Washington House · District 38, Position 1
Julio Cortes
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Julio 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
On the November 3 ballot
Running for Washington House District 38, Position 1.
Also on the ballot: Thomas (Jeff) Kelly (Cascade)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Julio Cortes.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Julio Cortes.
Bills
The bills Julio Cortes sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| 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
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| HB 1302 Concerning utility connection charge waivers |
Became law | March 23, 2026 |
| HB 1391 Improving developmentally appropriate alternatives for youth outside the formal court process |
Became law | April 22, 2025 |
| HB 1821 Expanding the definition of "interested party" for the purposes of prevailing wage laws |
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
7 against the Speaker; 2 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Julio Cortes voted on each of the 1,201 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| 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
- julio.cortes@leg.wa.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 327, John L. O'Brien Building P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7840
Committees
- Early Learning and Human Services Vice chair
- Appropriations
- Technology, Economic Development and Veterans
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