SB 5959 — Concerning residency requirements for charity care.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to protecting access to health care services for Washington state residents through limiting charity care to those individuals that meet Washington state residency requirements;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
Sponsors
- Short, Shelly (R, WA-7) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Riccelli, Marcus (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Braun, John (R, WA-20) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Pedersen, Jamie (D, WA-43) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · senate — Prefiled for introduction.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Braun, John | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Pedersen, Jamie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Riccelli, Marcus | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Short, Shelly | 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 | Short, Shelly (R, state_upper WA-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Braun, John (R, state_upper WA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Pedersen, Jamie (D, state_upper WA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Riccelli, Marcus (D, state_upper WA-3) | 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 · sponsored by Short, Shelly (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Riccelli, Marcus (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Pedersen, Jamie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Braun, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship