Voting Record 2013-2014

An informational publication
from the Washington

Federation of State
Employees/AFSCME
Council 28 AFL-CIO
How your legislators voted
on key state employee
issues in 2013 and 2014
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How to Judge a Legislators Voting Record.
WFSE selects a few roll-call votes from the hundreds
cast by the House and Senate every session. In choos-
ing these votes, WFSE attempts to fairly represent a
lawmakers position on issues important to our members
compensation, job security, working conditions, and
the right to collectively bargain.
This voting record covers key House and Senate votes
during the 2013 and 2014 legislative sessions.
This voting record is one of the key factors you can use
to determine if a candidate deserves WFSE campaign
support or endorsement. Other important factors include
leadership positions, chairmanship or seniority on impor-
tant committees, and accessibility and responsiveness
to WFSE lobbying efforts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
House voting record HOUSE-1
Senate voting record SENATE-1

Appendix A: Explanation of House votes H-1
(w/ complete House roll call votes)
Appendix B: Explanation of Senate votes S-1
(w/ complete Senate roll call votes)
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APPENDIX A
Explanation of key votes/roll calls used in House voting re-
cord:
1. Sick & Safe Leave
(Establishing minimum standards for sick and safe leave
from employment)
(Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1313)
(WFSE/AFSCME supported)
Passed the House 52-45-1 on 1/29/14; did not come to Senate
vote.
Sponsored by Rep. Laurie Jinkins, D-27th District.
The bill would have established minimum standards for sick and
safe leave from employment.

Building the Middle class
Affects mostly non-union, largely low-wage workers
Workers rights / benefts
Creates an offensive pushback to corporate attacks on work-
ing class
A Yes vote was a Right vote; a No vote was a Wrong vote.
ROLL CALL: ESHB 1313
Sick & safe employment leave
House vote on Final Passage
1/29/2014
Yeas: 52 Nays: 45 Absent: 0 Excused: 1
Voting Yea/Right (52): Representative Appleton, Bergquist, Blake, Carlyle,
Clibborn, Cody, Dunshee, Farrell, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Freeman, Goodman, Green,
Gregerson, Habib, Hansen, Hudgins, S. Hunt, Hunter, Jinkins, Kagi, Kirby,
Lytton, Moeller, Morrell, Morris, Moscoso, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Orwall, Pettigrew,
Pollet, Reykdal, Riccelli, Roberts, Robinson, Ryu, Santos, Sawyer, Sells, Senn,
Springer, Stanford, Stonier, Sullivan, Takko, Tarleton, Tharinger, Van De Wege,
Walkinshaw, Wylie, Mr. Speaker
Voting Nay/Wrong (45): Representative Buys, Chandler, Christian, Condotta,
Dahlquist, Fagan, Haigh, Haler, Hargrove, Harris, Hawkins, Hayes, Holy, Hope,
G. Hunt, Hurst, Johnson, Klippert, Kochmar, Kretz, Kristiansen, MacEwen,
Magendanz, Manweller, Muri, Nealey, Orcutt, Overstreet, Parker, Pike, Rodne,
Ross, Schmick, Scott, Seaquist, Shea, Short, Smith, Taylor, Vick, Walsh, War-
nick, Wilcox, Young, Zeiger
Absent: 0
Excused: Representative DeBolt
2. Taxpayer Protection Act
(Second Substitute House Bill 2743)
Passed the House 53-44-1 on 2/14/14; did not come to a Senate
vote)
Initiated by WFSE/AFSCME.
Sponsored by Rep. Sam Hunt, D-22nd District.
Protects taxpayers by providing for accountability and transpar-
ency in government contracting.
