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Key Votes

Representative Bruce Chandler's Voting Records

Bruce Chandler
Full Name: Bruce Chandler
Office: State House (WA) - 15 Position 1, Republican
First Elected: 11/03/1998
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Julie; 3 Children: Carolyn, Emily, Seth
Birth Place: Everett, WA
Home City: Granger, WA

Issue

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Washington Key Votes

Date Bill No. Bill Title Outcome Vote
March 13, 2013 HB 1817 Authorizes Undocumented Students to Apply for State Financial Aid Bill Passed - House
(77 - 20)		 Yea
March 11, 2013 HB 1000 Grants Immunity to Health Care Providers Following End-Of-Life Directives Bill Passed - House
(59 - 36)		 Yea
Feb. 22, 2013 HB 1044 Requires Health Insurance Plans to Cover Abortions Bill Passed - House
(53 - 43)		 Nay
April 11, 2012 HB 2127 Authorizes Supplemental Appropriations Bill Passed - House
(64 - 34)		 Nay
April 11, 2012 SB 5940 Amends Public School Employees Retirement Benefits Bill Passed - House
(53 - 45)		 Yea
April 11, 2012 HB 2565 Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Tax Requirements Bill Passed - House
(66 - 32)		 Nay
April 10, 2012 SB 6378 Amends State Employee Pension System None - House
(56 - 42)		 Yea
March 5, 2012 SB 6455 Increases Transportation Fees Bill Passed - House
(55 - 41)		 Nay
March 3, 2012 HB 2319 Requirements for Health Benefit Exchange Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(57 - 39)		 Nay
Feb. 29, 2012 SB 5895 Authorizes the Use of Student Test Scores in Teacher Evaluations Bill Passed - House
(82 - 16)		 Yea
Feb. 13, 2012 HB 2330 Requires Health Insurers to Cover Abortion Bill Passed - House
(52 - 46)		 Nay
Feb. 8, 2012 SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passed - House
(55 - 43)		 Nay
May 24, 2011 SB 5942 State Liquor Sales Bill Passed - House
(52 - 42)		 Yea
April 21, 2011 HB 1267 Definition of Parenthood Conference Report Adopted - House
(57 - 40)		 Nay
April 15, 2011 HB 1382 Express Toll Lanes in the Eastside Corridor Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(51 - 44)		 Nay
April 11, 2011 SB 5073 Regulations for the Use of Medical Marijuana Bill Passed - House
(54 - 43)		 Nay
March 7, 2011 HB 1166 Preventing Alcohol Poisoning Deaths Bill Passed - House
(57 - 39)		 Nay
March 5, 2011 HB 1382 Express Toll Lanes in the Eastside Corridor Bill Passed - House
(52 - 46)		 Nay
Feb. 28, 2011 HB 1489 Anti-Phosphorus Fertilizer Bill Bill Passed - House
(58 - 39)		 Nay
Feb. 28, 2011 HB 1267 Definition of Parenthood Bill Passed - House
(57 - 41)		 Nay
Jan. 24, 2011 HB 1086 2011-2012 Supplemental Budget Bill Passed - House
(55 - 43)		 Nay
April 12, 2010 SB 6444 2009-2011 Biennium Budget Amendments Bill Passed - House
(54 - 43)		 Nay
April 12, 2010 HB 2836 2009-2011 Supplemental Biennium Capital Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(61 - 36)		 Nay
April 12, 2010 HB 2493 Cigarette Tax Increase Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(54 - 43)		 Nay
April 10, 2010 SB 6143 Tax Law Amendments Conference Report Adopted - House
(52 - 44)		 Nay
April 2, 2010 SB 6503 State Employee Furlough Plan Bill Passed - House
(50 - 38)		 Nay
March 22, 2010 HB 2782 Limiting Disability Benefits Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(57 - 40)		 Nay
Feb. 17, 2010 SB 6130 Initiative 960 (Tax Increase Restrictions) Suspension Bill Passed - House
(51 - 47)		 Nay
Feb. 15, 2010 HB 2793 Legalizing Paid Surrogacy Bill Passed - House
(59 - 39)		 Nay
Feb. 10, 2010 HB 1956 Limiting Local Regulations of Homeless Shelters Bill Passed - House
(57 - 39)		 Nay
Jan. 20, 2010 HB 2561 Energy Efficiency Improvement Bonds Bill Passed - House
(57 - 41)		 Nay
April 25, 2009 HB 1614 Oil Importation Fee for Storm Water Pollution Cleanup Bill Passed - House
(51 - 45)		 Nay
April 24, 2009 HB 1244 2009-2011 Biennium Budget and 2007-2009 Supplemental Biennium Budget Bill Passed - House
(54 - 42)		 Nay
April 22, 2009 HB 1517 Expediting the Restoration of Felons' Voting Rights Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(52 - 44)		 Nay
April 22, 2009 HB 2344 Allowing Tuition Increases Bill Passed - House
(50 - 47)		 Nay
April 22, 2009 SB 5768 Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project Bill Passed - House
(53 - 43)		 Yea
April 21, 2009 SB 5288 Probation Time Reductions Bill Passed - House
(51 - 45)		 Nay
April 20, 2009 HB 2261 Education Law Amendments Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(67 - 31)		 Nay
April 15, 2009 SB 5688 Expanding Domestic Partnership Rights Bill Passed - House
(62 - 35)		 Nay
April 15, 2009 SB 5599 National Popular Vote Act Bill Passed - House
(52 - 42)		 Nay
March 12, 2009 HB 2261 Education Law Amendments Bill Passed - House
(71 - 26)		 Nay
March 12, 2009 SB 2252 Shifting Local Tax Revenue Bill Passed - House
(54 - 42)		 Nay
March 9, 2009 HB 1709 Payday Lending Regulations Bill Passed - House
(84 - 10)		 Yea
March 4, 2009 HB 1329 Child Care Center Unionization Bill Passed - House
(65 - 31)		 Nay
March 3, 2009 HB 1956 Limiting Local Regulations of Homeless Shelters Bill Passed - House
(56 - 41)		 Nay
March 13, 2008 HB 2687 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Amendments Conference Report Adopted - House
(64 - 32)		 Nay
March 10, 2008 HB 2476 Tribal Police Jurisdiction Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(62 - 32)		 Nay
March 7, 2008 SB 5751 Beer and Wine Tasting in Grocery Stores Bill Passed - House
(51 - 41)		 Yea
March 6, 2008 SB 6809 Working Family Tax Exemption Bill Passed - House
(57 - 37)		 Nay
March 4, 2008 SB 5278 Public Financing of Local Campaigns Bill Passed - House
(51 - 43)		 Nay

About the Selection and Descriptions of Key Votes

Project Vote Smart provides easy access to Congressional and State voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Key votes typically include the initial passage of legislation and final conference report vote versions (the compromised versions of bills passed in separate House and Senate versions). Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

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  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

Descriptions of the votes are written by Vote Smart staff and based on information included in the Congressional Record, State House Journals, or Senate Journals, with additional background information from newspapers, magazines, etc. Vote Smart provides summaries for each selected key vote. The summary does not necessarily reflect the final version of the bill.

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