Steve Conway
Born
1944
Contact
Email · steve.conway@leg.wa.gov
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21
Bills sponsored
this session · 142 all-time
182
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 1,150 all-time
8
Enacted into law
this session · 44 all-time
6424
Recorded votes
98%
Vote participation
voted in 98% of 6424 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2025-26 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
98%
based on 443 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
2%
based on 443 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
99.8%
based on 443 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
142 billsCurrent session 21 bills
- SB 5835 Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit. Passed
- SB 5292 Concerning paid family and medical leave rates. Signed
- SB 5473 Concerning law enforcement personnel grievance arbitration procedures. Signed
- SB 5291 Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission. Signed
- SB 5357 Concerning actuarial funding of pension systems. Signed
- SB 5191 Concerning paid family leave premium collection for dockworkers. Signed
- SB 5834 Concerning payment of expenses from the earnings of retirement system trust funds. Signed
- SB 5039 Removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections. Passed
- SB 5381 Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn. Passed
- SB 6302 Concerning misclassification in the finishing trades on public works projects. Signed
- SB 5205 Concerning Washington college grant award amounts. Passed
- SB 6181 Concerning city incorporation. In Committee
- SB 6123 Concerning the protection of voluntary supplied personal information of local government employees. In Committee
- SB 6293 Establishing a pilot program for posttraumatic stress disorder treatment and research. In Committee
- SB 6147 Concerning notice requirements for grocery establishment closures. Passed
- SB 5516 Modifying the property tax exemption for community centers. Signed
- SB 5572 Promoting the efficient administration of school construction assistance program projects. Passed
- SB 5061 Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed. Passed
- SB 5196 Concerning public inspection and copying of proprietary financial and security information submitted to or obtained by the gambling commission. In Committee
- SR 8698 Recognizing piano teachers. Passed
- SB 5398 Concerning property tax exemptions for veterans with disabilities. In Committee
Historical 121 bills
- SB 5782 Concerning the defense community compatibility account. Died
- SB 5291 Concerning the report deadline for the defense community compatibility account. Died
- SB 5652 Concerning law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system benefits. Died
- SB 5891 Concerning warehouse distribution centers. Died
- SB 6563 Creating statutory authorization for school-based health centers. Died
- SB 5818 Creating a joint legislative task force on problem gambling. Died
- SB 6367 Changing the definition of public employee for public employees' collective bargaining. Died
- SB 5767 Concerning public accounting services. Died
- SB 5661 Clarifying the written consent requirement for survivorship benefit options. Died
- SB 6219 Modifying the definition of index for the Washington state patrol retirement system. Died
- SB 5374 Concerning rest and meal periods. Died
- SB 6535 Prohibiting funds available to port districts from being allocated for the purchase of fully automated marine container cargo handling equipment. Died
- SB 5430 Allowing retirees who retired under alternate early retirement factors enacted in chapter 491, Laws of 2007, to use postretirement options prior to reaching age sixty-five. Died
- SB 5921 Concerning community respite services for people with developmental disabilities. Died
- SB 5922 Concerning community engagement and community guide services for people with developmental disabilities. Died
- SB 5920 Concerning firefighters and law enforcement officers pension and disability boards. Died
- SB 6456 Concerning interest arbitration for department of corrections employees. Died
- SB 6357 Increasing the dollar limit of pull-tabs. Signed
- SB 6626 Creating the position of military spouse liaison. Signed
- SB 6120 Amending types of nonprofit organizations qualified to engage in gambling activities. Signed
- SB 5400 Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1. Died
- SB 5766 Addressing the methodology for establishing the prevailing rate of wages for the construction of affordable housing, homeless and domestic violence shelters, and low-income weatherization and home rehabilitation public works. Died
- SB 6340 Preserving the ability of auto dealers to offer consumers products not supplied by an auto manufacturer. Died
- SB 5416 Creating a self-exclusion program for persons with a gambling problem or gambling disorder. Died
- SB 5748 Creating an account to support necessary infrastructure nearby military installations. Signed
Co-sponsored
1150 billsCurrent session 182 bills
- SB 6002 Concerning driver privacy protections. Signed
- SB 6026 Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones. Signed
- SB 6346 Establishing a tax on millionaires. Signed
- SB 6355 Concerning the electric transmission system. Signed
- SB 6034 Concerning statutory establishment of the governor's office of Indian affairs. Signed
