SB 5965 — Reducing environmental impacts associated with bags provided to customers at retail establishments.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to reducing environmental impacts associated with bags provided to customers at retail establishments;
Latest action: 2026-02-23 — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Sponsors
- Bateman, Jessica (D, WA-22) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Salomon, Jesse (D, WA-32) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Shewmake, Sharon (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · senate — Prefiled for introduction.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.
- · senate — ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — Referred to Ways & Means.
- · senate — Referred to Ways & Means.
- · senate — WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Bateman, Jessica | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Salomon, Jesse | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Shewmake, Sharon | 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 | Bateman, Jessica (D, state_upper WA-22) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Salomon, Jesse (D, state_upper WA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Shewmake, Sharon (D, state_upper WA-42) | 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 Bateman, Jessica (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Shewmake, Sharon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Salomon, Jesse (cosponsor) · sponsorship