Anti-Outsourcing
Increases transparency & accountability for private sector con-
tractors
AFSCME-generated, goes to the heart of our lunchbox
PAGE H-2
Roll Call: 2SHB 2743
Government contracting
2/14/2014
Gregerson, Haigh, Hansen, Hudgins, S. Hunt, Hunter, Hurst, Jinkins, Kagi,
Kirby, Lytton, Moeller, Morrell, Morris, Moscoso, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Orwall,
Pettigrew, Pollet, Reykdal, Riccelli, Roberts, Robinson, Ryu, Santos, Sawyer,
Seaquist, Sells, Senn, Springer, Stanford, Sullivan, Takko, Tarleton, Tharinger,
Van De Wege, Walkinshaw, Wylie, Mr. Speaker
Dahlquist, DeBolt, Fagan, Haler, Hargrove, Harris, Hawkins, Hayes, Holy,
Hope, G. Hunt, Johnson, Klippert, Kochmar, Kretz, Kristiansen, MacEwen,
Magendanz, Manweller, Muri, Nealey, Orcutt, Overstreet, Parker, Pike, Rodne,
Ross, Schmick, Scott, Shea, Short, Smith, Stonier, Taylor, Vick, Walsh, War-
nick, Wilcox, Young, Zeiger
Absent: 0
Excused: Representative Habib
3. Regulating Interpreter Services
(Engrossed House Bill 2617)
Passed the House 56-40-2 on 2/17/14; did not come to vote in
Senate.
Sponsored by Rep. Laurie Jinkins, D-27th District.
Builds on model proven to save the state money and create eff-
ciency by streamlining the process for scheduling. Grants collec-
tive bargaining rights to interpreters working in L&I appointments
and in General Government Master Contract.
If there was ever a time to support a collective bargaining bill,
this is the put up or shut up bill since its a PROVEN model.
We saved money, we created an effciency with existing
medical interpreter reforms.
Roll Call: EHB 2617
Interpreter services
2/17/2014
Gregerson, Habib, Haigh, Haler, Hansen, Harris, Hope, Hudgins, S. Hunt,
Hunter, Jinkins, Kagi, Kirby, Lytton, Moeller, Morrell, Morris, Moscoso, Ormsby,
Ortiz-Self, Orwall, Pettigrew, Pollet, Reykdal, Riccelli, Roberts, Robinson, Ryu,
Santos, Sawyer, Seaquist, Sells, Senn, Springer, Stanford, Sullivan, Takko,
Tarleton, Tharinger, Van De Wege, Walkinshaw, Wylie, Mr. Speaker
Dahlquist, DeBolt, Fagan, Hargrove, Hawkins, Hayes, Holy, G. Hunt, Johnson,
Klippert, Kochmar, Kretz, Kristiansen, MacEwen, Magendanz, Manweller, Muri,
Nealey, Orcutt, Overstreet, Pike, Rodne, Ross, Schmick, Scott, Shea, Short,
Smith, Stonier, Taylor, Vick, Walsh, Warnick, Wilcox, Young, Zeiger
Absent: 0
Excused (2): Representative Hurst, Parker
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4. State Tax Preferences
(Substitute House Bill 2201)
Passed the House 52-45-1 on 2/18/14; did not come to a vote in
Senate.
Sponsored by Rep. Reuven Carlyle, D-26th District.
Improving fscal accountability and transparency standards with
respect to state tax preferences. Authorizes the public disclosure
of certain tax information of publicly traded companies annually
claiming one or more tax preferences in excess of $10,000, if
the tax information was reported to the Department at least 24
months prior to the date of disclosure.

This information is currently only available to the Chairs of the
Ways & Means / Appropriations and the Finance Committees.
The general public, nor even the rest of the Legislators, dont
currently have context for how much these tax preferences mat-
ter, how they size-up compared to a companys overall profts,
etc.
