Washington Senate · District 21
Marko Liias
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Marko Liias'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 Senate District 21.
Also on the ballot: Riaz Khan (Republican)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Marko Liias.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Marko Liias.
Bills
The bills Marko Liias sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 59 |
| Passed both chambers | 14 |
| Became law | 14 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 1 of 49 in the Senate · 1 of 30 Democrats
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 6225 Authorizing bonds for transportation funding |
Became law | March 31, 2026 |
| SB 6005 Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium |
Became law The Governor vetoed part of it |
March 31, 2026 |
| SB 5346 Addressing student use of mobile devices in public schools |
Became law | March 25, 2026 |
| SB 6354 Advancing transportation electrification by expanding access to electric vehicles already being sold in Washington and increasing associated funding |
Became law | March 24, 2026 |
| SB 6309 Providing for enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects |
Became law | March 23, 2026 |
| SB 6091 Prohibiting real estate brokers from marketing residential properties to an exclusive group of prospective buyers or real estate brokers |
Became law | March 16, 2026 |
| SB 6183 Concerning coverage for HIV antiviral drugs |
Became law | March 14, 2026 |
| SB 5801 Concerning transportation resources |
Became law | May 23, 2025 |
| SB 5802 Rebalancing statutory fund transfers and revenue dedications for transportation |
Became law | May 20, 2025 |
| SB 5161 Addressing transportation fiscal matters |
Became law The Governor vetoed part of it |
May 20, 2025 |
| SB 5583 Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses |
Became law | May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5528 Concerning the installation of transportation electrification infrastructure |
Became law | May 12, 2025 |
| SB 5065 Prohibiting the use of certain animals in traveling animal acts |
Became law | April 22, 2025 |
| SB 5577 Concerning medicaid coverage for HIV antiviral drugs |
Became law The Governor vetoed part of it |
April 4, 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
35 against the Senate Majority Leader; 33 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Marko Liias 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
- marko.liias@leg.wa.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 305, John A. Cherberg Building P.O. Box 40421, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7640
Committees
- Transportation Chair
- Transportation Co-chair
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Environment, Energy and Technology
- Legislative Oral History
- Oregon-Washington Legislative Action
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