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Democratic
· Representative
Steve Tharinger
Represents District 24 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Democrats
98%
on 340 party-line votes · House Democrats median 99%
Cast a vote
72%
Yea or Nay on 914 of 1,274 roll calls · House median 98%
Their bills that became law
3 of 13
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 6
Roll calls on record
1,274
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 Steve Tharinger 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 Steve Tharinger sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Steve Tharinger is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
6 of 340 party-line votes.
SB5041 · Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.
House Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee · 2025-04-25 · Passed 51–45 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB5041 · Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.
House Final Passage as Amended by the House · 2025-04-12 · Passed 52–43 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB5041 · Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.
House Committee on Appropriations: do pass · 2025-04-07 · Passed 17–13 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1402 · Concerning job postings requiring driver's licenses.
House 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2025-03-11 · Passed 55–41 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1622 · Allowing bargaining over matters related to the use of artificial intelligence.
House 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2025-03-08 · Passed 58–38 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1443 · Concerning mobile dwellings.
House Committee on Appropriations: 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2025-02-26 · Passed 16–14 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB1458 · Reducing embodied carbon emissions of buildings and building materials.
House Committee on Capital Budget: 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2025-02-26 · Passed 10–9
HB2081 · Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for certain investments, and creating a temporary business and occupation tax surcharge on large companies.
House 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2025-04-22 · Passed 50–48
HB2049 · Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities.
House 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2025-04-22 · Passed 50–48
HB1443 · Concerning mobile dwellings.
House Committee on Appropriations: 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2025-02-26 · Passed 16–14
SB6260 · Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education.
House Final Passage as Amended by the House · 2026-03-11 · Passed 50–47
Republicans 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.
Sam LowRepublican · District 39 · 291 shared contested votes
35%
Andrew BarkisRepublican · District 2 · 277 shared contested votes
32%
Carolyn EslickRepublican · District 39 · 249 shared contested votes
31%
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 (360 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Steve Tharinger 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.
Introduced13
Out of committee11
Passed one chamber3
Passed both chambers3
Became law3
Never left committee2
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 6 bills that became law this session.
Increasing transparency and consumer protection in water system rates.
Became lawEffective date 6/11/2026. · 2026-03-28
Amending the definition of timberland for purposes of determining the real estate excise tax for a governmental entity.
Became lawEffective date 6/11/2026. · 2026-03-24
Concerning an additive capital budget for state matching funds and federal expenditure authority for broadband.
Out of committeeHouse Rules "X" file. · 2026-01-12
Creating a local sales and use tax to fund services for children and families that enhance well-being, promote mental health, and provide early interventions.
Out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Ensuring that commercial fishing revenue benefits communities most dependent on the industry.
Out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Amending the definition of timberland for purposes of determining the real property excise tax for a governmental entity.
Not out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Renaming the Joel Pritchard State Library.
Out of committeeHouse Rules "X" file. · 2026-01-12
Extending a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects.
Out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.
Out of committeeHouse Rules "X" file. · 2026-01-12
Concerning the excise tax treatment of amounts received by title and escrow businesses from clients for remittance to a county filing office for the purpose of recording documents.
Not out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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HB1526 · 2026-03-12
Modifying the snack bar liquor license. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1701 · 2026-03-12
Authorizing multiple liquor licensees to have licensed premises within a facility owned and leased out by another liquor licensee or person. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6005 · 2026-03-12
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. (House Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee)
SB6170 · 2026-03-12
Adjusting monetary limits regarding contracting rules for state highway construction work and procurement. (House 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
HB2034 · 2026-03-12
Concerning termination and restatement of plan 1 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1795 · 2026-03-12
Addressing restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2114 · 2026-03-12
Concerning defective license plates issued by the department of licensing. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1376 · 2026-03-12
Concerning the prepayment of capital gains taxes six months prior to the due date. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1941 · 2026-03-12
Authorizing agricultural cooperatives for cannabis producers. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2215 · 2026-03-12
Concerning climate commitment act compliance obligations for fuels supplied or otherwise sold into Washington. (House 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. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2239 · 2026-03-12
Providing Washingtonians and their loved ones with location choices for interment of remains. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB5998 · 2026-03-12
Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations. (House Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee)
SB6231 · 2026-03-12
Revised for engrossed: Removing a tax exemption for the replacement of equipment for data centers. (House 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
SB6003 · 2026-03-12
Concerning the capital budget. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2179 · 2026-03-12
Revised for engrossed: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6244 · 2026-03-12
Extending an existing hazardous substance tax exemption for certain agricultural crop protection products that are temporarily warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in the state of Washington. (House 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
HB2548 · 2026-03-11
Strengthening health care market standards. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1170 · 2026-03-11
Informing users when content is developed or modified by artificial intelligence. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2320 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the regulation of firearm manufacturing. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2251 · 2026-03-11
Concerning climate commitment act accounts. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1500 · 2026-03-11
Concerning resale certificates for units in common interest communities. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2156 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2156 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate on Reconsideration)
HB1960 · 2026-03-11
Encouraging renewable energy in Washington through tax policy and investment in local communities. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2334 · 2026-03-11
Adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2445 · 2026-03-11
Ending probates for profit. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2539 · 2026-03-11
Concerning inmate funds. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2296 · 2026-03-11
Expanding the use of distributed energy resources. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1750 · 2026-03-11
Creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2325 · 2026-03-11
Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1909 · 2026-03-11
Establishing the court unification task force. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2588 · 2026-03-11
Concerning county ferry district authority. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6260 · 2026-03-11
Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB1903 · 2026-03-11
Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1796 · 2026-03-11
Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2418 · 2026-03-11
Concerning permit review processes. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2211 · 2026-03-11
Concerning medically tailored meals. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2442 · 2026-03-11
Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1710 · 2026-03-11
Concerning compliance with the Washington voting rights act of 2018. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1974 · 2026-03-11
Establishing land banking authorities. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6225 · 2026-03-11
Authorizing bonds for transportation funding. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB1906 · 2026-03-11
Increasing transparency and consumer protection in water system rates. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2594 · 2026-03-11
Ensuring that unhoused children and youths in Washington have equal access to free, appropriate public education. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2247 · 2026-03-11
Concerning veterinarian-client-patient relationships. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2532 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the sale and distribution of nitrous oxide. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2105 · 2026-03-11
Concerning immigrant worker protections. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1916 · 2026-03-11
Amending voter registration challenges and managing voter registration lists. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2416 · 2026-03-11
Concerning fair treatment of waste to energy facilities under the climate commitment act. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2624 · 2026-03-11
Clarifying consumer protections regarding unsolicited real estate transactions for public purposes or by nonprofit land conservancies. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2225 · 2026-03-11
Revised for 1st substitute: Regulating artificial intelligence companion chatbots. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2711 · 2026-03-11
Concerning transportation resources. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2689 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the working connections child care program. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6228 · 2026-03-11
Revised for engrossed: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs and providing tax relief for critical access pharmacies. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6347 · 2026-03-11
Revised for engrossed: Undoing certain changes to the estate tax. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6354 · 2026-03-11
Advancing transportation electrification by expanding access to electric vehicles already being sold in Washington and increasing associated funding. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6182 · 2026-03-11
Establishing an abortion savings program. (House 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
SB6355 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the electric transmission system. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB1155 · 2026-03-09
Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2219 · 2026-03-09
Enhancing the operational efficiency of child care providers. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1274 total roll-call votes this session).
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