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Keith Goehner
Republican · Senator

Keith Goehner

Represents District 12 in the State Senate.

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Votes with Republicans
88%
on 360 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 94%
Cast a vote
96%
Yea or Nay on 1,243 of 1,292 roll calls · Senate median 97%
Their bills that became law
10 of 24
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 6
Roll calls on record
1,292
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 Keith Goehner 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 Keith Goehner 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. Keith Goehner is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

45 of 360 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.

SB6200 · Concerning renters' and mobile home occupants' ability to install portable cooling devices.
Yea
Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House · 2026-03-10 · Passed 37–12 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB6026 · Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones.
Yea
Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House · 2026-03-10 · Passed 35–14 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1210 · Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences.
Yea
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-03-06 · Passed 28–20 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB2251 · Concerning climate commitment act accounts.
Yea
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · 2026-03-06 · Passed 34–14 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1903 · Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program.
Yea
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · 2026-03-06 · Passed 35–13 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB2384 · Increasing regulatory oversight of continuing care retirement communities.
Yea
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · 2026-03-03 · Passed 37–12 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1345 · Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas.
Yea
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-03-03 · Passed 33–15 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1687 · Concerning social housing public development authorities.
Yea
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-02-28 · Passed 32–17 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1501 · Concerning inquiries into association governance or operations by unit owners in common interest communities.
Yea
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · 2026-02-26 · Passed 33–15 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB2242 · Preserving access to preventive services by clarifying state authority and definitions.
Yea
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-02-26 · Passed 36–12 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

SB5820 · Concerning the responsibility of certain counties to include freight rail dependent use overlay as part of the transportation element of their comprehensive plan.
Nay
Senate Committee on Local Government: do pass · 2026-01-29 · Failed 2–2
SB6260 · Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education.
Nay
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-03-03 · Passed 25–24
SB5786 · Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees.
Nay
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2025-04-17 · Passed 25–24
SB5583 · Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses.
Nay
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2025-03-26 · Passed 25–24
SB6228 · Revised for engrossed: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs and providing tax relief for critical access pharmacies.
Nay
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-02-28 · Passed 25–23
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 · 444 shared contested votes
41%
Adrian CortesDemocrat · District 18 · 445 shared contested votes
37%
Mike ChapmanDemocrat · District 24 · 444 shared contested votes
36%
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 (49 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-01: 15 roll calls, 5 without a Yea or Nay2025-02: 174 roll calls, 10 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 225 roll calls, 6 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 341 roll calls, 4 without a Yea or Nay2026-01: 58 roll calls, 4 without a Yea or Nay2026-02: 277 roll calls, 17 without a Yea or Nay2026-03: 202 roll calls, 3 without a Yea or NayJan 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Keith Goehner 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.

Introduced24
Out of committee14
Passed one chamber10
Passed both chambers10
Became law10
Never left committee10

For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 6 bills that became law this session.

Streamlining consumer-owned utility procurement requirements for clean energy generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution projects.
Became lawEffective date 6/11/2026. · 2026-03-24
Concerning the sale of surplus property by water-sewer districts.
Became lawEffective date 6/11/2026. · 2026-03-14
Adopting national standards for factory built housing and commercial structures.
Out of committeeSenate Rules "X" file. · 2026-02-26
Concerning delayed utility connection fees for residential construction.
Out of committeeSenate Rules "X" file. · 2026-02-26
Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas.
Out of committeeSenate Rules "X" file. · 2026-02-26
Honoring the Apple Blossom Festival Royal Court.
Became lawAdopted. · 2026-02-23
Honoring April as National Donate Life Month.
Became lawAdopted. · 2026-02-16
Concerning irrigation district director beneficial interests in contracts.
Not out of committeeExecutive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM. · 2026-02-02
Prohibiting homebuyers from receiving multiple state-funded down payment assistance loans or grants.
Not out of committeePublic hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM. · 2026-01-28
Exempting assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust from the document recording fee and the covenant homeownership program assessment.
Not out of committeeFirst reading, referred to Ways & Means. · 2026-01-12
Creating a tenant assistance program.
Not out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Concerning limited areas of more intensive rural development.
Not out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Making it possible for more properties to have access to water, storm drains, and sanitary sewage systems.
Not out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Creating consistency in housing.
Not out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Eliminating each local government's proportional share of Washington's housing shortage.
Out of committeeRules Committee relieved of further consideration. On motion, referred to Ways & Means. · 2026-01-12

