Adrian Cortes, Washington Senate District 18: Voting Record

Where they sit

Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Adrian Cortes's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

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More conservative than 58% of the Washington Senate.

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21st most conservative of 49

The scores

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Votes with the Senate Majority Leader

87%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Adrian Cortes.

On 479 contested votes where both voted95% on all 1,253 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

85%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Adrian Cortes.

On 384 party-line votesPartisan rank: 45 of 49 in the Senate44 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Adrian Cortes sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Adrian Cortes
	Bills
Sponsored	36
Passed both chambers	11
Became law	11
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 4 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) · 4 of 30 Democrats (tied with 1 other)

A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor, the legislator who introduced it; co-sponsors aren't counted.

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: Adrian Cortes
Bill	Result	Final action
SB 6137 Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry	Became law	March 30, 2026
SB 5820 Concerning the responsibility of certain counties to include freight rail dependent use overlay as part of the transportation element of their comprehensive…	Became law	March 30, 2026
SB 5969 Reducing duplication between high school and beyond plans and individualized education program transition plans	Became law	March 23, 2026
SB 5944 Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining	Became law	March 18, 2026
SB 6084 Clarifying the prohibition on voting more than once in an election	Became law	March 17, 2026
SB 5994 Preserving timber tax distributions for school districts with recent school district levy failures	Became law	March 16, 2026
SB 5677 Concerning associate development organizations	Became law	May 20, 2025
SB 5444 Concerning special license plates and personalized license plates	Became law	May 20, 2025
SB 5253 Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22	Became law	May 13, 2025
SB 5149 Expanding the early childhood court program	Became law	April 22, 2025
SB 5141 Requiring that experience-rated group disability income insurers include all applicable rating factors and credibility formulas in rate manual filings with…	Became law	April 8, 2025

Budget projects

Washington's budget acts don't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Washington legislators.

Contested votes where they split

60 against the Senate Majority Leader; 58 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Adrian Cortes
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate Majority Leader	Most of their party
March 12, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2026	SB 6260: Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2026	SB 6347: Undoing the recent changes to the estate tax. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Undoing certain changes to the estate tax.) Final Passage as Amended by the House	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 12, 2026	SB 6228: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and… Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 2681: Modifying cannabis producer, processor, and retailer license fees. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning cannabis license fees.) Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 2089: Supporting wildfire mitigation by modifying RCW 82.04.29005, concerning taxes on loan interest Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 2487: Concerning taxes imposed on insurers operating within the state Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 2711: Concerning transportation resources Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	HB 2521: Concerning firearms background check Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2026	HB 2034: Concerning termination and restatement of plan 1 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2026	HB 2168: Facilitating the rapid sharing of overdose mapping information for overdose prevention Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2026	HB 1210: Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
March 5, 2026	HB 2105: Concerning immigrant worker protections Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 5, 2026	HB 2442: Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 3, 2026	SB 6260: Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 6129: Concerning the taxation of cigarettes and other nicotine products. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning the taxation of cigarettes, vapor products, and other… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 6228: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 27, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 17, 2026	SB 6239: Requiring arbitration for tort claims against the state of Washington and its subdivisions. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Establishing a process for adjudicating… Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 17, 2026	SB 5924: Expanding prescriptive authority for pharmacists Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	SB 5832: Updating the arbitration fee collected for the new motor vehicle arbitration account Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 12, 2026	SB 6246: Concerning emissions from emissions-intensive, trade-exposed facilities under the climate commitment act Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 28, 2026	SB 5067: Concerning impaired driving Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 21, 2026	SB 5098: Restricting the possession of weapons on the premises of state or local public buildings, parks or playground facilities where children are likely to be… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 2040: Concerning the recovery of the aged, blind, or disabled assistance program Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 2081: Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 2047: Eliminating the Washington employee ownership program Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 2003: Concerning the Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead endorsement program Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 25, 2025	SB 5801: Concerning transportation resources Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 25, 2025	SB 5786: Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 24, 2025	SB 5794: Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and… Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 24, 2025	SB 5814: Modifying the application and administration of certain excise taxes Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 24, 2025	SB 5813: Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	SB 5319: Establishing surface mine reclamation permit fees Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 19, 2025	SB 5813: Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 19, 2025	SB 5794: Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 19, 2025	SB 5814: Modifying the application and administration of certain excise taxes Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 18, 2025	SB 5219: Concerning partial confinement eligibility and alignment Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 17, 2025	SB 5786: Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 14, 2025	HB 1109: Concerning public facilities districts Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 10, 2025	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… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 10, 2025	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… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 10, 2025	HB 1081: Establishing consumer protections for owners of solicited real estate Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 8, 2025	HB 1815: Concerning prison riot offenses Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 29, 2025	SB 5801: Concerning transportation resources Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2025	SB 5583: Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2025	SB 5234: Concerning snowmobile registration fees Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2025	SB 5319: Establishing surface mine reclamation permit fees Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	SB 5613: Concerning the development of clear and objective standards, conditions, and procedures for residential development Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	SB 5390: Concerning the discover pass and distributions. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning access to recreation sites or lands.) Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 7, 2025	SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 7, 2025	SB 5284: Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 5, 2025	SB 5098: Restricting the possession of weapons on the premises of state or local public buildings, parks or playground facilities where children are likely to be… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 28, 2025	SB 5375: Concerning the duty of clergy to report child abuse and neglect Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)

Every roll call

How Adrian Cortes voted on each of the 1,258 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Adrian Cortes
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Senate Majority Leader	Yeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: leg.wa.gov
Email: adrian.cortes@leg.wa.gov
Capitol office: Room 411, Legislative Building P.O. Box 40418, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7634

Committees

Business, Trade and Economic Development Vice chair
Early Learning and K-12 Education
Transportation

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Washington State Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.