Is a giant step in transparency for big, proftable businesses in
WA state
Will help in future efforts around tax preferences
Roll Call: SHB 2201
State tax preferences
2/18/2014
Gregerson, Habib, Hansen, Hudgins, S. Hunt, Hunter, Jinkins, Kagi, Kirby,
Lytton, Moeller, Morrell, Morris, Moscoso, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Orwall, Pettigrew,
Pollet, Reykdal, Riccelli, Roberts, Robinson, Ryu, Santos, Sawyer, Seaquist,
Sells, Senn, Springer, Stanford, Sullivan, Takko, Tarleton, Tharinger, Van De
Wege, Walkinshaw, Wylie, Mr. Speaker
Dahlquist, DeBolt, Fagan, Haigh, Haler, Hargrove, Harris, Hawkins, Hayes,
Holy, Hope, G. Hunt, Hurst, Johnson, Klippert, Kochmar, Kretz, Kristiansen,
MacEwen, Magendanz, Manweller, Muri, Nealey, Orcutt, Overstreet, Pike,
Rodne, Ross, Schmick, Scott, Shea, Short, Smith, Stonier, Taylor, Vick, Walsh,
Warnick, Wilcox, Young, Zeiger
Absent: 0
Excused (1): Representative Parker
5. PSERS expansion
(Engrossed House Bill 1923)
Passed the House 94-3-1 on 3/8/13; did not come to a vote in the
Senate
Sponsored by Rep. Timm Ormsby, D-3rd District.
Authorizing membership in the Washington Public Safety Employ-
ees Retirement System (PSERS).
Employees of the Washington State Department of Social and
Health Services that provide direct care, custody, or safety in state
institutions including the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration,
the Mental Health hospitals, the Child Study and Treatment Cen-
ter, the Special Commitment Center, and Residential sites serving
developmentally disabled patients or offenders would have been
eligible for membership in the Public Safety Employees Retire-
ment System (PSERS).

VERY lopsided House vote, but:
Shows strong, bipartisan support for the bill in the House
Couldnt even leverage a hearing in the Senate

Bill came after the changes to Public Employee Early Re-
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tirement Factors (ERFs) that increased the penalty for early
retirement to employees hired after July 1, 2013 resulting in
$1.6 billion in future savings. One component of the bill was a
study of high risk job classifcations; EHB 1923 was developed
from the fndings of that study.
Roll Call: EHB 1923
PSERS/corrections, DSHS
3/8/2013
Voting Yea/Right (94): Representative Alexander, Angel, Appleton, Bergquist,
Blake, Buys, Carlyle, Chandler, Clibborn, Cody, Condotta, Crouse, Dahlquist,
DeBolt, Dunshee, Fagan, Farrell, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Freeman, Green, Habib,
Haigh, Haler, Hansen, Hargrove, Harris, Hawkins, Hayes, Holy, Hope, Hudgins,
S. Hunt, Hunter, Hurst, Jinkins, Johnson, Kagi, Kirby, Klippert, Kochmar, Kretz,
Kristiansen, Liias, Lytton, MacEwen, Magendanz, Manweller, Maxwell, Mc-
Coy, Moeller, Morrell, Morris, Moscoso, Nealey, OBan, Orcutt, Ormsby, Orwall,
Parker, Pedersen, Pettigrew, Pike, Pollet, Reykdal, Riccelli, Roberts, Rodne,
Ross, Ryu, Santos, Sawyer, Schmick, Seaquist, Sells, Shea, Short, Smith,
Stanford, Stonier, Sullivan, Takko, Tarleton, Taylor, Tharinger, Upthegrove, Van
De Wege, Vick, Walsh, Warnick, Wilcox, Wylie, Zeiger, Mr. Speaker
Voting Nay/Wrong (3): Representative Overstreet, Scott, Springer
Absent: 0
Excused (1): Representative Goodman
6. Parking and Transit Benefts
Passed the House 65-31-2 on 3/5/13; passed Senate 41-7-1 on
4/17/13; governor signed into law 5/3/13)
Sponsored by Rep. Sam Hunt, D-22nd District.
Authorizing pretax payroll deductions for qualifed transit and
parking benefts.

Already allowable under federal IRS code
Saves the state a little bit of money, saves the employee a
little bit of money
Vote is a good representation of who might be willing /
unwilling to support a beneft for state employees, especially in
the saleable instance where it saves the state money as well.
