Steve Bergquist
Born
1979
Contact
Email · steve.bergquist@leg.wa.gov
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16
Bills sponsored
this session · 61 all-time
101
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 894 all-time
3
Enacted into law
this session · 18 all-time
6833
Recorded votes
100%
Vote participation
voted in 100% of 6833 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2025-26 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
99.4%
based on 519 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
0.6%
based on 519 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
100%
based on 519 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
61 billsCurrent session 16 bills
- HB 2438 Establishing the supporting our early education degree seekers scholarship. Passed
- HB 1865 Expanding access for small business employees and adjusting implementation dates for working connections child care. In Committee
- HB 2012 Funding the transition to kindergarten program. In Committee
- HB 1356 Concerning K-12 funding. Passed
- HB 1587 Encouraging local government partner promise scholarship programs within the opportunity scholarship program. Signed
- HB 1657 Establishing the Washington 13 free guarantee. In Committee
- HB 2744 Concerning vehicle dealer reports of sale. In Committee
- HB 2159 Establishing the preK promise account. In Committee
- HB 2519 Requiring utilities to provide discounted rates to entities that provide a public education for elementary and secondary students. In Committee
- HB 1134 Promoting resource conservation practices in public schools. In Committee
- HB 2049 Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities. Signed
- HB 1919 Modifying access to the working connections child care program. In Committee
- HB 1527 Concerning settlement demands or offers made prior to mandatory mediation of health care claims. In Committee
- HB 2714 Concerning caseload forecasting for food assistance programs. Signed
- HB 2116 Updating school enrichment funding. In Committee
- HR 4687 Honoring and commending Steve Nelsen upon his retirement as Executive Director of the Law Enforcement Officers’ and Firefighters’ Plan 2 Retirement Board. Passed
Historical 45 bills
- HB 1701 Concerning law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system benefits. Signed
- HB 2678 Allowing retirees to change their survivor option election after retirement. Died
- HB 1164 Concerning dual credit programs. Died
- HB 2096 Concerning educational service district health benefits. Died
- HB 1297 Recovering service credit withdrawn from the public employees' retirement system for certain law enforcement officers and firefighters. Died
- HB 1311 Concerning college bound scholarship eligible students. Signed
- HB 1660 Concerning the participation of students who are low income in extracurricular activities. Signed
- HB 1692 Creating student advisory groups. Died
- HB 2494 Increasing state funding for operating costs in schools. Signed
- HB 1218 Adding a new caseload for the official caseload forecast for the number of people eligible for the working families' tax credit under RCW 82.08.0206. Signed
- HB 1232 Enhancing the college bound scholarship program. Signed
- HB 2309 Establishing the Washington 13 free guarantee. Died
- HB 1732 Changing the inflation adjustment index for state salary allocations to schools. Died
- HB 2338 Concerning the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2. Died
- HB 1211 Concerning special education funding formula. Died
- HB 1272 Concerning publishing, formatting, and distribution of the state and local voters' pamphlets. Signed
- HB 1935 Promoting resource conservation practices that include student education and leadership opportunities in public schools. Died
- HB 1511 Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit. Died
- HB 1138 Ensuring price accuracy for tuition units in the guaranteed education tuition program. Died
- HB 1568 Concerning unemployment insurance relief for small businesses. Died
- HB 1453 Concerning voters' pamphlets. Died
- HB 1687 Enhancing the college bound scholarship program by increasing opportunities for students to attend community and technical colleges. Died
- HB 1028 Concerning evaluation and recommendation of candidates for residency teacher certification. Signed
- HB 1699 Permitting individuals retired from the public employees retirement system, the teachers retirement system, and the school employees retirement system additional opportunities to work for a school district for up to 1,040 hours per school year while in receipt of pension benefits until July 1, 2025. Signed
- HB 1012 Concerning the use of child passenger restraint systems. Signed
Co-sponsored
894 billsCurrent session 101 bills
- HB 2411 Modifying shared leave provisions to authorize shared leave for victims of a hate crime and those whose absence is due to immigration enforcement actions against the employee or the employee's relative. Signed
- HB 2532 Concerning the sale and distribution of nitrous oxide. Signed
- HB 2192 Updating the role of the Washington traffic safety commission in identifying the risk factors that lead to roadway fatalities. Signed