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)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
SB6355 · 2026-03-12
Concerning the electric transmission system. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 32-17
Nay
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)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
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)
Passed · 48-1
Yea
SB6260 · 2026-03-12
Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 26-23
Nay
SB6347 · 2026-03-12
Revised for engrossed: Undoing certain changes to the estate tax. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 39-10
Yea
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)
Passed · 47-2
Yea
SB6225 · 2026-03-12
Authorizing bonds for transportation funding. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
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)
Passed · 26-23
Nay
SB5998 · 2026-03-12
Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations. (Senate Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee)
Passed · 28-21
Nay
SB6005 · 2026-03-12
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. (Senate Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
SB6003 · 2026-03-12
Concerning the capital budget. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
HB2711 · 2026-03-11
Concerning transportation resources. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
Passed · 33-15
Nay
HB2689 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the working connections child care program. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
Passed · 33-16
Nay
HB2681 · 2026-03-11
Revised for engrossed: Concerning cannabis license fees. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
Passed · 29-20
Nay
HB2487 · 2026-03-11
Concerning taxes imposed on insurers operating within the state. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
Passed · 27-22
Nay
HB2089 · 2026-03-11
Supporting wildfire mitigation by modifying RCW 82.04.29005, concerning taxes on loan interest. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
Passed · 27-21
Nay
SB6346 · 2026-03-11
Establishing a tax on millionaires. (Senate Final Passage As Amended by the House)
Passed · 27-21
Nay
SB6002 · 2026-03-10
Concerning driver privacy protections. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 39-10
Yea
SB6110 · 2026-03-10
Addressing electric-assisted bicycles and electric motorcycles. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 44-4
Yea
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)
Passed · 30-19
Nay
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)
Passed · 29-19
Nay
SB6113 · 2026-03-10
Concerning taxes administered by the department of revenue. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 44-4
Yea
SB6054 · 2026-03-10
Concerning unreasonable restrictions on wildfire home hardening practices in common interest communities. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
SB6309 · 2026-03-10
Providing for enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 30-19
Nay
SB6137 · 2026-03-10
Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 43-6
Yea
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)
Passed · 29-20
Nay
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)
Passed · 30-19
Nay
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)
Passed · 48-1
Yea
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)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
SB6269 · 2026-03-10
Modernizing the definition of motor fuel in the motor fuel quality act. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
SB6026 · 2026-03-10
Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 35-14
Yea
SB6226 · 2026-03-10
Protecting the clinical autonomy of audiologists. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
SB6034 · 2026-03-10
Concerning statutory establishment of the governor's office of Indian affairs. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
SB6162 · 2026-03-10
Concerning property tax reform. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 41-8
Nay
SB6200 · 2026-03-10
Concerning renters' and mobile home occupants' ability to install portable cooling devices. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 37-12
Yea
SB5847 · 2026-03-10
Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 30-19
Nay
SB6065 · 2026-03-10
Concerning school district transportation vehicle funds. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
HB2325 · 2026-03-10
Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
Passed · 43-5
Nay
SB6058 · 2026-03-10
Adding discretion to wage enforcement actions. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 46-1
Yea
SB6066 · 2026-03-10
Revised for 2nd substitute: Establishing crash prevention zones. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 48-1
Yea
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)
Passed · 30-19
Nay
SB6291 · 2026-03-10
Concerning on-site wastewater treatment system inspections. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
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)
Passed · 43-4
Yea
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)
Passed · 28-19
Nay
SB5841 · 2026-03-09
Concerning the completion of postsecondary financial aid applications. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
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)
Passed · 48-1
Yea
SB5892 · 2026-03-09
Concerning protection of the voter registration database. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 30-19
Nay
SB5938 · 2026-03-09
Concerning the foreclosure prevention fee. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 48-1
Yea
SB5981 · 2026-03-09
Revised for 2nd substitute: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 30-19
Nay
SB5925 · 2026-03-09
Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 30-19
Nay
SB5156 · 2026-03-09
Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 41-6
Yea
SB5395 · 2026-03-09
Making improvements to transparency and accountability in the prior authorization determination process. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
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)
Passed · 48-1
Yea
SB5855 · 2026-03-09
Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 30-19
Nay
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)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
SB5845 · 2026-03-09
Modernizing and clarifying timely payment requirements for health carriers. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
SB5974 · 2026-03-09
Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned officers, and police matrons. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 30-19
Nay
SB5880 · 2026-03-09
Concerning toxicology testing by certified or accredited laboratories. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
SB5911 · 2026-03-09
Strengthening the financial stability of persons in the care of the department of children, youth, and families. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1292 total roll-call votes this session).
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