WSLC 2003 Senate Voting Record

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08.12.2003

2003 SENATE Voting Record

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KEY

*

= Voted RIGHT

= Voted WRONG E = Excused A = Absent

STATE SENATOR

Party
/Dist.

V

O

T

E

#

2003
WSLC
Voting
Record

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1
0

1
1

1
2

1
3

1
4

1
5

Sen. Don Benton

R-17

0%

Sen. Dale Brandland

R-42

*

7%

Sen. Lisa Brown

D-3

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

100%

Sen. Don Carlson

R-49

*

*

13%

Sen. Alex Deccio

R-14

*

E

E

8%

Sen. Mark Doumit

D-19

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

67%

Sen. Tracey Eide

D-30

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

87%

Sen. Luke Esser

R-48

*

7%

Sen. Darlene Fairley

D-32

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

93%

Sen. Bill Finkbeiner

R-45

*

7%

Sen. Rosa Franklin

D-29

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

93%

Sen. Karen Fraser

D-22

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

100%

Sen. Patricia Hale

R-8

*

7%

Sen. Jim Hargrove

D-24

*

*

*

*

*

*

40%

Sen. Mary Marg. Haugen

D-10

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

67%

Sen. Mike Hewitt

R-16

*

7%

Sen. Jim Honeyford

R-15

0%

Sen. Jim Horn

R-41

E

*

7%

Sen. Ken Jacobsen

D-46

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

93%

Sen. Stephen Johnson

R-47

*

7%

Sen. Jim Kastama

D-25

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

80%

Sen. Karen Keiser

D-33

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

100%

Sen. Adam Kline

D-37

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

93%

Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles

D-36

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

87%

Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe

D-1

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

73%

Sen. Bob McCaslin

R-4

E

E

E

0%

Sen. Bob Morton

R-7

*

7%

Sen. Joyce Mulliken

R-13

0%

Sen. Bob Oke

R-26

*

7%

Sen. Linda Parlette

R-12

*

7%

Sen. Erik Poulsen

D-34

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

A

79%

Sen. Margarita Prentice

D-11

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

80%

Sen. Marilyn Rasmussen

D-2

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

47%

Sen. Aaron Reardon

D-38

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

73%

Sen. Debbie Regala

D-27

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

93%

Sen. Pam Roach

R-31

*

*

*

E

21%

Sen. Dino Rossi

R-5

*

7%

Sen. Dave Schmidt

R-44

*

7%

Sen. Larry Sheahan

R-9

*

7%

Sen. Betti Sheldon

D-23

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

87%

Sen. Tim Sheldon

D-35

0%

Sen. Paull Shin

D-21

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

E

E

85%

Sen. Harriet Spanel

D-40

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

100%

Sen. Val Stevens

R-39

0%

Sen. Dan Swecker

R-20

*

7%

Sen. Pat Thibaudeau

D-43

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

100%

Sen. James West

R-6

*

E

E

E

8%

Sen. Shirley Winsley

R-28

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

47%

Sen. Joseph Zarelli

R-18

0%

2003 Senate Vote Descriptions
(Prime sponsors are in parentheses.)

SB 5161 (Sen. Hewitt, R-Walla Walla)�Repealing the state ergonomic workplace safety rule and forbidding the state from adopting a new one. Right vote was NO. Passed 30-19 on Feb. 18.
SB 5271 (Sen. Honeyford, R-Sunnyside)�Restricting workers� compensation hearing loss claims by requiring that they be filed within two years of last injurious exposure. Right vote was NO. Passed 28-21 on Feb. 18.
SB 5697 (Sen. Hewitt, R-Walla Walla)�Restricting inflationary increases in the minimum wage only to times when state unemployment is below the national average. Right vote was NO. Passed 25-24 on Mar. 12.

SB 5378 (Sen. Honeyford, R-Sunnyside)�Reducing workers� compensation time-loss benefits by excluding the value of a workers� health and pension benefits, and imposing four-quarter averaging. Right vote was NO. Passed 25-24 on Mar. 12.
SB 5971 (Sen. Fairley, D-Lake Forest Park)�Closing the Fircrest School for the developmentally disabled and selling off the 80-acre property. Right vote was NO. Passed 37-12 on Mar. 14.
SB 5053 (Sen. Hale, R-Tri-Cities)�Prohibiting state agency rules that exceed federal standards, which would threaten worker, consumer and environmental protections in Washington. Right vote was NO. Passed 25-24 on Mar. 18.
SB 5890 (Sen. Swecker, R-Rochester)�Studying whether medical monitoring of pesticide-exposed farm workers is needed, even though a court decision has already ordered the monitoring. Right vote was NO. Passed 32-17 on Mar. 18.
SB 5462 (Sen. Mulliken, R-Ephrata)�Adopting federal definitions for state wage and hour laws, an invitation for courts to reinterpret a century worth of legal precedent. Right vote was NO. Passed 25-24 on Mar. 18.
SB 5522 (Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch)�Creating pilot project for privatizing state liquor retailing. Right vote was NO. Passed 29-20 on Mar. 19.

SB 5404 (Sen. Rossi, R-Sammamish)�2003-05 operating budget (regular session) with no public employee pay raises, rejection of home-care workers� contract and unacceptable human services cuts. Right vote was NO. Passed 28-20-1 on Apr. 4.
HB 2231 (Rep. Murray, D-Seattle)�Transportation funding package that included a 5-cent gas tax increase. Right vote was YES. Passed 38-11 on Apr. 26.
SB 5404�2003-05 Operating Budget (special session) essentially the same as the budget in Vote 10. Right vote was NO. Passed 28-19-2 on Jun. 5.
SB 6059 (Sen. Oke, R-Port Orchard)�Suspending I-732 cost-of-living raises for teachers and school workers. Right vote was NO. Passed 26-20-3 on Jun 4.
SB 5012 (Sen. Johnson, R-Kent)�Authorizing charter schools in Washington state. Right vote was NO. Passed 27-19-3 on Jun. 10.
SB 6097 (Sen. Honeyford, R-Sunnyside)�Unemployment Insurance "reform" that dramatically cut benefits. Right vote was NO. Passed 33-12-4 on Jun 10.

For more information about these bills and issues, check out the 2003 WSLC Legislative Report.

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