SB 5973 — Protecting the integrity of the state initiative and referendum process by requiring a demonstration of support before issuance of a ballot measure title and authorizing citizen actions for certain signature gatherer compensation violations.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to protecting the integrity of the state initiative and referendum process by requiring a demonstration of support before issuance of a ballot measure title and authorizing citizen actions for certain signature gatherer compensation violations;
Latest action: 2026-02-26 — Senate Rules "X" file.
Sponsors
- Valdez, Javier (D, WA-46) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Alvarado, Emily (D, WA-34) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Chapman, Mike (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Conway, Steve (D, WA-29) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Frame, Noel (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Kauffman, Claudia (D, WA-47) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Pedersen, Jamie (D, WA-43) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Stanford, Derek (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Trudeau, Yasmin (D, WA-27) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Wilson, Claire (D, WA-30) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · senate — Prefiled for introduction.
- · senate — First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
- · senate — SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · 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 — Senate Rules "X" file.
- · senate — Senate Rules "X" file.
Text versions
No text versions on file yet — same ingest as the action timeline populates these. Each version has direct links to the XML / HTML / PDF at govinfo.gov.
Connected on the graph
Inbound (11)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Alvarado, Emily | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Wilson, Claire | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Chapman, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Conway, Steve | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Frame, Noel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Kauffman, Claudia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Pedersen, Jamie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Stanford, Derek | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Trudeau, Yasmin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Valdez, Javier | 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 | Valdez, Javier (D, state_upper WA-46) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Alvarado, Emily (D, state_upper WA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Chapman, Mike (D, state_upper WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Conway, Steve (D, state_upper WA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Frame, Noel (D, state_upper WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Kauffman, Claudia (D, state_upper WA-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Pedersen, Jamie (D, state_upper WA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Stanford, Derek (D, state_upper WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Trudeau, Yasmin (D, state_upper WA-27) | 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 Pedersen, Jamie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Trudeau, Yasmin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Alvarado, Emily (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Stanford, Derek (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Conway, Steve (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Chapman, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Frame, Noel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Kauffman, Claudia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Valdez, Javier (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Wilson, Claire (cosponsor) · sponsorship