Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 13 D · 2 R cosponsors

SR 8651 — Supporting science, scientific research, and evidence-based decision making.

Last action — Adopted.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced April 18, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 15 sponsors

    1 primary, 14 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (13 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Adopted.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 14 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (14)

Not signed on (136)

136 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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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Subjects

education technology
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SR 8651?
SR 8651 is sponsored by Sharon Shewmake (Democrat), Tina Orwall (Democrat), Liz Lovelett (Democrat), Deborah Krishnadasan (Democrat), Bob Hasegawa (Democrat), Annette Cleveland (Democrat), Paul Harris (Republican), Vandana Slatter (Democrat), Judy Warnick (Republican), Steve Conway (Democrat), Lisa Wellman (Democrat), Yasmin Trudeau (Democrat), Derek Stanford (Democrat), Javier Valdez (Democrat), and Adrian Cortes (Democrat).
What is the current status of SR 8651?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced April 18, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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