Washington Senate · District 42
Sharon Shewmake
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Sharon Shewmake'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 Sharon Shewmake.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Sharon Shewmake.
Bills
The bills Sharon Shewmake sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 36 |
| Passed both chambers | 8 |
| Became law | 8 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 13 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 4 others) · 11 of 30 Democrats (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
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| SB 6269 Modernizing the definition of motor fuel in the motor fuel quality act |
Became law | March 23, 2026 |
| SB 6110 Addressing electric-assisted bicycles and electric motorcycles |
Became law | March 23, 2026 |
| SB 5252 Removing the acreage limit on the property tax exemption for nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places |
Became law | March 16, 2026 |
| SB 5319 Establishing surface mine reclamation permit fees |
Became law | May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5212 Concerning filing of adjudication claims for precode uses of groundwater and surface water in the water resource inventory area 1 water rights adjudication |
Became law | May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5391 Concerning the sustainable farms and fields grant program |
Became law | April 22, 2025 |
| SB 5214 Concerning mobile market programs |
Became law | April 22, 2025 |
| SB 5175 Concerning the photovoltaic module stewardship and takeback program |
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
19 against the Senate Majority Leader; 15 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Sharon Shewmake 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
- sharon.shewmake@leg.wa.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 215, John A. Cherberg Building P.O. Box 40442, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7682
Committees
- Environment, Energy and Technology Chair
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Economic Development and International Relations Legislative
- Energy Supply, Energy Conservation and Energy Resilience Select
- 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