Washington Senate · District 1
Derek Stanford
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Derek Stanford'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
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Derek Stanford.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Derek Stanford.
Bills
The bills Derek Stanford sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 27 |
| Passed both chambers | 9 |
| Became law | 9 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 8 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 4 others) · 7 of 30 Democrats (tied with 3 others)
A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor, the legislator who introduced it; co-sponsors aren't counted.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| SB 6248 Addressing travel insurance |
Became law | March 23, 2026 |
| SB 6151 Concerning dedicated accounts for fees collected for the implementation of environmental programs |
Became law | March 17, 2026 |
| SB 5721 Enhancing consumer protections for automobile insurance coverage |
Became law | May 20, 2025 |
| SB 5314 Modifying the capital gains tax |
Became law | May 20, 2025 |
| SB 5786 Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees |
Became law | May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5390 Concerning the discover pass and distributions. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning access to recreation sites or lands.) |
Became law The Governor vetoed part of it |
May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5501 Concerning employer requirements for driving |
Became law | April 22, 2025 |
| SB 5459 Concerning call center retention |
Became law | April 22, 2025 |
| SB 5040 Expanding the definition of uniformed personnel to all law enforcement officers employed by a city, town, county, or governing body of a municipal airport… |
Became law | April 22, 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
9 against the Senate Majority Leader; 7 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Senate Majority Leader | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 6, 2026 | HB 1210: Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences Third Reading and Final Passage |
Nay | Nay | Yea (split) |
| March 6, 2026 | HB 2274: Modifying the Washington commercial electronic mail act Third Reading and Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 3, 2026 | HB 2476: Modifying the spirits, beer, and wine theater license Third Reading and Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (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 |
| April 16, 2025 | HB 1515: Modernizing the regulation of alcohol service in public spaces Final Passage as Amended by the Senate |
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 1636: Eliminating the per transaction limit for wine and spirit sales Third Reading and Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 9, 2025 | HB 1121: Concerning restrictions on the working conditions and hours of sixteen- and seventeen-year olds Third Reading and Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 28, 2025 | SB 5408: Allowing for corrections to wage and salary disclosures Third Reading and Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Derek Stanford voted on each of the 1,258 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| 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
- derek.stanford@leg.wa.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 237, John A. Cherberg Building P.O. Box 40401, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7600
Committees
- Ways and Means Vice chair
- Business, Trade and Economic Development
- Labor and Commerce
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