Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2014
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Tasha; 2 Children: Elsa, Addi
Birth date: 01/28/1969
Birthplace: Bellingham, WA
Home City: Ferndale WA
Religion: Lutheran

Profession

Legislative Affairs Coordinator, Department of Fish and Wildlife, 1998 Policy Analyst, Senate Republican Caucus, 1997 Policy Analyst, Washington State Senate

Education

MA, Political Science/Environmental Policy, Western Washington University, 1995 BA, Government, Cornell University, 1991

Committees

Economic Development, Trade and Innovation
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transportation

HB 2565 Requirements for Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Machine Tax Rate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2319 Requirements for Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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HB 2565 Requirements for Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Machine Tax Rate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2319 Requirements for Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5942 State Liquor Sales
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1267 Definition of Parenthood
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 5622 Recreation Access on State Lands
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1382 Express Toll Lanes in the Eastside Corridor
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 5251 Electric Vehicle Registration Fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5407 Prohibits Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 5039 Tobacco Cessation Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5769 Coal-Fired Power Plants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5039 Tobacco Cessation Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5073 Medical Use of Cannabis
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6444 2009-2011 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2836 2009-2011 Supplemental Biennium Capital Budget
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2493 Cigarette Tax Increase
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 6143 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 6503 State Employee Furlough Plan
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2782 Limiting Disability Benefits
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 6130 Initiative 960 (Tax Increase Restrictions) Suspension
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2793 Legalizing Paid Surrogacy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1956 Limiting Local Regulations of Homeless Shelters
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2561 Energy Efficiency Improvement Bonds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1614 Oil Importation Fee for Storm Water Pollution Cleanup
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1244 2009-2011 Biennium Budget and 2007-2009 Supplemental Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5768 Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1517 Expediting the Restoration of Felons' Voting Rights
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2344 Allowing Tuition Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5768 Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 5288 Probation Time Reductions
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2261 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 5599 National Popular Vote Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5688 Expanding Domestic Partnership Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 2252 Shifting Local Tax Revenue
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2261 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 2252 Shifting Local Tax Revenue
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2261 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 2252 Shifting Local Tax Revenue
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1709 Payday Lending Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1329 Child Care Center Unionization
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1956 Limiting Local Regulations of Homeless Shelters
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2687 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2476 Tribal Police Jurisdiction
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 5751 Beer and Wine Tasting in Grocery Stores
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 6809 Working Family Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 5278 Public Financing of Local Campaigns
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5261 Health Insurance Rate Oversight
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2687 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2438 Permitting Dogs in Cougar Hunting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2815 Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2713 Convicted Criminal DNA Database
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2476 Tribal Police Jurisdiction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2713 Convicted Criminal DNA Database
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2476 Tribal Police Jurisdiction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 3104 Domestic Partnership Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6794 New Ferry Vessels
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6272 Financial Literacy for Homeowners
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1551 Allowing Public Funding for Local Office Campaigns
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Sub SB 6178 Property Tax Deferral
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2416 Adjusting the Property Tax Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 6178 Property Tax Deferral
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2416 Adjusting the Property Tax Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 6178 Property Tax Deferral
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Sub SB 6001 Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 5297 Sexual Health Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Sub SB 5037 Cell Phone Driving Ban
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

Sub SB 5336 Legal Benefits for Domestic Partners
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Sub HB 1128 2007-2009 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

2nd Sub SB 5093 Affordable Health Care Coverage for Children
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1024 Prohibition of PBDEs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 6386 2005-2007 Supplemental Biennium Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

Sub HB 2738 Minimum Renewable Fuel Content Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

3rd Sub HB 1484 Taxation for School Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

2nd Sub HB 2572 Health Insurance for Small Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Sub HB 2661 Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Human Rights Commission
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

2nd Sub HB 2292 Addressing Health Care Liability Reform
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Sub HB 2661 Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Human Rights Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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