- HB 2442 Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility. Signed
- HB 2105 Concerning immigrant worker protections. Signed
- HR 4691 Honoring Presidents’ Day. Passed
- HB 2160 Concerning eligibility for membership in the school employees' benefits board programs during the second school year of employment. In Committee
- HR 4611 Honoring the Washington National Guard. Passed
- HB 1310 Concerning special education funding. In Committee
- HR 4661 Honoring Aysenur Ezgi Eygi. Passed
- HB 1151 Establishing the ninth grade success grant program. In Committee
- HB 1217 Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement. Signed
- HB 2122 Requiring hospitals to offer immunizations for influenza in certain cases. Passed
- HB 2567 Concerning the Washington college grant and college bound scholarship program for students attending private four-year not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Washington. In Committee
- HB 1112 Removing the city residency requirement for judges pro tempore in municipalities with a population of more than 400,000 inhabitants. Signed
- HB 2550 Adding certain students at certain community and technical colleges to the passengers that must be allowed to ride transit for free under the transit support grant program. In Committee
- HB 1273 Improving student access to dual credit programs. Signed
- HB 2238 Concerning statewide food security. Signed
- HB 1032 Concerning school district elections. In Committee
- HB 2508 Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy. Signed
- HB 2724 Establishing a tax on millionaires. In Committee
- HB 2117 Adding a tribal member to the board of natural resources. In Committee
- HB 1257 Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22. In Committee
- HB 2364 Concerning the legislative-executive poverty reduction task force. Passed
- HB 2318 Adjusting the early achievers quality improvement awards. In Committee
Historical 793 bills
- HR 4670 Celebrating Representative Mike Sells. Died
- HR 4668 Honoring Representative Kirby. Died
- HB 1630 Establishing restrictions on the possession of weapons in certain locations. Signed
- HR 4666 Recognizing Representative Dufault's record of public service. Died
- HJM 4003 Requesting Congress support the immediate restriction of all future purchases of petroleum and other hydrocarbons from Russia. Died
- HR 4650 Honoring Mark L. Doumit. Died
- HB 2124 Concerning extending collective bargaining to legislative employees. Signed
- HB 2050 Repealing requirements for parent payment of the cost of their child's support, treatment, and confinement. Signed
- HB 2091 Creating pathways to recovery from addiction by eliminating an obsolete tax preference for the warehousing of opioids and other drugs. Died
- HB 1860 Preventing homelessness among persons discharging from inpatient behavioral health settings. Signed
- HB 1865 Addressing the behavioral health workforce shortage and expanding access to peer services by creating the profession of certified peer specialists. Died
- HB 2014 Establishing the outdoor school for all program. Died
- HB 1911 Concerning participating in insurance plans and contracts by separated plan 2 members of certain retirement systems. Died
- HB 2078 Establishing the outdoor school for all program. Signed
- HB 2076 Concerning rights and obligations of transportation network company drivers and transportation network companies. Signed
- HB 1793 Concerning electric vehicle charging stations in common interest communities. Signed
- HB 2061 Adding permanently affordable housing to the definition of public improvements. Signed
- HB 2048 Concerning temporary assistance for needy families time limit extensions. Died
- HB 1867 Concerning dual credit program data. Signed
- HB 1212 Promoting the fair servicing and repair of digital electronic products to increase access to appropriate and affordable digital products, support small businesses and jobs, and enhance digital connectivity in Washington state. Died
- HR 4635 Honoring Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior. Died
- HB 1878 Increasing public school participation in the community eligibility provision of the United States department of agriculture. Signed
- HB 1883 Eliminating child marriage. Died
- HB 1218 Concerning dental coverage for Pacific islanders residing in Washington. Died
- HB 1527 Providing a working families' tax credit. Died
Voting record
Historical 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
HB 2990
Concerning the Tacoma Narrows bridge debt service payment plan.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 2750
Concerning quality in assisted living facilities.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 2580
Promoting renewable natural gas.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6140
Promoting the efficient and effective management of state-managed lands.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 2998
Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for accountable communities of health.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6614
Concerning funding for the support of common schools.
