SB 5978 — Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to making higher education more accessible by establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications;
Latest action: 2026-01-30 — Referred to Ways & Means.
Sponsors
- Hansen, Drew (D, WA-23) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Hasegawa, Bob (D, WA-11) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Liias, Marko (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Shewmake, Sharon (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Slatter, Vandana (D, WA-48) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · senate — Prefiled for introduction.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.
- · senate — HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — Referred to Ways & Means.
- · senate — Referred to Ways & Means.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Hasegawa, Bob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Liias, Marko | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Nobles, T'wina | 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 | Hansen, Drew | 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 | Hansen, Drew (D, state_upper WA-23) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Hasegawa, Bob (D, state_upper WA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Liias, Marko (D, state_upper WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Shewmake, Sharon (D, state_upper WA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Slatter, Vandana (D, state_upper WA-48) | 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 Hasegawa, Bob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Liias, Marko (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Hansen, Drew (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Slatter, Vandana (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship