2009 Legislative Review

Voting Record Overview

The 2009 Voting Record is one of several tools AWB members can use to evaluate how lawmakers responded to bills affecting the state’s business community this session.

AWB’s Government Affairs team, in conjunction with the AWB Government Affairs Council, selects the bills and amendments to be included in the vote record. Recommendations are then made to the AWB Executive Board, which has final approval over the record. As in previous years, this year’s record includes votes cast on final passage of bills, as well as amendments to certain bills. The narrative accompanying each issue area provides additional details on these measures. All votes are weighted equally in calculating each legislator’s voting record percentage. Finally, to give readers a better sense of each lawmaker’s voting performance over time, we’ve included their scores from the current legislative session, from 2008 and from their lifetime in the Legislature.

View our 2009 Legislative Review in our Summer 2009 issue of Washington Business Magazine (PDF)

Previous Scorecards:

Supplemental Materials:

Taxation (PDF)

Transportation Infrastructure (PDF)

Employment and Workplace (PDF)