake, Sharon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Slatter, Vandana | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Stanford, Derek | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | 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 | Bateman, Jessica (D, state_upper WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Liias, Marko (D, state_upper WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Lovelett, Liz (D, state_upper WA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Saldaña, Rebecca (D, state_upper WA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Salomon, Jesse (D, state_upper WA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Shewmake, Sharon (D, state_upper WA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Slatter, Vandana (D, state_upper WA-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Stanford, Derek (D, state_upper WA-1) | 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 Bateman, Jessica (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Lovick, John (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Lovelett, Liz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Saldaña, Rebecca (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Slatter, Vandana (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Salomon, Jesse (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Stanford, Derek (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Shewmake, Sharon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Liias, Marko (cosponsor) · sponsorship