Total votes
3,406
all sessions
Attendance
61%
1,344 missed
Among the lowest in the chamber
With party
97%
of cast votes
Lower than 82% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 79% of chamber peers
Sponsored
204
bills & resolutions
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
Committees
5
assignments
3,406 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,708
voted in favor
Nay
355
voted against
Absent
1,344
missed votes
Total cast
3,406
across all sessions
Crossed party
53
votes against own party
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matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HF 516
A bill for an act relating to the conduct and administration of elections, including voter registration, absentee voting, voter identity verification, signature verification, polling place prohibitions, commissioner duties and certifications, voter misconduct information and reporting, straight party voting, the voting age at primary elections, candidate filing deadlines, and post-election audits, creating an electronic poll book and polling place technology revolving loan fund, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 93.) Various effective dates, see bill.
Yea
Failed
37–55
Apr 10, 2017
HF 516
A bill for an act relating to the conduct and administration of elections, including voter registration, absentee voting, voter identity verification, signature verification, polling place prohibitions, commissioner duties and certifications, voter misconduct information and reporting, straight party voting, the voting age at primary elections, candidate filing deadlines, and post-election audits, creating an electronic poll book and polling place technology revolving loan fund, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 93.) Various effective dates, see bill.
Yea
Failed
37–55
Apr 10, 2017
HF 516
A bill for an act relating to the conduct and administration of elections, including voter registration, absentee voting, voter identity verification, signature verification, polling place prohibitions, commissioner duties and certifications, voter misconduct information and reporting, straight party voting, the voting age at primary elections, candidate filing deadlines, and post-election audits, creating an electronic poll book and polling place technology revolving loan fund, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 93.) Various effective dates, see bill.
Yea
Failed
34–56
Apr 10, 2017
HF 516
A bill for an act relating to the conduct and administration of elections, including voter registration, absentee voting, voter identity verification, signature verification, polling place prohibitions, commissioner duties and certifications, voter misconduct information and reporting, straight party voting, the voting age at primary elections, candidate filing deadlines, and post-election audits, creating an electronic poll book and polling place technology revolving loan fund, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 93.) Various effective dates, see bill.
Yea
Failed
36–56
Apr 10, 2017
HF 516
A bill for an act relating to the conduct and administration of elections, including voter registration, absentee voting, voter identity verification, signature verification, polling place prohibitions, commissioner duties and certifications, voter misconduct information and reporting, straight party voting, the voting age at primary elections, candidate filing deadlines, and post-election audits, creating an electronic poll book and polling place technology revolving loan fund, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 93.) Various effective dates, see bill.
Yea
Failed
36–56
Apr 10, 2017
HF 516
A bill for an act relating to the conduct and administration of elections, including voter registration, absentee voting, voter identity verification, signature verification, polling place prohibitions, commissioner duties and certifications, voter misconduct information and reporting, straight party voting, the voting age at primary elections, candidate filing deadlines, and post-election audits, creating an electronic poll book and polling place technology revolving loan fund, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 93.) Various effective dates, see bill.
Yea
Failed
36–56
Apr 10, 2017
HF 516
A bill for an act relating to the conduct and administration of elections, including voter registration, absentee voting, voter identity verification, signature verification, polling place prohibitions, commissioner duties and certifications, voter misconduct information and reporting, straight party voting, the voting age at primary elections, candidate filing deadlines, and post-election audits, creating an electronic poll book and polling place technology revolving loan fund, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 93.) Various effective dates, see bill.
Yea
Failed
36–56
Apr 10, 2017
SF 399
A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including general election ballot vacancies, voter registration, elections administration, absentee voting, and vacancies on school boards and merged area governing boards and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1104.) Various effective dates; see section 11 of bill.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Apr 10, 2017
SF 446
A bill for an act relating to asset forfeiture by prohibiting civil asset forfeiture for property valued at less than a minimum amount, raising the standard of proof for asset forfeiture, requiring a proportionality review for property to be forfeited, and requiring law enforcement agencies to retain certain records related to asset forfeiture and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1148.) Effective 7-1-17.
Yea
Passed
91–1
Apr 10, 2017
SF 404
A bill for an act relating to the use of experimental treatments for patients with a terminal illness. (Formerly SSB 1115.) Effective 7-1-17.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Apr 10, 2017
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