Bill Title: Expanding affordable, resilient broadband service to enable economic development, public safety, health care, and education in Washington's communities.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-13 - Effective date 7/28/2019*. [SB5511 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Lisa Wellman [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-041	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Tim Sheldon [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-035	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Reuven Carlyle [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Shelly Short [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-007	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Joe Nguyen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-034	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Dean Takko [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Annette Cleveland [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-049	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jeannie Darneille [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-027	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Manka Dhingra [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-045	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Marko Liias [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mark Mullet [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Rebecca Saldana [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator David Frockt [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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