Washington House · District 19, Position 2

Joel McEntire

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 8% On 500 contested votes where both voted · 48% on all votes Votes with own party 97% Partisan rank: 51 of 98 in the House (tied with 4 others) Didn't vote at roll call 17% 209 of 1,201 roll calls · 209 of them excused

Bills passed 2 5 sponsored · 2 became law · Rank 64 of 98 in the House (tied with 10 others) Bills that became law 2 of 2 passed · 0 vetoed

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More conservative than 95% of the Washington House.

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5th most conservative of 98

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Washington House District 19, Position 2.

Also on the ballot: Terry Carlson (Democratic)

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Votes with the Speaker

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Joel McEntire.

On 500 contested votes where both voted48% on all 987 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

97%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Joel McEntire.

On 431 party-line votesPartisan rank: 51 of 98 in the House (tied with 4 others)50 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Joel McEntire
	Bills
Sponsored	5
Passed both chambers	2
Became law	2
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 64 of 98 in the House (tied with 10 others) · 15 of 39 Republicans (tied with 4 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: Joel McEntire
Bill	Result	Final action
HB 1393 Providing public school students with opportunities for cultural expression at commencement ceremonies	Became law	April 21, 2025
HB 1309 Addressing the impacts of burrowing shrimp on bottom culture shellfish farming through integrated pest management research	Became law	April 21, 2025

Budget projects

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Contested votes where they split