Roll Call: SHB 1456
Transit and parking benefts
3/5/2013
Voting Yea/Right (65): Representative Alexander, Angel, Appleton, Bergquist,
Blake, Carlyle, Clibborn, Cody, Dahlquist, Dunshee, Farrell, Fey, Fitzgibbon,
Goodman, Green, Habib, Haigh, Hansen, Hargrove, Hope, Hudgins, S. Hunt,
Hunter, Hurst, Jinkins, Johnson, Kagi, Kirby, Kochmar, Liias, Lytton, MacE-
wen, Manweller, Maxwell, McCoy, Moeller, Morrell, Morris, Moscoso, Ormsby,
Orwall, Pedersen, Pettigrew, Pollet, Reykdal, Riccelli, Roberts, Ryu, Santos,
Sawyer, Seaquist, Sells, Springer, Stanford, Stonier, Sullivan, Takko, Tarleton,
Tharinger, Upthegrove, Van De Wege, Wilcox, Wylie, Zeiger, Mr. Speaker
Voting Nay/Wrong (31): Representative Buys, Chandler, Condotta, Crouse,
DeBolt, Fagan, Haler, Harris, Hawkins, Hayes, Holy, Klippert, Kretz, Kristian-
sen, Magendanz, Nealey, OBan, Orcutt, Overstreet, Parker, Rodne, Ross,
Schmick, Scott, Shea, Short, Smith, Taylor, Vick, Walsh, Warnick
Absent: 0
Excused (2): Representative Freeman, Pike
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APPENDIX B
Explanation of key votes/roll calls used in Senate voting re-
cord:
1. Structured Settlements (2013)
(Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5127)
(WFSE/AFSCME opposed)
In 2013, passed the Senate 30-19 on 2/4/13; passed the Senate
twice more, but never came to a vote in the House.
Sponsored by Sen. Janea Holquist Newbry, R-13th District.
Amending provisions governing structured settlements (workers
compensation) by removing age barriers and clarifying legislative
intent. Removes the 55-years-old requirement for which injured
workers can enter into a structured settlement.
Compromise and release
Labor was unifed against this bill Bad for workers, good
for business
Settlement agreements introduce a fnancial incentive
for proft-driven employers to pay as little as possible for
injured workers. The savings come directly from injured
worker benefts.
A Yes vote was a Wrong vote; a No vote was a Right vote.
Roll Call: 2ESSB 5127
Struct. settlements/workers
Senate vote on 3rd Reading & Final Passage
2/4/2013
Voting Yea/Wrong (30): Senator Bailey, Baumgartner, Becker, Benton, Braun,
Brown, Carrell, Dammeier, Eide, Ericksen, Fain, Hargrove, Hatfeld, Hewitt, Hill,
Hobbs, Holmquist Newbry, Honeyford, King, Litzow, Mullet, Padden, Parlette,
Pearson, Rivers, Roach, Schoesler, Sheldon, Smith, Tom
Voting Nay/Right (19): Senator Billig, Chase, Cleveland, Conway, Darneille,
Fraser, Frockt, Harper, Hasegawa, Keiser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Mur-
ray, Nelson, Ranker, Rolfes, Schlicher, Shin
Absent: 0
Excused: 0
2. State Employee Wellness Program
(Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5811)
Passed Senate 28-21 on 3/13/13; did not come to a vote of the
House.
Sponsored by Sen. Rodney Tom, D/Majority Coalition - 48th
District.
Mandated a state employee wellness program in a way that took
away our ability to bargain and be at the table with the state,
limited options for collective bargaining, and undermined the bar-
gaining process. No employee input re: program design.
Trying to build off of King County wellness program success
Very vocal opposition re: the King County program, how it
was designed over time with employees at the table Not a
rush w/ no employee buy-in.
