SB 5956 — Addressing artificial intelligence, student discipline, and surveillance in public schools.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to artificial intelligence, student discipline, and surveillance in public schools;
Latest action: 2026-02-10 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Wellman, Lisa (D, WA-41) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Chapman, Mike (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Frame, Noel (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Hasegawa, Bob (D, WA-11) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Orwall, Tina (D, WA-33) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Salomon, Jesse (D, WA-32) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Shewmake, Sharon (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Slatter, Vandana (D, WA-48) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Valdez, Javier (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Wilson, Claire (D, WA-30) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · senate — Prefiled for introduction.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
- · senate — EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Education.
- · senate — ED - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · senate — By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (11)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Wilson, Claire | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Chapman, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Frame, Noel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Hasegawa, Bob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Nobles, T'wina | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Orwall, Tina | 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 | Valdez, Javier | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Wellman, Lisa | 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 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chapman, Mike (D, state_upper WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Frame, Noel (D, state_upper WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Hasegawa, Bob (D, state_upper WA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Orwall, Tina (D, state_upper WA-33) | 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 | Valdez, Javier (D, state_upper WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Wellman, Lisa (D, state_upper WA-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Wilson, Claire (D, state_upper WA-30) | 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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- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Shewmake, Sharon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Frame, Noel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Valdez, Javier (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Orwall, Tina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Wellman, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Nobles, T'wina (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Wilson, Claire (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Salomon, Jesse (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Chapman, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Hasegawa, Bob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Slatter, Vandana (cosponsor) · sponsorship