Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Washington
Votes with Republicans
98%
on 453 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 94%
Cast a vote
93%
Yea or Nay on 1,346 of 1,444 roll calls · Senate median 97%
Their bills that became law
7 of 53
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 6
Roll calls on record
1,444
2025-2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 6, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2025-2026 Regular Session.
How Matt Boehnke votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Matt Boehnke sits in the Senate
Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Matt Boehnke is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
9 of 453 party-line votes.
HB1210 · Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-03-06 · Passed 28–20 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB2229 · Concerning the professional engineers' registration act.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-03-06 · Passed 37–11 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB2471 · Concerning collective bargaining for employees not covered by the national labor relations act.
Senate Committee on Ways & Means: do pass · 2026-02-26 · Passed 14–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB5984 · Revised for 1st substitute: Regulating artificial intelligence companion chatbots.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-02-12 · Passed 38–11 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB6284 · Providing consumer protections for artificial intelligence systems.
Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology: 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2026-02-03 · Passed 8–2 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1587 · Encouraging local government partner promise scholarship programs within the opportunity scholarship program.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · 2025-04-14 · Passed 33–16 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1878 · Improving young driver safety.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · 2025-04-10 · Passed 38–11 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1486 · Adding a student member to the state board for community and technical colleges.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2025-04-09 · Passed 39–10 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1990 · Authorizing utility companies to securitize certain costs related to disasters or emergencies to lower costs to customers.
Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology: do pass with amendment(s) · 2025-03-28 · Passed 7–2 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SB5826 · Concerning access at public postsecondary educational institutions to medication abortion.
Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development: do pass · 2026-01-22 · Failed 2–2
SB5321 · Concerning access at public postsecondary educational institutions to medication abortion.
Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development: 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2025-01-30 · Failed 2–2
SB6260 · Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-03-03 · Passed 25–24
SB5786 · Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2025-04-17 · Passed 25–24
SB5583 · Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2025-03-26 · Passed 25–24
Democrats they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Deb KrishnadasanDemocrat · District 26 · 427 shared contested votes
25%
Adrian CortesDemocrat · District 18 · 427 shared contested votes
21%
Mike ChapmanDemocrat · District 24 · 427 shared contested votes
19%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (98 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Matt Boehnke was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced53
Out of committee14
Passed one chamber10
Passed both chambers7
Became law7
Never left committee39
For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 6 bills that became law this session.
Concerning the completion of postsecondary financial aid applications.
Became lawEffective date 6/11/2026. · 2026-03-20
Revised for 1st substitute: Concerning personality rights.
Became lawEffective date 6/11/2026. · 2026-03-16
Establishing a green fertilizer incentive program to support the production and adoption of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer in Washington state.
Passed one chamberBy resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. · 2026-03-12
Safeguarding student financial aid from fraud.
Out of committeeSenate Rules "X" file. · 2026-02-26
Establishing a statewide digital transcript data-sharing environment.
Out of committeeSenate Rules "X" file. · 2026-02-26
Reviewing and discontinuing low-enrollment undergraduate programs at public baccalaureate institutions.
Out of committeeSenate Rules "X" file. · 2026-02-26
Directing the deposit of the proceeds from taxes on aircraft fuel to the aeronautics account.
Not out of committeeExecutive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM. · 2026-02-09
Concerning out-of-state convictions.
Not out of committeePublic hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM. · 2026-02-02
Expanding access to the Washington college grant to students enrolled in eligible postsecondary nondegree credential programs.
Out of committeeReferred to Ways & Means. · 2026-01-30
Establishing that students are no longer eligible for and must repay state aid immediately upon determination of significant monetary damage to a public institution of higher education.
Not out of committeePublic hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM. · 2026-01-29
Requiring owners of properties used as less restrictive alternatives for sexually violent predators to make certain disclosures.
Not out of committeeFirst reading, referred to Human Services. · 2026-01-27
Providing supervision of a sexually violent predator after release or discharge.
Not out of committeeFirst reading, referred to Human Services. · 2026-01-26
Concerning the distribution of aircraft fuel tax revenue.
Not out of committeePublic hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM. · 2026-01-26
Authorizing certain public entities to contract for the capability of renewable or nonemitting electric generation projects.
Not out of committeeExecutive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM. · 2026-01-23
Providing a sales and use tax exemption for qualifying farm machinery and equipment.