Direct attack on bargaining rights
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Roll Call: ESSB 5811
Employee wellness programs
3/13/2013
Brown, Carrell, Dammeier, Eide, Ericksen, Fain, Hargrove, Hewitt, Hill, Hol-
mquist Newbry, Honeyford, Keiser, King, Litzow, Mullet, Padden, Parlette,
Pearson, Rivers, Schoesler, Sheldon, Smith, Tom
Fraser, Frockt, Harper, Hasegawa, Hatfeld, Hobbs, Kline, Kohl-Welles, McAu-
liffe, Murray, Nelson, Ranker, Roach, Rolfes, Schlicher, Shin
Absent: 0
Excused: 0
3. 401(k) Defned Contribution Bill
Passed the Senate 25-22-2 on 4/25/13; did not come to a vote in
the House
Sponsored by Sen. Barbara Bailey, R-10th District.
This bill would create the Public Employees Savings Plan (401(k)
plan) that would be the default if a new employee didnt make a
selection. This proposed PERS 4 plan undermines a healthy
pension system. Fiscal note assumes low participation and would
harm more if more people participate. If passed the bill would
inhibit the state investment boards ability to maximize employer
and employee pension contributions, which fund pension system.
Was not vetted by the Select Committee on Pension Policy
(SCPP) -- bypassed that process
Shifts all the risk onto the worker
Labor unifed against this bill, very clearly attacks our lunch-
box, as well as raises concerns over future caseloads of state
assistance programs
Defned contribution plan
4/25/2013
Brown, Dammeier, Ericksen, Fain, Hargrove, Hewitt, Hill, Holmquist Newbry,
Honeyford, King, Litzow, Padden, Parlette, Pearson, Rivers, Roach, Schoesler,
Sheldon, Smith, Tom
Eide, Fraser, Frockt, Harper, Hasegawa, Hobbs, Keiser, Kline, Kohl-Welles,
McAuliffe, Mullet, Murray, Nelson, Ranker, Rolfes, Schlicher, Shin
Absent: 0
Excused (2): Senator Carrell, Hatfeld
4. Education Funding
(Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5895)
Passed the Senate 25-20-4 on 6/9/13; did not come to a vote in
the House
Sponsored by Sen. Andy Hill, R-45th District.
Stems from the McCleary decision. Increases education funding
by cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from human services /
general fund programs. Defunds the areas where caseloads will
only continue to grow, and diverts the money to education.
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Demonstrates the Majority Coalition Caucus approach to
funding education (robbing Peter to pay Paul), drawing a
contrast to the Houses approach (generating additional rev-
enue instead of cutting)
Roll Call: 2ESSB 5895
Education funding
6/9/2013
Voting Yea/Wrong (25): Senator Bailey, Baumgartner, Becker, Benton,
Braun, Brown, Dammeier, Ericksen, Fain, Hewitt, Hill, Holmquist Newbry,
Honeyford, King, Litzow, OBan, Padden, Parlette, Pearson, Rivers, Roach,
Schoesler, Sheldon, Smith, Tom
Voting Nay/Right (20): Senator Billig, Chase, Conway, Darneille, Eide,
Fraser, Frockt, Hargrove, Harper, Hasegawa, Hatfeld, Keiser, Kline, Kohl-
Welles, McAuliffe, Murray, Nelson, Ranker, Schlicher, Shin
Absent: 0
Excused (4): Senator Cleveland, Hobbs, Mullet, Rolfes
5. State Technology Expenditures
(original bill passed by the Senate)
This version passed the Senate 25-23-1 on 4/5/13; later
improved version passed the Senate and House and was signed
into law by the governor on 6/28/13.
The version that passed the Senate the frst time exempted
more work from the Competitive Contracting Statute.
Following the original Senate Floor vote, the House killed the bill
The Senate then negotiated with WFSE/AFSCME to address
our objections
Bill then passed Senate with no opposition, and then the House
with just two no votes.
State tech expenditures
4/5/2013
Brown, Dammeier, Ericksen, Fain, Hargrove, Hewitt, Hill, Holmquist Newbry,
Honeyford, King, Litzow, Padden, Parlette, Pearson, Rivers, Roach, Schoesler,
Sheldon, Smith, Tom
Eide, Fraser, Frockt, Harper, Hasegawa, Hatfeld, Hobbs, Keiser, Kline, Kohl-
Welles, McAuliffe, Mullet, Murray, Nelson, Ranker, Rolfes, Schlicher, Shin
Absent: 0
Excused (1): Senator Carrell
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6. Part-time Health Benefts
Passed the Senate 25-23-1 on 4/22/13; did not come to a vote of
the House.
Dumps part-time state workers into the Health Beneft Exchange.
At that time, the Exchange plans hadnt been decided on, there
was no cost-comparison available, no beneft-comparison pos-
sible. Employees would lose vision and dental coverage.
Opposed by Labor. Big impacts within higher ed, seasonal
employees, smaller agencies who job-share
Direct attack on lunchbox
State employee ins. benefts
4/22/2013
Voting Yea/Wrong (25): Senator Bailey, Baumgartner, Becker, Benton,
Braun, Brown, Dammeier, Ericksen, Fain, Hargrove, Hewitt, Hill, Hobbs, Hol-
mquist Newbry, Honeyford, King, Litzow, Padden, Parlette, Pearson, Rivers,
Schoesler, Sheldon, Smith, Tom
Eide, Fraser, Frockt, Harper, Hasegawa, Hatfeld, Keiser, Kline, Kohl-Welles,
McAuliffe, Mullet, Murray, Nelson, Ranker, Roach, Rolfes, Schlicher, Shin
Absent: 0
7. DSHS Background Checks
(Substitute Senate Bill 6095)
Passed the Senate the frst time 47-2 on 2/13/14; passed House
97-0-1 on 3/5/14; signed into law by governor on 3/27/14
Sponsored by Sen. Jim Hargrove, D-24th District.
This bill, as amended, provides a fx to the background check
process for people who work with vulnerable populations. With-
out the amended changes in the bill, long-time public employees
would likely lose their jobs. The fx was necessary as the result
of changes made in the background check process over the last
4 years that made state requirements more broad than federal
requirements.
WFSE initiated the amendment that addressed the problem.
Roll Call: SSB 6095
Background checks
2/13/2014
Voting Yea/Right (47): Senator Angel, Bailey, Baumgartner, Becker, Benton,
Billig, Braun, Brown, Chase, Cleveland, Conway, Dammeier, Darneille, Eide,
Ericksen, Fain, Fraser, Frockt, Hargrove, Hasegawa, Hatfeld, Hewitt, Hill,
Hobbs, Holmquist Newbry, Honeyford, Keiser, King, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Liias,
Litzow, McAuliffe, McCoy, Mullet, Nelson, OBan, Parlette, Pearson, Pedersen,
Ranker, Rivers, Roach, Rolfes, Schoesler, Sheldon, Tom
Voting Nay/Wrong (2): Senator Dansel, Padden
Absent: 0
Excused: 0
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8. Parking and Transit Benefts
Passed the Senate 41-7-1 on 4/17/13; passed the House 65-31-2
on 3/5/13; signed into law by governor on 5/3/13
Sponsored by Rep. Sam Hunt, D-22nd Dist.
Authorizing pretax payroll deductions for qualifed transit and
parking benefts.

Already allowable under federal IRS code
Saves the state a little bit of money, saves the employee a
little bit of money
Vote is a good representation of who might be willing /
unwilling to support a beneft for state employees, especially in
the sellable instance where it saves the state money as well.
Roll Call: SHB 1456
Transit and parking benefts
4/17/2013
Voting Yea/Right (41): Senator Bailey, Baumgartner, Becker, Benton, Billig,
Braun, Chase, Cleveland, Conway, Dammeier, Darneille, Eide, Fain, Fraser,
Frockt, Hargrove, Harper, Hasegawa, Hatfeld, Hewitt, Hill, Hobbs, Keiser,
Kline, Kohl-Welles, Litzow, McAuliffe, Mullet, Murray, Nelson, Padden, Parlette,
Pearson, Ranker, Roach, Rolfes, Schlicher, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Tom
Voting Nay/Wrong (7): Senator Brown, Ericksen, Holmquist Newbry, Honey-
ford, King, Rivers, Smith
Absent: 0

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