Final Passage (#11) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 2408
Preserving access to individual market health care coverage throughout Washington state.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 2008
Addressing the budgeting process for core state services for children.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6362
Modifying basic education provisions.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 2448
Increasing the availability of housing for developmentally disabled persons.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6032
Making supplemental operating appropriations.
Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#1) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6007
Extending the expiration date of the public utility tax exemption for certain electrolytic processing businesses.
Final Passage (#15) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6269
Strengthening oil transportation safety.
Final Passage (#13) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6340
Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1.
1454 Ormsby Pg 1 Ln 11 (#17) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 3003
Relating to law enforcement.
Final Passage (#1) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2406
Concerning election security practices around auditing and equipment.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6269
Strengthening oil transportation safety.
1407 MacEwen Pg 6 Ln 29 (#11) |
Nay | fail | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6106
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium.
Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#9) |
Nay | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6317
Increasing commercial fishing license fees for nonresidents.
Final Passage (#8) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2009
Providing higher education support for gold star families.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6340
Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1.
1456 MacEwen Pg 1 Ln 11 (#16) |
Nay | fail | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6340
Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 1054
Concerning the age of individuals at which sale or distribution of tobacco and vapor products may be made.
Final Passage (#20) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2610
Creating the hunger-free students' bill of rights act.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6269
Strengthening oil transportation safety.
1391 Taylor Pg 6 Ln 30 (#12) |
Nay | fail | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 1896
Expanding civics education in public schools.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6241
Concerning the January 1, 2020, implementation of the school employees' benefits board program.
Final Passage without House amendments (#21) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2519
Concerning concealed pistol license eligibility requirements.
Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#22) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6087
Modifying the Washington advanced college tuition payment and college savings programs.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 5987
Concerning pretrial release programs.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6269
Strengthening oil transportation safety.
1409 Buys Pg 1 Ln 18 (#10) |
Nay | fail | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 1506
Addressing workplace practices to achieve gender pay equity.
Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#2) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2595
Concerning procedures in order to automatically register citizens to vote.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2322
Allowing property insurers to assist their insureds with risk mitigation goods or services.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6095
Concerning the capital budget.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6034
Authorizing limited retail telecommunications services for public utility districts that provide only sewer, water, and telecommunications on the effective date of this act.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2269
Concerning tax relief for adaptive automotive equipment for veterans and service members with disabilities.
Final Passage (#12) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2334
Regulating the use of cannabinoid additives in marijuana products.
Final Passage (#16) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2777
Improving and updating administrative provisions related to the board of tax appeals.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2285
Establishing a reporting process for the department of natural resources regarding certain marbled murrelet habitat information.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 1783
Concerning legal financial obligations.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2638
Creating a graduated reentry program of partial confinement for certain offenders.
Final Passage (#14) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 1792
Establishing a fee for certification for the residential services and supports program to cover investigative costs.
Final Passage (#11) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2578
Preserving and expanding rental housing options for persons whose source of income is derived from or includes sources other than employment.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2271
Concerning the processes for reviewing sexually violent predators committed under chapter 71.09 RCW.
Final Passage (#13) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 1439
Regulating the institutions of higher education, including for-profit institutions and private vocational schools, to protect students from unfair business practices.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6055
Creating a pilot program for outdoor burning for cities or towns located partially inside a quarantine area for apple maggot.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2733
Establishing a prescribed burn certification program at the department of natural resources.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2580
Promoting renewable natural gas.
Final Passage (#17) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 3002
Relating to making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events.
Final Passage (#15) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |