Washington House · District 24, Position 2
Steve Tharinger
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Steve Tharinger'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 House member, by party; the dot is Steve Tharinger.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Steve Tharinger.
Bills
The bills Steve Tharinger sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 12 |
| 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 1906 Increasing transparency and consumer protection in water system rates |
Became law | March 28, 2026 |
| HB 1983 Amending the definition of timberland for purposes of determining the real estate excise tax for a governmental entity |
Became law | March 24, 2026 |
| HB 1382 Modernizing the all payers claim database |
Became law | May 17, 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; 7 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Steve Tharinger 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
- steve.tharinger@leg.wa.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 314, John L. O'Brien Building P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7904
Committees
- Capital Budget Chair
- Appropriations
- Health Care and Wellness
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