- SB 6027 Modifying requirements and allowed uses for certain funding related to providing and maintaining affordable housing and related services. Signed
- SB 5847 Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation. Signed
- SB 6200 Concerning renters' and mobile home occupants' ability to install portable cooling devices. Signed
- SB 6197 Enforcing plumbing contractor requirements. Signed
- SB 6086 Strengthening security for Washington state judicial officers and court personnel. Passed
- SB 5972 Expanding the definition of law enforcement personnel regarding correctional officers for purposes of interest arbitration. Passed
- SB 6097 Adding federally recognized Indian tribes to the list of entities that may participate in the conservation futures program. Passed
- SB 5838 Adding a tribal member to the board of natural resources. Passed
- SB 5924 Expanding prescriptive authority for pharmacists. Passed
- SB 5496 Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities. Passed
- SR 8659 Honoring Senator Bill Ramos. Passed
- SB 5112 Establishing a prescribing psychologist certification in Washington state. Passed
- SB 5410 Concerning parking privileges for veterans. In Committee
- SB 6117 Concerning collective bargaining for employees not covered by the national labor relations act. Passed
- SB 5345 Concerning access to personnel records. In Committee
- SR 8640 Honoring Karen Keiser. Passed
- SB 6153 Concerning senior independent housing protections. In Committee
- SB 5852 Concerning immigrant worker protections. Passed
- SB 5263 Concerning special education funding. Signed
- SB 6351 Increasing fiscal resources for students and children by providing targeted sales tax exemptions for schools and certain before-and-after school care programs and arts and cultural classes. Passed
Historical 968 bills
- SR 8663 Honoring Brian Sims. Died
- SB 5890 Clarifying eligibility for the presumption for workers' compensation for all personnel working at a radiological hazardous waste facility. Signed
- SR 8661 Remembering the surviving children of Indian Boarding Schools. Died
- SR 8641 Recognizing the contributions made to Washington state by the Daffodil Festival, its organizers, and its royal court. Died
- SB 5983 Concerning untested and unregulated cannabinoid products. Died
- SB 5883 Concerning an unaccompanied homeless youth's ability to provide informed consent for that minor patient's own health care, including nonemergency, outpatient, and primary care services, including physical examinations, vision examinations and eyeglasses, dental examinations, hearing examinations and hearing aids, immunizations, treatments for illnesses and conditions, and routine follow-up care customarily provided by a health care provider in an outpatient setting, excluding elective surgeries. Signed
- SR 8658 Resolving to combat antisemitism. Died
- SR 8662 Recognizing and supporting Ukrainian Americans. Died
- SB 5909 Concerning legislative oversight of gubernatorial powers concerning emergency proclamations and unanticipated receipts. Died
- SB 5789 Creating the Washington career and college pathways innovation challenge program. Signed
- SB 5264 Declaring January as Chinese American history month and encouraging public schools to commemorate the month. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Recognizing contributions of Americans of Chinese descent.) Died
- SB 5619 Conserving and restoring kelp forests and eelgrass meadows in Washington state. Signed
- SB 5546 Concerning insulin affordability. Signed
- SB 5748 Concerning disability benefits in the public safety employees' retirement system. Died
- SB 5933 Establishing a school seismic safety grant program. Signed
- SB 5572 Implementing the recommendations of the Washington state internet crimes against children task force. Died
- SB 5790 Strengthening critical community support services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Signed
- SR 8646 Recognizing April as National Donate Life Month. Died
- SB 5182 Concerning advisory votes. Died
- SB 5916 Concerning the protection of critical constituent and state operational data against the financial and personal harm caused by ransomware and other malicious cyber activities. Died
- SB 5918 Adding a faculty member to the board of regents at the research universities. Died
- SB 5819 Concerning the developmental disabilities administration's no-paid services caseload. Signed
- SB 5900 Creating a provisional paramedic or emergency medical technician license. Died
- SB 5894 Integrating behavioral health in primary care through the use of health navigators and a primary care collaborative. Died
- SB 5741 Creating Patches pal special license plates. Signed
Voting record
Historical 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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SB 6087
Modifying the Washington advanced college tuition payment and college savings programs.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 5746
Concerning the association of Washington generals.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 5987
Concerning pretrial release programs.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 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 (#10) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 2519
Concerning concealed pistol license eligibility requirements.
Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#2) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 3003
Relating to law enforcement.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6095
Concerning the capital budget.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6106
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium.
Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#3) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 2269
Concerning tax relief for adaptive automotive equipment for veterans and service members with disabilities.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6032
Making supplemental operating appropriations.
Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#6) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 3003
Relating to law enforcement.
956 Padden Striker (#4) |
Nay | fail | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 2444
Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for certain transfers of low-income housing.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6362
Modifying basic education provisions.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6614
Concerning funding for the support of common schools.
943 Braun Pg 1 Ln 30 (#4) |
Nay | fail | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2334
Regulating the use of cannabinoid additives in marijuana products.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2580
Promoting renewable natural gas.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2750
Concerning quality in assisted living facilities.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 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 (#12) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2998
Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for accountable communities of health.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 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 (#11) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2638
Creating a graduated reentry program of partial confinement for certain offenders.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2008
Addressing the budgeting process for core state services for children.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 5627
Concerning the sale of manufactured/mobile home communities.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6614
Concerning funding for the support of common schools.
941 Ericksen Pg 1 Ln 3 (#3) |
Nay | fail | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 3002
Relating to making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2271
Concerning the processes for reviewing sexually violent predators committed under chapter 71.09 RCW.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2448
Increasing the availability of housing for developmentally disabled persons.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6614
Concerning funding for the support of common schools.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2408
Preserving access to individual market health care coverage throughout Washington state.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2990
Concerning the Tacoma Narrows bridge debt service payment plan.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6162
Defining dyslexia as a specific learning disability and requiring early screening for dyslexia.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6159
Concerning the reauthorization of the underground storage tank program.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6471
Developing model policies to create workplaces that are safe from sexual harassment.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6419
Concerning access to the Washington early childhood education and assistance program.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 5598
Granting relatives, including but not limited to grandparents, the right to seek visitation with a child through the courts.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6163
Extending the duration of the collaborative for the advancement of telemedicine.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6493
Increasing transparency and accountability for intercollegiate athletic programs.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6452
Expanding the activities of the children's mental health services consultation program.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#30) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6560
Ensuring that no youth is discharged from a public system of care into homelessness.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6175
Concerning the Washington uniform common interest ownership act.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6334
Concerning implementation of mandatory provisions of the federal rule on flexibility, efficiency, and modernization in child support enforcement programs regarding health care coverage.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2009
Providing higher education support for gold star families.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6388
Concerning paraeducators.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6245
Concerning spoken language interpreter services.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6313
Concerning an employee's right to file a complaint or cause of action for sexual harassment or sexual assault in mandatory employment contracts and agreements.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6491
Increasing the availability of assisted outpatient behavioral health treatment.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2595
Concerning procedures in order to automatically register citizens to vote.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#36) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2610
Creating the hunger-free students' bill of rights act.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 1896
Expanding civics education in public schools.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2367
Establishing a child care collaborative task force.
Final Passage without Senate Amendments (#33) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |