SF 481 — A bill for an act relating to certain benefits received by children in foster care, and making an appropriation.
Last action — Subcommittee: Klimesh, Costello, and Trone Garriott.
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 03, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.
Prognosis
Stalled
20% · moderate confidence
Where this bill stands today.
Odds of enactment
LowHow often bills like it became law.
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In Committee
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
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Mixed recorded votes
3 passed, 4 failed in recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
- Introduced View text Current pdf
Action History
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Subcommittee: Klimesh, Costello, and Trone Garriott.
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Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services.
Sponsors
- Sarah Trone Garriott · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on · 48 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Sarah Trone Garriott Democrat
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (149)
149 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 149 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
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Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session.
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Votes
Failed
19 Yea
·
28 Nay
·
2 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 38% | 56% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Bertrand | — | Nay |
| Bolkcom | — | Yea |
| Bowman | — | Not Voting |
| Boulton | — | Yea |
| Breitbach | — | Nay |
| Brown | — | Nay |
| Carlin | — | Nay |
| Chapman | — | Nay |
| Chelgren | — | Nay |
| Greene | — | Nay |
| Hogg | — | Yea |
| Horn | — | Yea |
| Jochum | — | Yea |
| Kapucian | — | Nay |
| Kinney | — | Yea |
| Lykam | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| McCoy | — | Yea |
| Ragan | — | Yea |
| Schneider | — | Nay |
| Segebart | — | Nay |
| Zaun | — | Nay |
| Vacant, 1. | — | Not Voting |
| Dvorsky | — | Not Voting |
| Feenstra | — | Nay |
| Johnson, D. | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Shipley | — | Nay |
| Danielson | — | Yea |
| Edler | — | Nay |
| Hart | — | Yea |
| Herman C. Quirmbach | Democrat | Yea |
| Janet Petersen | Democrat | Yea |
| Tony Bisignano | Democrat | Yea |
| William A. Dotzler Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy Sinclair | Republican | Nay |
| Chad Behn | Republican | Nay |
| Craig P. Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| Dan Dawson | Republican | Nay |
| Dan Zumbach | Republican | Nay |
| Dennis Guth | Republican | Nay |
| Jack Whitver | Republican | Nay |
| Jason Schultz | Republican | Nay |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Nay |
| Julian B. Garrett | Republican | Nay |
| Ken Rozenboom | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Costello | Republican | Nay |
| Mark S. Lofgren | Republican | Nay |
| Tim Kraayenbrink | Republican | Nay |
Passed
28 Yea
·
18 Nay
·
3 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 28 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 56% | 36% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Allen | — | Nay |
| Bertrand | — | Yea |
| Bolkcom | — | Nay |
| Bowman | — | Not Voting |
| Boulton | — | Nay |
| Breitbach | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Carlin | — | Yea |
| Chapman | — | Yea |
| Chelgren | — | Yea |
| Hogg | — | Nay |
| Horn | — | Nay |
| Jochum | — | Nay |
| Kapucian | — | Yea |
| Kinney | — | Nay |
| Lykam | — | Nay |
| Mathis | — | Nay |
| McCoy | — | Nay |
| Ragan | — | Nay |
| Schneider | — | Yea |
| Segebart | — | Yea |
| Zaun | — | Yea |
| Shipley | — | Yea |
| Johnson, D. | — | Nay |
| Vacant, 1. | — | Not Voting |
| Taylor | — | Not Voting |
| Danielson | — | Nay |
| Dvorsky | — | Not Voting |
| Edler | — | Yea |
| Feenstra | — | Yea |
| Greene | — | Yea |
| Hart | — | Nay |
| Herman C. Quirmbach | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Petersen | Democrat | Nay |
| Tony Bisignano | Democrat | Nay |
| William A. Dotzler Jr. | Democrat | Nay |
| Amy Sinclair | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Behn | Republican | Yea |
| Craig P. Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Dawson | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Zumbach | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis Guth | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Whitver | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Schultz | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Julian B. Garrett | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Rozenboom | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Costello | Republican | Yea |
| Mark S. Lofgren | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Kraayenbrink | Republican | Yea |
Failed
19 Yea
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28 Nay
·
2 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 38% | 56% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Bertrand | — | Nay |
| Bolkcom | — | Yea |
| Boulton | — | Yea |
| Bowman | — | Not Voting |
| Breitbach | — | Nay |
| Brown | — | Nay |
| Carlin | — | Nay |
| Chapman | — | Nay |
| Chelgren | — | Nay |
| Horn | — | Yea |
| Jochum | — | Yea |
| Kapucian | — | Nay |
| Kinney | — | Yea |
| Lykam | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| McCoy | — | Yea |
| Ragan | — | Yea |
| Schneider | — | Nay |
| Segebart | — | Nay |
| Zaun | — | Nay |
| Johnson, D. | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Shipley | — | Nay |
| Vacant, 1. | — | Not Voting |
| Danielson | — | Yea |
| Dvorsky | — | Not Voting |
| Edler | — | Nay |
| Feenstra | — | Nay |
| Greene | — | Nay |
| Hart | — | Yea |
| Hogg | — | Yea |
| Herman C. Quirmbach | Democrat | Yea |
| Janet Petersen | Democrat | Yea |
| Tony Bisignano | Democrat | Yea |
| William A. Dotzler Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy Sinclair | Republican | Nay |
| Chad Behn | Republican | Nay |
| Craig P. Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| Dan Dawson | Republican | Nay |
| Dan Zumbach | Republican | Nay |
| Dennis Guth | Republican | Nay |
| Jack Whitver | Republican | Nay |
| Jason Schultz | Republican | Nay |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Nay |
| Julian B. Garrett | Republican | Nay |
| Ken Rozenboom | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Costello | Republican | Nay |
| Mark S. Lofgren | Republican | Nay |
| Tim Kraayenbrink | Republican | Nay |
Failed
40 Yea
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59 Nay
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1 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 27 | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 60 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 40% | 59% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (101)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Abdul-Samad | — | Yea |
| Baltimore | — | Nay |
| Bacon | — | Nay |
| Baudler | — | Nay |
| Baxter | — | Nay |
| Bearinger | — | Yea |
| Best | — | Nay |
| Breckenridge | — | Yea |
| Carlson | — | Nay |
| Cohoon | — | Yea |
| Gaskill | — | Yea |
| Gustafson | — | Nay |
| Hagenow | — | Nay |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Hanusa | — | Nay |
| Heartsill | — | Nay |
| Heaton | — | Nay |
| Heddens | — | Yea |
| Hein | — | Nay |
| Highfill | — | Nay |
| Hinson | — | Nay |
| Holz | — | Nay |
| Hunter | — | Yea |
| Huseman | — | Nay |
| Isenhart | — | Yea |
| Jacobsen | — | Nay |
| Kacena | — | Yea |
| Kearns | — | Yea |
| Kerr | — | Nay |
| Klein | — | Nay |
| Koester | — | Nay |
| Lensing | — | Yea |
| Landon | — | Nay |
| Mascher | — | Yea |
| Maxwell | — | Nay |
| McConkey | — | Yea |
| McKean | — | Nay |
| Nunn | — | Nay |
| Oldson | — | Yea |
| Ourth | — | Yea |
| Paustian | — | Nay |
| Pettengill | — | Nay |
| Prichard | — | Yea |
| Rizer | — | Nay |
| Rogers | — | Nay |
| Running-Marquardt | — | Yea |
| Sexton | — | Nay |
| Sheets | — | Nay |
| Steckman | — | Yea |
| Thede | — | Yea |
| Upmeyer | — | Nay |
| Watts | — | Nay |
| Wolfe | — | Yea |
| Worthan | — | Nay |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Miller, H. | — | Yea |
| Miller, P. | — | Yea |
| Finkenauer | — | Yea |
| Forbes | — | Yea |
| Hager | — | Nay |
| Taylor, R. | — | Nay |
| Speaker | — | Nay |
| Meyer | — | Not Voting |
| Cownie | — | Nay |
| Deyoe | — | Nay |
| Dolecheck | — | Nay |
| Fry | — | Nay |
| Gassman | — | Nay |
| Taylor, T. | — | Yea |
| Vander Linden | — | Nay |
| Amy Nielsen | Democrat | Yea |
| Art Staed | Democrat | Yea |
| Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Kressig | Democrat | Yea |
| Cindy Winckler | Democrat | Yea |
| David Jacoby | Democrat | Yea |
| Liz Bennett | Democrat | Yea |
| Monica Kurth | Democrat | Yea |
| Rick L. Olson | Democrat | Yea |
| Ruth Ann Gaines | Democrat | Yea |
| Timi M. Brown-Powers | Democrat | Yea |
| Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | Nay |
| Dan Zumbach | Republican | Nay |
| David Sieck | Republican | Nay |
| Dean Fisher | Republican | Nay |
| Gary M. Mohr | Republican | Nay |
| Jacob Bossman | Republican | Nay |
| Jane Bloomingdale | Republican | Nay |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| John H. Wills | Republican | Nay |
| Matt W. Windschitl | Republican | Nay |
| Megan Jones | Republican | Nay |
| Michael R. Bergan | Republican | Nay |
| Norlin G. Mommsen | Republican | Nay |
| Pat Grassley | Republican | Nay |
| Sandy Salmon | Republican | Nay |
| Shannon Lundgren | Republican | Nay |
| Skyler Wheeler | Republican | Nay |
| Steven C. Holt | Republican | Nay |
| Thomas Jay Moore | Republican | Nay |
Passed
55 Yea
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45 Nay
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 39 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 55 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 55% | 45% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Abdul-Samad | — | Nay |
| Bacon | — | Yea |
| Baltimore | — | Yea |
| Baudler | — | Yea |
| Baxter | — | Yea |
| Bearinger | — | Nay |
| Best | — | Yea |
| Breckenridge | — | Nay |
| Carlson | — | Yea |
| Cohoon | — | Nay |
| Gustafson | — | Yea |
| Hagenow | — | Yea |
| Hanusa | — | Yea |
| Heartsill | — | Yea |
| Heddens | — | Nay |
| Heaton | — | Nay |
| Hein | — | Yea |
| Highfill | — | Yea |
| Hinson | — | Yea |
| Holz | — | Yea |
| Hunter | — | Nay |
| Huseman | — | Yea |
| Isenhart | — | Nay |
| Jacobsen | — | Yea |
| Kacena | — | Nay |
| Kearns | — | Nay |
| Kerr | — | Yea |
| Klein | — | Yea |
| Koester | — | Nay |
| Landon | — | Yea |
| Lensing | — | Nay |
| Mascher | — | Nay |
| Maxwell | — | Yea |
| McConkey | — | Yea |
| McKean | — | Yea |
| Nunn | — | Yea |
| Oldson | — | Nay |
| Ourth | — | Nay |
| Paustian | — | Yea |
| Pettengill | — | Yea |
| Prichard | — | Nay |
| Rizer | — | Yea |
| Rogers | — | Yea |
| Running-Marquardt | — | Nay |
| Sexton | — | Yea |
| Sheets | — | Yea |
| Steckman | — | Nay |
| Thede | — | Nay |
| Upmeyer | — | Yea |
| Watts | — | Yea |
| Wolfe | — | Nay |
| Worthan | — | Nay |
| Taylor, R. | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Nay |
| Meyer | — | Nay |
| Miller, H. | — | Nay |
| Miller, P. | — | Nay |
| Finkenauer | — | Nay |
| Forbes | — | Nay |
| Gaskill | — | Nay |
| Hall | — | Nay |
| Hager | — | Yea |
| Cownie | — | Yea |
| Deyoe | — | Yea |
| Dolecheck | — | Yea |
| Fry | — | Yea |
| Gassman | — | Yea |
| Taylor, T. | — | Nay |
| Vander Linden | — | Yea |
| Amy Nielsen | Democrat | Nay |
| Art Staed | Democrat | Nay |
| Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democrat | Nay |
| Bob Kressig | Democrat | Nay |
| Cindy Winckler | Democrat | Nay |
| David Jacoby | Democrat | Nay |
| Liz Bennett | Democrat | Nay |
| Monica Kurth | Democrat | Nay |
| Rick L. Olson | Democrat | Nay |
| Ruth Ann Gaines | Democrat | Nay |
| Timi M. Brown-Powers | Democrat | Nay |
| Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Zumbach | Republican | Yea |
| David Sieck | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Fisher | Republican | Yea |
| Gary M. Mohr | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Bossman | Republican | Yea |
| Jane Bloomingdale | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Nay |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Nay |
| John H. Wills | Republican | Yea |
| Matt W. Windschitl | Republican | Yea |
| Megan Jones | Republican | Nay |
| Michael R. Bergan | Republican | Nay |
| Norlin G. Mommsen | Republican | Yea |
| Pat Grassley | Republican | Yea |