462 against the Speaker; 57 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Joel McEntire
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 6, 2026	HB 2487: Concerning taxes imposed on insurers operating within the state Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2026	SB 5981: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program Final Passage as Amended by the House	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 6, 2026	SB 5981: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 6, 2026	SB 5981: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 6, 2026	SB 5981: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 6, 2026	SB 5981: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 6, 2026	SB 5981: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 6, 2026	SB 5981: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 6, 2026	SB 6137: Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry Final Passage as Amended by the House	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 6, 2026	SB 5520: Concerning the wrongly convicted persons act Final Passage as Amended by the House	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 6, 2026	SB 5847: Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2026	SB 5068: Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States… Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2026	SB 6246: Concerning emissions from emissions-intensive, trade-exposed facilities under the climate commitment act Final Passage as Amended by the House	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… Final Passage as Amended by the House	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	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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Nay (split)	Yea
March 5, 2026	SB 6002: Concerning driver privacy protections Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 5, 2026	SJM 8002: Concerning Medicare Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 5, 2026	SB 6026: Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 5, 2026	SB 6027: Modifying certain funding and exemptions related to providing and maintaining affordable housing and related services Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2026	SB 6309: Providing for enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2026	SB 5988: Establishing fee authority for accreditation services provided to opioid treatment programs by the department of health Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2026	SB 5957: Concerning the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs advisory committee Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2026	SB 5346: Addressing student use of mobile devices in public schools Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2026	SB 5925: Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2026	SB 5837: Concerning guardianship, conservatorship, and other protective arrangements for adults Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2026	SB 5922: Authorizing transportation vehicle fund transfers Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2026	HB 2689: Concerning the working connections child care program Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 3, 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… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 3, 2026	SB 6014: Concerning pregnancy-related accommodations Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 3, 2026	SB 6106: Modifying the securing timely notification and benefits for laid-off employees act. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning the laid-off employees act.) Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 3, 2026	SB 6081: Protecting Washingtonians from invasion of privacy, including the unauthorized disclosure of sex designation information and historic sex designation changes… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 3, 2026	SB 6200: Concerning renters' and mobile home occupants' ability to install portable cooling devices Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 3, 2026	SCR 8406: Reestablishing the joint select committee on civic health Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 3, 2026	SB 5855: Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 3, 2026	SB 5938: Concerning the foreclosure prevention fee Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 3, 2026	SB 6237: Concerning rental property disclosures of flooding history and flood risk Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 3, 2026	SB 6035: Ensuring access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 3, 2026	SB 6188: Concerning the department of labor and industries' authority to enact rules related to regulating asbestos training Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5917: Improving access to abortion medications Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 28, 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)	Nay
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5982: Updating provisions for consumer-owned utilities, including port districts, and affected market customers under the clean energy transformation act Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5892: Concerning protection of the voter registration database Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 23, 2026	HB 2521: Concerning firearms background check Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 23, 2026	HB 1960: Encouraging renewable energy in Washington through tax policy and investment in local communities Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 17, 2026	HB 2095: Protecting vulnerable users of public ways Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 17, 2026	HB 2416: Concerning fair treatment of waste to energy facilities under the climate commitment act Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 17, 2026	HB 2590: Exempting limited equity cooperatives from the Washington uniform common interest ownership act Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 17, 2026	HB 2225: Regulating artificial intelligence companion chatbots Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 17, 2026	HB 2442: Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2285: Concerning the use of carbon capture and utilization, mineralization, or sequestration technologies under the Washington clean energy transformation act Motion to Relieve a Committee	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2692: Modifying the standard by which courts, law enforcement, and hospitals may remove children based on child abuse or neglect Motion to Relieve a Committee	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2511: Providing a definition for imminent physical harm in the context of child welfare Motion to Relieve a Committee	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 1092: Maintaining the safety of children Motion to Relieve a Committee	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2320: Concerning the regulation of firearm manufacturing Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2632: Modernizing terminology when referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2266: Encouraging permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2156: Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2637: Safeguarding personal information entrusted to agencies that is of no legitimate concern to the public Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2274: Modifying the Washington commercial electronic mail act Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2251: Concerning climate commitment act accounts Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2244: Adopting the recommendations of the public records exemptions accountability committee in its 2025 annual report Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2548: Strengthening health care market standards Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 1909: Establishing the court unification task force Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2333: Protecting elected officials and candidates, executive state officers, election officials, and criminal justice participants against threats and incidents of… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2384: Increasing regulatory oversight of continuing care retirement communities Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2464: Concerning reporting requirements and law enforcement responses for incidents at private detention facilities Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2475: Concerning language accessible public programs, activities, and services conducted, operated, or administered by state agencies Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 14, 2026	HB 2515: Addressing emerging large energy use facilities Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 14, 2026	HB 2303: Prohibiting employers from microchipping employees Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 14, 2026	HB 1570: Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 14, 2026	HB 1903: Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 1128: Establishing a child care workforce standards board Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 1210: Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 2496: Concerning tribal consultation conducted by the energy facility site evaluation council Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 2294: Prohibiting negative use restrictions on real property that have the effect of limiting consumer access to food and medicine Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 2319: Renaming certain state residential facilities for persons with developmental disabilities Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 2105: Concerning immigrant worker protections Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 2034: Concerning termination and restatement of plan 1 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
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)	Yea
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 1170: Informing users when content is developed or modified by artificial intelligence Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 1795: Addressing restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs Final Passage on Reconsideration	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 1795: Addressing restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 2471: Concerning collective bargaining for employees not covered by the national labor relations act Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 2539: Concerning inmate funds Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 1941: Authorizing agricultural cooperatives for cannabis producers Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 2554: Recognizing judicially affirmed and treaty-reserved fishing rights and promoting state-tribal cooperative agreements in the management of salmon, trout, and… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 1750: Creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 1710: Concerning compliance with the Washington voting rights act of 2018 Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 2215: Concerning climate commitment act compliance obligations for fuels supplied or otherwise sold into Washington Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 1974: Establishing land banking authorities Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 2355: Establishing labor protections for domestic workers Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 2367: Eliminating preferential treatment related to a coal-fired electric generating plant Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 1390: Repealing the community protection program Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 1983: Amending the definition of timberland for purposes of determining the real estate excise tax for a governmental entity Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 2360: Expanding access to albuterol in public and private schools Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 2360: Expanding access to albuterol in public and private schools Motion to Commit to Committee	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 11, 2026	HB 1574: Protecting access to life-saving care and substance use services Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 11, 2026	HB 2242: Preserving access to preventive services by clarifying state authority and definitions Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 11, 2026	HB 2296: Expanding the use of distributed energy resources Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 11, 2026	HB 2543: Concerning county clerk fees Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 11, 2026	HB 2385: Concerning the medicaid access program Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 11, 2026	HB 2624: Clarifying consumer protections regarding unsolicited real estate transactions for public purposes or by nonprofit land conservancies Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 11, 2026	HB 2165: Concerning false identification as a peace officer Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 1687: Concerning social housing public development authorities Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 1916: Amending voter registration challenges and managing voter registration lists Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 2249: Amending the state civil service statutes to include Washington technology solutions network and security systems employees Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 2229: Concerning the professional engineers' registration act Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 2492: Requiring state registered apprenticeships in the building and construction trades to provide behavioral health and wellness training Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 2445: Ending probates for profit Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 2238: Concerning statewide food security Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 1002: Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorder as an occupational disease for county coroners, examiners, and investigative personnel Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 1155: Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	HB 1604: Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 29, 2026	HB 2411: Modifying shared leave provisions to authorize shared leave for victims of a hate crime and those whose absence is due to immigration enforcement actions… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 29, 2026	HB 2123: Concerning foreign national participation in Washington state elections Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 22, 2026	HB 1069: Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Jan. 22, 2026	HB 1501: Concerning inquiries into association governance or operations by unit owners in common interest communities Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 15, 2026	HB 1302: Concerning utility connection charge waivers Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 15, 2026	HB 1500: Concerning resale certificates for units in common interest communities Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 27, 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… Motion to Transmit	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 27, 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… Final Passage (Conference Report)	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 27, 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… Adoption of the Conference Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 27, 2025	SB 5167: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations and 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations Motion to Transmit	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 27, 2025	SB 5167: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations and 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations Final Passage (Conference Report)	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 27, 2025	SB 5167: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations and 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations Adoption of the Conference Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 26, 2025	HB 2050: Implementing K-12 savings and efficiencies Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 26, 2025	HB 2047: Eliminating the Washington employee ownership program Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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)	Nay
April 26, 2025	HB 1498: Concerning domestic violence co-responder programs Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 26, 2025	HB 1207: Concerning superior court clerk fees Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 26, 2025	SB 5393: Closing the Rainier school by June 30, 2027 Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 25, 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… Motion to Grant a Conference	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 25, 2025	SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers Motion to Transmit	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay

These are the 200 most recent of 475. The voting record below lists them all.

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Joel McEntire
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: joel.mcentire@leg.wa.gov
Capitol office: Room 409, John L. O'Brien Building P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7870

Committees

Postsecondary Education and Workforce Assistant ranking member
Education
Labor and Workplace Standards
Veterans and Military Affairs

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