How your legislators voted
Published 11:05 pm Friday, January 22, 2010
Legislature
OLYMPIA — Here’s how local state legislators voted on major issues in the week ending Jan. 22.
State House
Spending cut
EHB 2921 reduces the state’s spending in the 2009-10 Operating Budget by about $45 million over the next year. The measure passed the House 77-19 and will now be considered by the Senate.
Voting yes: Rep. Mark Ericks, D-Bothell; Rep. Al O’Brien, D-Mountlake Terrace; Rep. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor; Rep. Norma Smith, R-Whidbey Island; Rep. Marko Liias, D-Mukilteo; Rep. Mary Helen Roberts, D-Edmonds; Rep. Ruth Kagi, D-Lake Forest Park; Rep. John McCoy, D-Tulalip; Rep. Mike Sells, D-Everett; Rep. Kirk Pearson, R-Monroe; Rep. Hans Dunshee, D-Snohomish; Rep. Mike Hope, R-Lake Stevens.
Voting no: Rep. Maralyn Chase, D-Shoreline; Rep. Dan Kristiansen, R-Snohomish.
Job creation
EHB 2561, which passed the House 57-41, would authorize the state to issue $861 million in general obligation bonds to invest in capital improvement projects on public schools, state colleges and universities, and other public facilities with the purpose of stimulating job creation. EHB 2561 has been referred to the Senate Ways &Means Committee for further consideration.
Voting yes: Ericks, O’Brien, Liias, Roberts, Chase, Kagi, McCoy, Sells, Dunshee.
Voting no: Bailey, Smith, Kristiansen, Pearson, Hope.
State Senate
Reduce labor costs
SSB 6503, which passed the Senate 27-17, directs certain state agencies to achieve $69 million in compensation cost savings through measures such as voluntary furloughs. This bill would require state agencies to submit and receive approval of their reduced compensation plans by June 1. Agencies failing to receive approval of their plan by June 1 will be subject to closure instead. The bill exempts the Washington State Patrol, the University of Washington Medical Center and the School for the Blind, among many others. SSB 6503 has been referred to the House for further consideration.
Voting yes: Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island; Sen. Paull Shin, D-Edmonds; Sen. Darlene Fairley, D-Lake Forest Park; Sen. Jean Berkey, D-Everett; Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens.
Voting no: Sen. Val Stevens, R-Arlington.
Not voting: Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe, D-Bothell.
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Wage freeze
SSB 6382 extends the prohibition on salary and wage increases for exempt and Washington Management Services employees of state agencies and institutions of higher learning through June 30, 2011. The measure passed the Senate 29-14 and will be referred to the House for further consideration.
Voting yes: Haugen, Shin, Fairley, Berkey, Hobbs.
Voting no: Stevens.
Not voting: McAuliffe.
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