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Sharon Shewmake

WA Senate District 42

Democratic Washington since Jan 9, 2023

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Issue areas

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Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
WA Senate District 42 current Washington	Democratic	Jan 9, 2023	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0
WA House District 42 Washington	Democratic	Jan 14, 2019	Jan 11, 2022	openstates/people CC0-1.0
WA Senate District 42 Washington	Democratic	Jan 14, 2019	Jan 8, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (1,101 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
SB 5061 — Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed.	Yea	Feb 12, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5922 — Authorizing transportation vehicle fund transfers.	Yea	Feb 12, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 6034 — Concerning statutory establishment of the governor's office of Indian affairs.	Yea	Feb 12, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5346 — Restricting mobile device usage by public school students.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5925 — Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5833 — Allowing pets in unattended motor vehicles under certain circumstances.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5995 — Concerning moneys available to a port district allocated for the purchase of zero and near zero emission cargo handling equipment.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 6076 — Streamlining consumer-owned utility procurement requirements for clean energy generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution…	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5992 — Creating the youth development fund account to increase access to positive youth development programs.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5925 — Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office.	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5835 — Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 6137 — Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry.	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5837 — Concerning guardianship, conservatorship, and other protective arrangements.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5841 — Concerning the completion of postsecondary financial aid applications.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 6081 — Protecting Washingtonians from invasion of privacy, including the unauthorized disclosure of sex designation information and historic sex…	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 6132 — Authorizing a narrow modification to indebtedness limits for select inland port districts to ensure continued eligibility for federal…	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 6087 — Concerning liability protections for donations of baby items that are less than five years old.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 6210 — Concerning the health plan certification process.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5834 — Concerning payment of expenses from the earnings of retirement system trust funds.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5944 — Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 6161 — Concerning department of health information on dementia.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5838 — Adding a tribal member to the board of natural resources.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 6248 — Addressing travel insurance.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5374 — Including tribal representation in certain transportation activities.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 6237 — Concerning rental property disclosures of flooding history and flood risk.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

Sponsored legislation (40 as lead sponsor)

SB 5581 WA · —
Implementing safe system approach strategies for active transportation infrastructure.

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SB 6269 WA · —
Modernizing the definition of motor fuel in the motor fuel quality act.

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SB 5421 WA · —
Allowing small business establishments in residential zones.

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SB 5261 WA · —
Issuing water right permits for nonconsumptive hydropower use in water resource inventory areas in which minimum instream flows are not being met.

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SB 5466 WA · —
Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state.

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SB 5548 WA · —
Concerning workers' compensation benefits.

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SR 8643 WA · —
Honoring the Washington State commercial fishing fleet.

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SB 5215 WA · —
Concerning debris escaping from vehicles on public highways.

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SB 5839 WA · —
Concerning county ferry district authority.

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SB 5778 WA · —
Addressing maple syrup processing operations.

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