OLYMPIA— WashingtonVotes.org has released its annual MISSED VOTES REPORT  which compiles the votes by state lawmakers on recorded roll calls during the 2021 Regular Session of the Washington State Legislature. The 2021 WashingtonVotes Missed Votes Report along with lverbatim explanations from legislators provided to WashingtonVotes can be found here. 
 
WashingtonVotes.org’s real-time Missed Votes database is also accessible by clicking “Missed Votes” under the Special Reports feature on the WashingtonVotes.org home page. Tallies are available for every session back to 2002 by changing the date range at the top of the page. Individual lawmakers’ records can be accessed by clicking on a member’s name, explained Franz W. Gregory, the site’s director.
 
This year’s scheduled 105-day session ended at about 6:15 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2021, following final passage of key tax and spending measures, including a record $59 billion two-year state operating budget and a controversial income tax on capital gains.
 
WashingtonVotes.org has provided access to objective descriptions of bills, amendments, and votes of the Washington State Legislature since 2002. In addition, the website provides regular news updates to subscribers and website users, as well as a weekly roll call report to media outlets statewide. Currently, the site has some 6,500 active subscribers.
 
2021 Regular Session Quick Facts
 
    •       Bills/Measures introduced: 1,108 (includes Joint Resolutions/Memorials)
    •       Bills/Measures passed by the Legislature: 341
    •       Recorded Roll Calls on passage of bills/measures: 974 (484 in the House; 490 in the Senate)
    •       Legislators with no missed votes: 82 (56 House Members; 26 Senators)
    •       Legislators with 20 or more missed votes: 11 (4 House Members; 7 Senators)
 
According to WashingtonVotes director Franz W. Gregory, state lawmakers worked at a steady pace this 105-day session, including late evening and weekend floor sessions, despite pandemic-related constraints that limited in-person contacts among members and the public.
 
They took a total of 974 recorded roll call votes, along with hundreds of voice votes and passed 341 bills. By comparison, they took 1,428 roll call votes and passed 485 bills during the comparable 105-day 2019 session. The ten-year average for bills passed, according to statistical reports by the Legislative Information Center, is 405 bills in odd, budget- writing years, and 288 bills in even years. This year’s number of bills passed is about 60 bills below the average for 105-day sessions.
 
 
 

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