SB 6309 — Providing for enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-26
AN ACT Relating to enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects;
Latest action: 2026-02-13 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Liias, Marko (D, WA-21) — sponsor · 2026-01-26
- Alvarado, Emily (D, WA-34) — cosponsor · 2026-01-26
- Saldaña, Rebecca (D, WA-37) — cosponsor · 2026-01-26
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Local Government.
- · senate — LGV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — And refer to Ways & Means.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — LGV - 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; without recommendation.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · 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 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Local Government.
- · senate — LG - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · senate — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · senate — Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 4.
- · senate — Senate concurred in House amendments.
- · senate — Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — President signed.
- · senate — Speaker signed.
- · senate — Delivered to Governor.
- · senate — Governor signed.
- · senate — Chapter 166, 2026 Laws.
- · senate — Effective date 6/11/2026*.
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | Alvarado, Emily | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-26 | Liias, Marko | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-26 | Saldaña, Rebecca | 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 | Liias, Marko (D, state_upper WA-21) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Alvarado, Emily (D, state_upper WA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Saldaña, Rebecca (D, state_upper WA-37) | 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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- 2026-01-26 · sponsored by Liias, Marko (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-26 · cosponsored by Saldaña, Rebecca (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-26 · cosponsored by Alvarado, Emily (cosponsor) · sponsorship