| Sandy Salmon | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| Skyler Wheeler | Republican | Yea |
| Steven C. Holt | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Jay Moore | Republican | Yea |
Failed
20 Yea
·
28 Nay
·
2 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 20 | 28 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 40% | 56% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Bertrand | — | Not Voting |
| Bolkcom | — | Yea |
| Boulton | — | Yea |
| Bowman | — | Yea |
| Breitbach | — | Nay |
| Brown | — | Nay |
| Chapman | — | Nay |
| Chelgren | — | Nay |
| Hart | — | Yea |
| Hogg | — | Yea |
| Horn | — | Yea |
| Jochum | — | Yea |
| Kapucian | — | Nay |
| Kinney | — | Yea |
| Lykam | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| McCoy | — | Yea |
| Ragan | — | Yea |
| Schneider | — | Nay |
| Segebart | — | Nay |
| Zaun | — | Nay |
| Johnson, D. | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Nay |
| Shipley | — | Nay |
| Danielson | — | Yea |
| Dix | — | Nay |
| Dvorsky | — | Yea |
| Edler | — | Nay |
| Feenstra | — | Nay |
| Greene | — | Nay |
| Herman C. Quirmbach | Democrat | Yea |
| Janet Petersen | Democrat | Yea |
| Tony Bisignano | Democrat | Not Voting |
| William A. Dotzler Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy Sinclair | Republican | Nay |
| Chad Behn | Republican | Nay |
| Craig P. Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| Dan Dawson | Republican | Nay |
| Dan Zumbach | Republican | Nay |
| Dennis Guth | Republican | Nay |
| Jack Whitver | Republican | Nay |
| Jason Schultz | Republican | Nay |
| Jeff Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Nay |
| Julian B. Garrett | Republican | Nay |
| Ken Rozenboom | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Costello | Republican | Nay |
| Mark S. Lofgren | Republican | Nay |
| Tim Kraayenbrink | Republican | Nay |
Passed
32 Yea
·
15 Nay
·
3 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 31 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 46 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 72% | 23% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (64)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Bertrand | — | Not Voting |
| Bolkcom | — | Nay |
| Boulton | — | Nay |
| Bowman | — | Yea |
| Breitbach | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Chapman | — | Yea |
| Chelgren | — | Yea |
| Hart | — | Nay |
| Hogg | — | Nay |
| Horn | — | Nay |
| Jochum | — | Nay |
| Kapucian | — | Yea |
| Kinney | — | Nay |
| Lykam | — | Nay |
| Mathis | — | Nay |
| McCoy | — | Nay |
| Ragan | — | Yea |
| Schneider | — | Yea |
| Segebart | — | Yea |
| Zaun | — | Yea |
| Senator | — | Yea |
| stated | — | Yea |
| that | — | Yea |
| voting | — | Yea |
| was in | — | Yea |
| violation of | — | Yea |
| his | — | Yea |
| oath of | — | Yea |
| office | — | Yea |
| and | — | Yea |
| the | — | Yea |
| senate | — | Yea |
| rules. | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Shipley | — | Yea |
| Johnson, D. | — | Nay |
| Danielson | — | Yea |
| Dix | — | Yea |
| Edler | — | Yea |
| Feenstra | — | Yea |
| Greene | — | Yea |
| Dvorsky | — | Nay |
| Herman C. Quirmbach | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Petersen | Democrat | Nay |
| Tony Bisignano | Democrat | Not Voting |
| William A. Dotzler Jr. | Democrat | Nay |
| Amy Sinclair | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Behn | Republican | Yea |
| Craig P. Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Dawson | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Zumbach | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis Guth | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Whitver | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Schultz | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Taylor | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Julian B. Garrett | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Rozenboom | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Costello | Republican | Yea |
| Mark S. Lofgren | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Kraayenbrink | Republican | Yea |
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- SF 481 is sponsored by Sarah Trone Garriott (Democrat).
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