SB 6159 — Strengthening public hospitals.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-15
AN ACT Relating to strengthening public hospitals;
Latest action: 2026-01-15 — First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
Sponsors
- Dhingra, Manka (D, WA-45) — sponsor · 2026-01-15
- Cleveland, Annette (D, WA-49) — cosponsor · 2026-01-15
- Bateman, Jessica (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2026-01-15
- Cortes, Adrian (D, WA-18) — cosponsor · 2026-01-15
- Lovelett, Liz (D, WA-40) — cosponsor · 2026-01-15
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2026-01-15
- Robinson, June (D, WA-38) — cosponsor · 2026-01-15
- Saldaña, Rebecca (D, WA-37) — cosponsor · 2026-01-15
- Shewmake, Sharon (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2026-01-15
- Valdez, Javier (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2026-01-15
- Wellman, Lisa (D, WA-41) — cosponsor · 2026-01-15
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (11)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | Bateman, Jessica | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-15 | Cleveland, Annette | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-15 | Cortes, Adrian | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-15 | Dhingra, Manka | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-15 | Lovelett, Liz | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-15 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-15 | Robinson, June | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-15 | Saldaña, Rebecca | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-15 | Shewmake, Sharon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-15 | Valdez, Javier | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-15 | 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 | Dhingra, Manka (D, state_upper WA-45) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Bateman, Jessica (D, state_upper WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cleveland, Annette (D, state_upper WA-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Cortes, Adrian (D, state_upper WA-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Lovelett, Liz (D, state_upper WA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Robinson, June (D, state_upper WA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Saldaña, Rebecca (D, state_upper WA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Shewmake, Sharon (D, state_upper WA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Valdez, Javier (D, state_upper WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Wellman, Lisa (D, state_upper WA-41) | 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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- 2026-01-15 · cosponsored by Bateman, Jessica (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-15 · cosponsored by Robinson, June (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-15 · cosponsored by Shewmake, Sharon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-15 · cosponsored by Saldaña, Rebecca (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-15 · cosponsored by Lovelett, Liz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-15 · cosponsored by Cleveland, Annette (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-15 · cosponsored by Cortes, Adrian (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-15 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-15 · sponsored by Dhingra, Manka (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-15 · cosponsored by Valdez, Javier (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-15 · cosponsored by Wellman, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship