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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
April 7, 2023 WA HB 1564 Prohibits the Sale of Over-the-Counter Sexual Assault Kits Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 7)
March 7, 2023 WA SB 5171 Repeals Gender-Based Pricing Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 21)
March 7, 2022 WA HB 1851 Expands and Codifies Abortion Protections into State Law Concurrence Vote Passed - House (57 - 41)
March 1, 2022 WA HB 1851 Expands and Codifies Abortion Protections into State Law Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21)
Feb. 17, 2021 WA SB 5140 Prohibits Hospital Policies that Restrict Necessary Miscarriage Treatment Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 20)
March 11, 2020 WA SB 6478 Reduces Sanctions Related to Noncompliance with TANF Work Requirements for Abuse Survivors Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (30 - 18)
March 11, 2020 WA SB 6478 Reduces Sanctions Related to Noncompliance with TANF Work Requirements for Abuse Survivors Bill Passed - House (56 - 41)
March 3, 2020 WA SB 6037 Requires Public Companies to have a Gender-Diverse Board of Directors Bill Passed - House (56 - 40)
Jan. 24, 2020 WA SB 6037 Requires Public Companies to have a Gender-Diverse Board of Directors Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 14)
April 25, 2019 WA SB 5258 Requires Sexual Assault and Harassment Training for Certain Isolated Workers Conference Report Adopted - House (73 - 25)
March 3, 2018 WA SB 6219 Requires State Insurer Coverage of Abortion and Contraception Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 22)
Feb. 28, 2018 WA SB 6219 Requires State Insurer Coverage of Abortion and Contraception Bill Passed - House (50 - 48)
Feb. 15, 2010 WA HB 2793 Legalizing Paid Surrogacy Bill Passed - House (59 - 39)
Feb. 18, 2008 WA SB 6305 Use of Federal Sex Education Grants Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 11)
April 10, 2007 WA Sub SB 5336 Legal Benefits for Domestic Partners Bill Passed - House (63 - 35)
March 1, 2007 WA Sub SB 5336 Legal Benefits for Domestic Partners Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 19)
Jan. 27, 2006 WA Sub HB 2661 Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Human Rights Commission Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 37)
Jan. 27, 2006 WA Sub HB 2661 Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Human Rights Commission Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 23)
Jan. 20, 2006 WA Sub HB 2661 Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Human Rights Commission Bill Passed - House (60 - 37)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/07 HB 1564 Prohibits the Sale of Over-the-Counter Sexual Assault Kits Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 7)
3/07 SB 5171 Repeals Gender-Based Pricing Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 21)
3/07 HB 1851 Expands and Codifies Abortion Protections into State Law Concurrence Vote Passed - House (57 - 41)
3/01 HB 1851 Expands and Codifies Abortion Protections into State Law Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21)
2/17 SB 5140 Prohibits Hospital Policies that Restrict Necessary Miscarriage Treatment Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 20)
3/11 SB 6478 Reduces Sanctions Related to Noncompliance with TANF Work Requirements for Abuse Survivors Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (30 - 18)
3/11 SB 6478 Reduces Sanctions Related to Noncompliance with TANF Work Requirements for Abuse Survivors Bill Passed - House (56 - 41)
3/03 SB 6037 Requires Public Companies to have a Gender-Diverse Board of Directors Bill Passed - House (56 - 40)
1/24 SB 6037 Requires Public Companies to have a Gender-Diverse Board of Directors Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 14)
4/25 SB 5258 Requires Sexual Assault and Harassment Training for Certain Isolated Workers Conference Report Adopted - House (73 - 25)
3/03 SB 6219 Requires State Insurer Coverage of Abortion and Contraception Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 22)
2/28 SB 6219 Requires State Insurer Coverage of Abortion and Contraception Bill Passed - House (50 - 48)
2/15 HB 2793 Legalizing Paid Surrogacy Bill Passed - House (59 - 39)
2/18 SB 6305 Use of Federal Sex Education Grants Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 11)
4/10 Sub SB 5336 Legal Benefits for Domestic Partners Bill Passed - House (63 - 35)
3/01 Sub SB 5336 Legal Benefits for Domestic Partners Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 19)
1/27 Sub HB 2661 Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Human Rights Commission Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 37)
1/27 Sub HB 2661 Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Human Rights Commission Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 23)
1/20 Sub HB 2661 Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Human Rights Commission Bill Passed - House (60 - 37)

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