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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
Jan. 24, 2011 WA HB 1086 2011-2012 Supplemental Budget Bill Passed - House (55 - 43)
Jan. 24, 2011 WA HB 1086 2011-2012 Supplemental Budget Bill Passed - House (55 - 43)
April 23, 2019 WA HB 1087 Establishes a Long-Term Care Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (55 - 41)
April 16, 2019 WA HB 1087 Establishes a Long-Term Care Program Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 22)
April 22, 2023 WA HB 1125 Appropriates Funding for the Fiscal Year 2023-2025 State Transportation Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (46 - 3)
April 11, 2012 WA HB 2127 Authorizes Supplemental Appropriations Bill Passed - House (64 - 34)
Jan. 25, 2016 WA HB 2366 Amends Education Funding System Bill Passed - House (64 - 34)
Feb. 25, 2016 WA HB 2376 2016-2017 Supplemental Budget Bill Passed - House (50 - 47)
March 12, 2020 WA HB 2965 Appropriates Funds for COVID-19 Coronavirus Response Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 0)
March 23, 2017 WA SB 5048 Establishes 2017-2019 Fiscal Biennium Operating Appropriations Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 24)
April 23, 2023 WA SB 5187 Appropriates Funding for the Fiscal Year 2023-2025 State Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (48 - 40)
April 23, 2023 WA SB 5187 Appropriates Funding for the Fiscal Year 2023-2025 State Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (37 - 12)
March 25, 2013 WA SB 5802 Authorizes a Carbon Emissions Reduction Study Bill Passed - House (61 - 32)
March 13, 2013 WA SB 5802 Authorizes a Carbon Emissions Reduction Study Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 12)
June 30, 2017 WA SB 5883 Establishes Washington State's Budget for the Fiscal Biennium 2017-2019 Bill Passed - House (70 - 23)
June 30, 2017 WA SB 5883 Establishes Washington State's Budget for the Fiscal Biennium 2017-2019 Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 10)
April 11, 2012 WA SB 5940 Amends Public School Employees Retirement Benefits Bill Passed - House (53 - 45)
April 11, 2012 WA SB 5940 Amends Public School Employees Retirement Benefits Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 20)
March 9, 2020 WA SB 6088 Establishes a Prescription Drug Affordability Board Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (31 - 17)
March 12, 2020 WA SB 6168 Establishes the 2020 Supplemental Operating Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (28 - 21)
March 12, 2020 WA SB 6168 Establishes the 2020 Supplemental Operating Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (56 - 41)
Feb. 18, 2016 WA SB 6195 Amends Education Funding System Bill Passed - House (66 - 31)
Feb. 16, 2016 WA SB 6195 Amends Education Funding System Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 23)
Feb. 26, 2016 WA SB 6246 2016-2017 Supplemental Budget Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 22)
April 10, 2012 WA SB 6378 Amends State Employee Pension System (56 - 42)
Date No. Title Outcome
1/24 HB 1086 2011-2012 Supplemental Budget Bill Passed - House (55 - 43)
1/24 HB 1086 2011-2012 Supplemental Budget Bill Passed - House (55 - 43)
4/23 HB 1087 Establishes a Long-Term Care Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (55 - 41)
4/16 HB 1087 Establishes a Long-Term Care Program Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 22)
4/22 HB 1125 Appropriates Funding for the Fiscal Year 2023-2025 State Transportation Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (46 - 3)
4/11 HB 2127 Authorizes Supplemental Appropriations Bill Passed - House (64 - 34)
1/25 HB 2366 Amends Education Funding System Bill Passed - House (64 - 34)
2/25 HB 2376 2016-2017 Supplemental Budget Bill Passed - House (50 - 47)
3/12 HB 2965 Appropriates Funds for COVID-19 Coronavirus Response Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 0)
3/23 SB 5048 Establishes 2017-2019 Fiscal Biennium Operating Appropriations Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 24)
4/23 SB 5187 Appropriates Funding for the Fiscal Year 2023-2025 State Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (48 - 40)
4/23 SB 5187 Appropriates Funding for the Fiscal Year 2023-2025 State Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (37 - 12)
3/25 SB 5802 Authorizes a Carbon Emissions Reduction Study Bill Passed - House (61 - 32)
3/13 SB 5802 Authorizes a Carbon Emissions Reduction Study Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 12)
6/30 SB 5883 Establishes Washington State's Budget for the Fiscal Biennium 2017-2019 Bill Passed - House (70 - 23)
6/30 SB 5883 Establishes Washington State's Budget for the Fiscal Biennium 2017-2019 Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 10)
4/11 SB 5940 Amends Public School Employees Retirement Benefits Bill Passed - House (53 - 45)
4/11 SB 5940 Amends Public School Employees Retirement Benefits Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 20)
3/09 SB 6088 Establishes a Prescription Drug Affordability Board Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (31 - 17)
3/12 SB 6168 Establishes the 2020 Supplemental Operating Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (28 - 21)
3/12 SB 6168 Establishes the 2020 Supplemental Operating Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (56 - 41)
2/18 SB 6195 Amends Education Funding System Bill Passed - House (66 - 31)
2/16 SB 6195 Amends Education Funding System Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 23)
2/26 SB 6246 2016-2017 Supplemental Budget Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 22)
4/10 SB 6378 Amends State Employee Pension System (56 - 42)

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