Not out of committeeFirst reading, referred to Ways & Means. · 2026-01-22
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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HB1408 · 2026-03-12
Establishing funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060. (Senate Final Passage without Senate Amendments)
SB6355 · 2026-03-12
Concerning the electric transmission system. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2215 · 2026-03-12
Concerning climate commitment act compliance obligations for fuels supplied or otherwise sold into Washington. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1295 · 2026-03-12
Using evidence-based instructional practices in reading and writing literacy for public elementary students. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6260 · 2026-03-12
Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6347 · 2026-03-12
Revised for engrossed: Undoing certain changes to the estate tax. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6354 · 2026-03-12
Advancing transportation electrification by expanding access to electric vehicles already being sold in Washington and increasing associated funding. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6225 · 2026-03-12
Authorizing bonds for transportation funding. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6228 · 2026-03-12
Revised for engrossed: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs and providing tax relief for critical access pharmacies. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5998 · 2026-03-12
Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations. (Senate Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee)
SB6005 · 2026-03-12
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. (Senate Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee)
SB6003 · 2026-03-12
Concerning the capital budget. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2711 · 2026-03-11
Concerning transportation resources. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2689 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the working connections child care program. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2681 · 2026-03-11
Revised for engrossed: Concerning cannabis license fees. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
HB2487 · 2026-03-11
Concerning taxes imposed on insurers operating within the state. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
HB2089 · 2026-03-11
Supporting wildfire mitigation by modifying RCW 82.04.29005, concerning taxes on loan interest. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
SB6346 · 2026-03-11
Establishing a tax on millionaires. (Senate Final Passage As Amended by the House)
SB6002 · 2026-03-10
Concerning driver privacy protections. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6110 · 2026-03-10
Addressing electric-assisted bicycles and electric motorcycles. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5982 · 2026-03-10
Updating provisions for consumer-owned utilities, including port districts, and affected market customers under the clean energy transformation act. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6035 · 2026-03-10
Ensuring access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6113 · 2026-03-10
Concerning taxes administered by the department of revenue. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6054 · 2026-03-10
Concerning unreasonable restrictions on wildfire home hardening practices in common interest communities. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6309 · 2026-03-10
Providing for enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6137 · 2026-03-10
Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6246 · 2026-03-10
Concerning emissions from emissions-intensive, trade-exposed facilities under the climate commitment act. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6027 · 2026-03-10
Revised for 2nd substitute: Modifying certain funding and exemptions related to providing and maintaining affordable housing and related services. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6076 · 2026-03-10
Streamlining consumer-owned utility procurement requirements for clean energy generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution projects. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6194 · 2026-03-10
Revised for engrossed: Allowing payments to be made for services provided by any rural hospital that is located on a federally recognized Indian reservation. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2689 · 2026-03-10
Concerning the working connections child care program. (Senate Committee on Ways & Means: do pass with amendment(s))
SB6269 · 2026-03-10
Modernizing the definition of motor fuel in the motor fuel quality act. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2681 · 2026-03-10
Revised for engrossed: Concerning cannabis license fees. (Senate Committee on Ways & Means: do pass)
SB6026 · 2026-03-10
Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6226 · 2026-03-10
Protecting the clinical autonomy of audiologists. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2487 · 2026-03-10
Concerning taxes imposed on insurers operating within the state. (Senate Committee on Ways & Means: do pass)
SB6034 · 2026-03-10
Concerning statutory establishment of the governor's office of Indian affairs. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6162 · 2026-03-10
Concerning property tax reform. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6200 · 2026-03-10
Concerning renters' and mobile home occupants' ability to install portable cooling devices. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5847 · 2026-03-10
Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6065 · 2026-03-10
Concerning school district transportation vehicle funds. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2325 · 2026-03-10
Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6058 · 2026-03-10
Adding discretion to wage enforcement actions. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6066 · 2026-03-10
Revised for 2nd substitute: Establishing crash prevention zones. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6188 · 2026-03-10
Concerning the department of labor and industries' authority to enact rules related to regulating asbestos training. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6291 · 2026-03-10
Concerning on-site wastewater treatment system inspections. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5346 · 2026-03-09
Revised for 1st substitute: Addressing student use of mobile devices in public schools. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5068 · 2026-03-09
Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5841 · 2026-03-09
Concerning the completion of postsecondary financial aid applications. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5420 · 2026-03-09
Ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5892 · 2026-03-09
Concerning protection of the voter registration database. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5938 · 2026-03-09
Concerning the foreclosure prevention fee. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5981 · 2026-03-09
Revised for 2nd substitute: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5925 · 2026-03-09
Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5156 · 2026-03-09
Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5395 · 2026-03-09
Making improvements to transparency and accountability in the prior authorization determination process. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5969 · 2026-03-09
Revised for 2nd substitute: Reducing duplication between high school and beyond plans and individualized education program transition plans. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5855 · 2026-03-09
Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5272 · 2026-03-09
Improving school safety by extending penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and extracurricular activities and requiring schools to notify the public of such penalties. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5845 · 2026-03-09
Modernizing and clarifying timely payment requirements for health carriers. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1444 total roll-call votes this session).
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