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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
March 4, 2024 WA SB 5462 Amends State Learning Standards to Include Education on the LGBTQ+ Community Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (28 - 20)
March 4, 2024 WA SB 5824 Increases Legal Protections for State Public Libraries Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (44 - 5)
March 1, 2024 WA HB 1368 Appropriates $80 Million from the Climate Commitment Act for Electric School Bus Purchases Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 20)
Feb. 29, 2024 WA SB 5462 Amends State Learning Standards to Include Education on the LGBTQ+ Community Bill Passed - House (56 - 37)
Feb. 28, 2024 WA SB 5824 Increases Legal Protections for State Public Libraries Bill Passed - House (90 - 5)
Feb. 27, 2024 WA SB 5804 Requires Schools keep Opoid Overdose Reversal Medication Bill Passed - House (95 - 0)
Feb. 8, 2024 WA SB 5849 Establishes Computer Science Competency as a High School Graduation Requirement Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 3)
Feb. 1, 2024 WA SB 5804 Requires Schools keep Opoid Overdose Reversal Medication Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 0)
Jan. 29, 2024 WA HB 1368 Appropriates $80 Million from the Climate Commitment Act for Electric School Bus Purchases Bill Passed - House (58 - 39)
April 20, 2023 WA HB 1559 Appropriates Funding for Student Basic Needs Concurrence Vote Passed - House (55 - 40)
April 20, 2023 WA HB 1559 Appropriates Funding for Student Basic Needs Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 20)
April 19, 2023 WA SB 5593 Authorizes Institutions of Higher Education Access to K-12 Student Data Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (41 - 8)
April 19, 2023 WA SB 5593 Authorizes Institutions of Higher Education Access to K-12 Student Data Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (41 - 8)
April 18, 2023 WA HB 1238 Expands Washington's Free School Lunch Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (92 - 4)
April 13, 2023 WA HB 1346 Establishes the Purple Star Award Concurrence Vote Passed - House (94 - 2)
April 13, 2023 WA HB 1346 Establishes the Purple Star Award Concurrence Vote Passed - House (94 - 2)
April 12, 2023 WA SB 5593 Authorizes Institutions of Higher Education Access to K-12 Student Data Bill Passed - House (89 - 8)
April 12, 2023 WA SB 5593 Authorizes Institutions of Higher Education Access to K-12 Student Data Bill Passed - House (89 - 8)
April 11, 2023 WA HB 1238 Expands Washington's Free School Lunch Program Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 5)
March 7, 2023 WA HB 1479 Prohibits Restraint or Isolation of Students in Public Schools and Educational Programs Bill Passed - House (63 - 31)
March 2, 2023 WA HB 1565 Establishes a Teacher State Residency Program Bill Passed - House (59 - 37)
March 10, 2022 WA HB 1736 Establishes a State Student Loan Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (57 - 40)
March 10, 2022 WA HB 1736 Establishes a State Student Loan Program (27 - 21)
April 23, 2021 WA HB 1365 Requires Development and Administration of a Technology Grant Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 36)
April 22, 2021 WA HB 1365 Requires Development and Administration of a Technology Grant Program Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/04 SB 5462 Amends State Learning Standards to Include Education on the LGBTQ+ Community Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (28 - 20)
3/04 SB 5824 Increases Legal Protections for State Public Libraries Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (44 - 5)
3/01 HB 1368 Appropriates $80 Million from the Climate Commitment Act for Electric School Bus Purchases Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 20)
2/29 SB 5462 Amends State Learning Standards to Include Education on the LGBTQ+ Community Bill Passed - House (56 - 37)
2/28 SB 5824 Increases Legal Protections for State Public Libraries Bill Passed - House (90 - 5)
2/27 SB 5804 Requires Schools keep Opoid Overdose Reversal Medication Bill Passed - House (95 - 0)
2/08 SB 5849 Establishes Computer Science Competency as a High School Graduation Requirement Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 3)
2/01 SB 5804 Requires Schools keep Opoid Overdose Reversal Medication Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 0)
1/29 HB 1368 Appropriates $80 Million from the Climate Commitment Act for Electric School Bus Purchases Bill Passed - House (58 - 39)
4/20 HB 1559 Appropriates Funding for Student Basic Needs Concurrence Vote Passed - House (55 - 40)
4/20 HB 1559 Appropriates Funding for Student Basic Needs Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 20)
4/19 SB 5593 Authorizes Institutions of Higher Education Access to K-12 Student Data Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (41 - 8)
4/19 SB 5593 Authorizes Institutions of Higher Education Access to K-12 Student Data Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (41 - 8)
4/18 HB 1238 Expands Washington's Free School Lunch Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (92 - 4)
4/13 HB 1346 Establishes the Purple Star Award Concurrence Vote Passed - House (94 - 2)
4/13 HB 1346 Establishes the Purple Star Award Concurrence Vote Passed - House (94 - 2)
4/12 SB 5593 Authorizes Institutions of Higher Education Access to K-12 Student Data Bill Passed - House (89 - 8)
4/12 SB 5593 Authorizes Institutions of Higher Education Access to K-12 Student Data Bill Passed - House (89 - 8)
4/11 HB 1238 Expands Washington's Free School Lunch Program Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 5)
3/07 HB 1479 Prohibits Restraint or Isolation of Students in Public Schools and Educational Programs Bill Passed - House (63 - 31)
3/02 HB 1565 Establishes a Teacher State Residency Program Bill Passed - House (59 - 37)
3/10 HB 1736 Establishes a State Student Loan Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (57 - 40)
3/10 HB 1736 Establishes a State Student Loan Program (27 - 21)
4/23 HB 1365 Requires Development and Administration of a Technology Grant Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 36)
4/22 HB 1365 Requires Development and Administration of a Technology Grant Program Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)

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