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1999-2000 State Senate Voting Record

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Sen. Al Bauer (D-49) -- 100% 
Sen. Don Benton (R-17) -- 23%   (Right on #5, 9, 11)
Sen. Lisa Brown (D-3) -- 100%
 

Sen. Jeri Costa (D-38) -- 100% 

Sen. Alex Deccio (R-14) -- 15%  (Right on #5, 9)  

Sen. Tracey Eide (D-30) -- 92%  (Right on #1-6, 8-13) 

Sen. Darlene Fairley (D-32) -- 100%  
Sen. Bill Finkbeiner (R-45) -- 18%  (Right on #9, 12; excused on #4, 6) 
Sen. Rosa Franklin (D-29) -- 100% 
Sen. Karen Fraser (D-22) -- 92%  (Right on #1-6, 8-13) 

Sen. Georgia Gardner (D-42) -- 85%  (Right on #1-6, 8-12)
Sen. Calvin Goings (D-25) -- 92%  (Right on #1-6, 8-13) 

Sen. Patricia Hale (R-8) -- 0% 
Sen. Jim Hargrove (D-24) -- 77%  (Right on #2-6, 8-9, 11-13)
Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen (D-10) -- 77%  (Right on #1-6, 8-10, 12)
Sen. Michael Heavey (D-34) -- 100%  (Excused on #10) 
Sen. Harold Hochstatter (R-13) -- 8%  (Right on #9) 
Sen. Jim Honeyford (R-15) -- 0%
Sen. Jim Horn (R-41) -- 8%   (Right on #9) 

Sen. Ken Jacobsen (D-46) -- 92%  (Right on #1-6, 8-13)
Sen. Stephen Johnson (R-47) -- 9%  (Right on #9; excused on #4; absent on #6)
 

Sen. Adam Kline (D-37) -- 100% 
Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) -- 100% 

Sen. Jeanine Long (R-44) -- 17%  (Right on #9, 11; excused on #3)
Sen. Valoria Loveland (D-16) -- 92%  (Right on #1-10, 12-13)
 

Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe (D-1) -- 92%  (Right on #1-6, 8-11, 13; excused on #12)
Sen. Bob McCaslin (R-4) -- 0%  (Absent on #12) 
Sen. Dan McDonald (R-48) -- 0%  
Sen. Bob Morton (R-7) -- 0%   

Sen. Bob Oke (R-26) -- 23%   (Right on #9, 11-12) 

Sen. Julia Patterson (D-33) -- 92%  (Right on #2-6, 8-13; excused on #1) 
Sen. Margarita Prentice (D-11) -- 100%  (Excused on #12) 

Sen. Marilyn Rasmussen (D-2) -- 92%  (Right on #1-6, 8-10, 12-13; absent on #11) 
Sen. Pam Roach (R-31) -- 67%   (Right on #2-5, 8-9, 11-13; excused on #10) 
Sen. Dino Rossi (R-5) -- 0%   (Excused on #10) 

Sen. George Sellar (R-12) -- 0%  (Excused on #4, 6-7, 9-10, 13)  
Sen. Betti Sheldon (D-23) -- 92%  (Right on #1-6, 8-13) 
Sen. Tim Sheldon (D-35) -- 23%  (Right on #5, 9, 12)  
Sen. Paull Shin (D-21) -- 92%  (Right on #1-6, 8-13) 
Sen. Sid Snyder (D-19) -- 92%  (Right on #1-6, 8-13)  
Sen. Harriet Spanel (D-40) -- 100%  
Sen. Val Stevens (R-39) -- 8%  (Right on #1-10, 12-13) 
Sen. Dan Swecker (R-20) -- 31%  (Right on #3-5, 9) 

Sen. Pat Thibaudeau (D-43) -- 100% 

Sen. James West (R-6) -- 0%   (Excused on #10-11) 
Sen. Shirley Winsley (R-28) -- 85%  (Right on #1-6, 8-9, 11-13) 
Sen. Lorraine Wojahn (D-27) -- 100%  

Sen. Joseph Zarelli (R-18) — 23%  (Right on #5, 9, 11)

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2000 Senate Vote Descriptions

1.  SSB5491 -- 10 percent set aside on prevailing wage jobs for state-certified apprentices

2.  SSB5363(a) -- Sen. McDonald’s no-strike amendment to the Civil Service Reform bill

3.  SSB5363 -- Final passage of the 1999 Civil Service Reform bill

4.  ESB6402 -- Final passage of the 2000 Civil Service Reform bill

5.  ESB5819 -- 1999 dislocated worker unemployment insurance bill ($174 million in income support)

6.  ESB6368 -- Unemployment insurance for locked-out workers

7.  SB6212 -- Passenger-only Ferry Privatization bill

8.  ESSB5580 -- Continuation of workers’ compensation benefits during employer appeals

9.  ESSB6416 -- Needlestick bill, regulating occupational exposure to bloodborn pathogens and other infectious materials

10.  SSB5583 -- Prohibiting employers from not providing benefits to contingent workers

11. ESSB5470 -- Setting up a study of chemically related illnesses and injuries

12.  ESCR8402 -- Establishing an interagency taskforce to conduct a study of contingent work

13.  SSB6402(a) -- Sen. Tim Sheldon’s ergonomics amendment to the first Senate operating budget