Washington House · District 10, Position 2

Dave Paul

Democratic

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Votes with the Speaker 87% On 636 contested votes where both voted · 93% on all votes Votes with own party 87% Partisan rank: 89 of 98 in the House (tied with 2 others) Didn't vote at roll call 0.9% 11 of 1,201 roll calls · 11 of them excused

Bills passed 3 14 sponsored · 3 became law · Rank 51 of 98 in the House (tied with 12 others) Bills that became law 3 of 3 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

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

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Dave Paul'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 53% of the Washington House.

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46th most conservative of 98

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Washington House District 10, Position 2.

Also on the ballot: Tim Hazelo (Republican)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

87%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Dave Paul.

On 636 contested votes where both voted93% on all 1,185 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

87%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Dave Paul.

On 557 party-line votesPartisan rank: 89 of 98 in the House (tied with 2 others)88 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Dave Paul
	Bills
Sponsored	14
Passed both chambers	3
Became law	3
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 51 of 98 in the House (tied with 12 others) · 40 of 59 Democrats (tied with 9 others)

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: Dave Paul
Bill	Result	Final action
HB 2325 Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion	Became law	March 26, 2026
HB 1791 Increasing the flexibility of existing funding sources to fund public safety and other facilities by modifying the local real estate excise tax	Became law	April 24, 2025
HB 1273 Improving student access to dual credit programs	Became law	April 21, 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

80 against the Speaker; 79 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Dave Paul
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
March 11, 2026	HB 2442: Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2026	SB 6137: Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
March 5, 2026	SB 5974: Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 5, 2026	SB 5974: Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 5, 2026	SB 5974: Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned… Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 17, 2026	HB 2442: Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 14, 2026	HB 2303: Prohibiting employers from microchipping employees Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 13, 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)
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 2034: Concerning termination and restatement of plan 1 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 2034: Concerning termination and restatement of plan 1 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Jan. 29, 2026	HJM 4004: Requesting Congress to modify the Marine Mammal Protection Act Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 29, 2026	HB 2123: Concerning foreign national participation in Washington state elections Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 2050: Implementing K-12 savings and efficiencies Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 1207: Concerning superior court clerk fees Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 24, 2025	SB 5786: Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 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 23, 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 23, 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 5143: Concerning the ethics in public service act Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	SB 5583: Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	SB 5686: Expanding and funding the foreclosure mediation program Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	SB 5357: Concerning actuarial funding of pension systems Final Passage as Amended by the House, on Reconsideration	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	SB 5357: Concerning actuarial funding of pension systems Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	HB 1131: Concerning clemency and pardons Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	SB 5390: Concerning the discover pass and distributions. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning access to recreation sites or lands.) Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	SB 5390: Concerning the discover pass and distributions. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning access to recreation sites or lands.) Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 22, 2025	SB 5390: Concerning the discover pass and distributions. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning access to recreation sites or lands.) Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 22, 2025	HB 2077: Establishing a tax on certain business activities related to surpluses generated under the zero-emission vehicle program Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	HB 2049: Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 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 22, 2025	HB 2081: Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 22, 2025	HB 2081: Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2081: Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2081: Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2081: Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2081: Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2081: Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2049: Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2049: Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2049: Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2049: Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2049: Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2049: Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2049: Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 19, 2025	HB 2050: Implementing K-12 savings and efficiencies Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 18, 2025	HB 1119: Concerning supervision compliance credit Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 18, 2025	HB 1488: Concerning conservation district revenue limitations Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 17, 2025	HB 1207: Concerning superior court clerk fees Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 15, 2025	SB 5143: Concerning the ethics in public service act Final Passage as Amended by the House, on Reconsideration	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 31, 2025	SB 5167: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations and 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 31, 2025	SB 5167: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations and 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 31, 2025	SB 5167: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations and 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1296: Promoting a safe and supportive public education system Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1296: Promoting a safe and supportive public education system Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1296: Promoting a safe and supportive public education system Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1296: Promoting a safe and supportive public education system Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1296: Promoting a safe and supportive public education system Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1296: Promoting a safe and supportive public education system Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1296: Promoting a safe and supportive public education system Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1296: Promoting a safe and supportive public education system Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1296: Promoting a safe and supportive public education system Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 11, 2025	HB 2015: Improving public safety funding by providing resources to local governments and state and local criminal justice agencies, and authorizing a local option tax Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 11, 2025	HB 2015: Improving public safety funding by providing resources to local governments and state and local criminal justice agencies, and authorizing a local option tax Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 11, 2025	HB 2015: Improving public safety funding by providing resources to local governments and state and local criminal justice agencies, and authorizing a local option tax Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 10, 2025	HB 1858: Eliminating the exemption for assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust from the document recording fee and the covenant… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 8, 2025	HB 1113: Concerning accountability and access to services for individuals charged with a misdemeanor Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 7, 2025	HB 1131: Concerning clemency and pardons Final Passage on Reconsideration	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 7, 2025	HB 1131: Concerning clemency and pardons Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2025	HB 1696: Modifying the covenant homeownership program Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)

Every roll call

How Dave Paul voted on each of the 1,201 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Dave Paul
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	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: dave.paul@leg.wa.gov
Capitol office: Room 424, John L. O'Brien Building P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7914

Committees

Postsecondary Education and Workforce Chair
Higher Education Co-chair
Technology, Economic Development and Veterans
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.

Source: the Washington State Legislature's roll-call records, Jan. 24, 2025 to March 12, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections