Please help us! Donate
Vote Smart Just The Facts
"Experts nearly all recommend Vote Smart."
"Vote Smart is a bright light in an often desultory civic culture."
- Bill Moyers
"We think so highly of Vote Smart that we are distributing their materials to all of our affiliates."
Susan Fagan's Voting Records
Issue
- down
- Abortion
- Abortion and Reproductive
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals and Wildlife
- Arts, Entertainment, and History
- Business and Consumers
- Campaign Finance and Elections
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Constitution
- Crime
- Death Penalty
- Defense
- Drugs
- Economy and Fiscal
- Education
- Employment and Affirmative Action
- Energy
- Entitlements and the Safety Net
- Environment
- Executive Branch
- Federal, State and Local Relations
- Finance and Banking
- Food Processing and Sales
- Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Aid
- Gambling and Gaming
- Government Budget and Spending
- Government Operations
- Guns
- Health and Health Care
- Health Insurance
- Higher Education
- Housing and Property
- Immigration
- Indigenous Peoples
- Infrastructure
- Judicial Branch
- K-12 Education
- Labor Unions
- Legal
- Legislative Branch
- Marijuana Legalization
- Marriage
- Marriage, Family, and Children
- Military Personnel
- Minors and Children
- Monetary Policy
- National Security
- Natural Resources and Energy
- Oil and Gas
- Religion
- Science
- Senior Citizens
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Stem Cell Research
- Taxes
- Technology and Communication
- Trade
- Transportation
- Unemployed and Low-Income
- Veterans
- Women
Washington Key Votes
| Date | Bill No. | Bill Title | Outcome | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 14, 2015 | SB 5501 | Amends Animal Cruelty Regulations | Bill Passed - House (59 - 38) |
Nay |
| April 10, 2015 | SB 5052 | Amends Medical Marijuana Regulation System | Bill Passed - House (60 - 36) |
Yea |
| April 10, 2015 | SB 5153 | Requires Nonprofits to Disclose Campaign Contributions | Bill Passed - House (65 - 32) |
Nay |
| April 9, 2015 | SB 5870 | Prohibits Conversion Therapy on Minors | Bill Passed - House (60 - 37) |
Nay |
| March 10, 2015 | HB 1647 | Requires Maternity Health Plans to Cover Abortion | Bill Passed - House (51 - 46) |
Nay |
| March 3, 2015 | HB 1355 | Increases Minimum Wage | Bill Passed - House (51 - 46) |
Nay |
| March 3, 2015 | HB 1356 | Requires Employers to Offer Paid Sick Leave | Bill Passed - House (51 - 46) |
Nay |
| March 11, 2014 | HB 2789 | Establishes Usage Policy for Extraordinary Sensing Devices | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (77 - 21) |
Yea |
| March 7, 2014 | SB 6065 | Prohibits the Use of Tanning Beds by Minors | Bill Passed - House (58 - 39) |
Nay |
| Feb. 18, 2014 | SB 6523 | Authorizes In-State Tuition for Non-Citizen Individuals | Bill Passed - House (75 - 22) |
Yea |
| Feb. 17, 2014 | HB 2149 | Amends Medical Marijuana Program | Bill Passed - House (67 - 29) |
Yea |
| Feb. 5, 2014 | HB 2148 | Requires Certain Health Plans to Cover Abortions | Bill Passed - House (54 - 44) |
Nay |
| June 13, 2013 | HB 2075 | Repeals Marital Trust Estate Tax Exemption | Bill Passed - House (53 - 33) |
Nay |
| May 30, 2013 | HB 2064 | Amends Estate Tax Laws | Bill Passed - House (51 - 40) |
Nay |
| April 15, 2013 | SB 5329 | Requires Superintendent to Take Action in Certain Schools | Bill Passed - House (68 - 29) |
Nay |
| March 25, 2013 | SB 5802 | Authorizes a Carbon Emissions Reduction Study | Bill Passed - House (61 - 32) |
Nay |
| 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 | Authorizes Immunity to Health Care Providers Following End-Of-Life Directives | Bill Passed - House (59 - 36) |
Yea |
| March 8, 2013 | HB 1283 | Amends School Age Requirements | Bill Passed - House (74 - 23) |
Yea |
| March 5, 2013 | HB 1404 | Authorizes Immunity From Prosecution for Minors Who Report Underage Intoxication | Bill Passed - House (72 - 24) |
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) |
Yea |
| April 11, 2012 | HB 2565 | Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Tax Requirements | Bill Passed - House (66 - 32) |
Yea |
| April 11, 2012 | SB 5940 | Amends Public School Employees Retirement Benefits | Bill Passed - House (53 - 45) |
Yea |
| April 10, 2012 | SB 6378 | Amends State Employee Pension System | 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) |
Nay |
| 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 1267 | Definition of Parenthood | Bill Passed - House (57 - 41) |
Nay |
| Feb. 28, 2011 | HB 1489 | Anti-Phosphorus Fertilizer Bill | Bill Passed - House (58 - 39) |
Nay |
| Jan. 24, 2011 | HB 1086 | 2011-2012 Supplemental Budget | Bill Passed - House (55 - 43) |
Nay |
| April 12, 2010 | HB 2493 | Cigarette Tax Increase | Concurrence Vote 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 | SB 6444 | 2009-2011 Biennium Budget Amendments | Bill 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 |
About the Selection and Description of Key Votes
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:
- The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
- The vote should be clear for any person to understand
- The vote has received media attention
- The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
- 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. The summary does not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill. Summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to the project's strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.
