Elected official · Washington State
State Representative Cindy Ryu
Cindy Ryu is a Democratic state representative representing Washington's 32nd Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 161 bills, of which 28 died without a public hearing.
- Democratic
- House
- Legislative District 32
- 2 sessions on record
- cindy.ryu@leg.wa.gov
- phone
- (360) 786-7880
Source Washington State Legislature web services: member roster, roll calls, sponsorship and committee records · as of 2026-08-07
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Candidate vs official
What this member said while seeking the office, set against how they voted once they held it. We state only whether the two records differ — never why.
No stated positions have been collected for this member yet. This comparison needs a quote with a citation — a candidate guide, a town hall transcript, a floor video — found and recorded by a person. There is no feed of things politicians said, so an empty section here means nobody has done that reading, not that the member has never contradicted themselves and not that they have.
Last checked 2026-08-07
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Voting record
Recorded floor votes across every session we hold. Committee votes are not included — those are recorded per committee, not per member.
10,122
recorded votes
9,309
yea
765
nay
48
absent or excused
Votes against their own party’s majority
169
of 10,122 recorded votes went against the majority of Democratic colleagues
Counted only where their party had a clear majority on that roll call. A tied party is not a position to diverge from.
| Date | Bill | Motion | They voted | Their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | HB 1526 | Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | Nay | Yea (51-8 yea-nay) |
| 2026-03-12 | SB 6244 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (41-18 yea-nay) |
| 2026-03-06 | SB 6137 | Final Passage as Amended by the House | Nay | Yea (42-16 yea-nay) |
| 2026-02-17 | HB 1526 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (52-6 yea-nay) |
| 2026-02-17 | ESHB 2168 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (42-16 yea-nay) |
| 2026-02-16 | ESHB 2274 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (49-9 yea-nay) |
| 2026-02-16 | ESHB 2476 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (45-12 yea-nay) |
| 2025-04-22 | 2SHB 1515 | Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | Nay | Yea (48-9 yea-nay) |
| 2025-03-12 | ESHB 1296 | 462 Barkis Pg 13 Ln 10 | Nay | Yea (55-1 yea-nay) |
| 2025-03-11 | HB 1636 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (54-4 yea-nay) |
| 2025-03-05 | SHB 1833 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (53-5 yea-nay) |
| 2024-03-04 | HI 2081 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (43-15 yea-nay) |
| 2024-03-04 | HI 2113 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (38-20 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-15 | HB 2454 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (30-26 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-12 | HB 2204 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (53-5 yea-nay) |
| 2023-05-16 | 2E2SSB 5536 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (48-9 yea-nay) |
| 2023-04-18 | ESSB 5123 | Final Passage as Amended by the House | Nay | Yea (52-5 yea-nay) |
| 2023-04-17 | ESHB 1731 | Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | Nay | Yea (48-8 yea-nay) |
| 2023-04-10 | SSB 5448 | Final Passage as Amended by the House | Nay | Yea (44-14 yea-nay) |
| 2023-04-06 | SB 5000 | Final Passage as Amended by the House | Nay | Yea (54-2 yea-nay) |
| 2023-03-29 | ESSB 5123 | Final Passage as Amended by the House | Nay | Yea (53-5 yea-nay) |
| 2023-03-16 | HB 1573 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (39-19 yea-nay) |
| 2023-03-08 | HB 1730 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (45-12 yea-nay) |
| 2023-03-03 | ESHB 1731 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (51-6 yea-nay) |
| 2022-03-10 | 3SHB 1359 | Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | Nay | Yea (95-3 yea-nay) |
Showing the 25 most recent of 169. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.
Source WA Legislature roll call service · as of 2026-08-07 · 10,122 votes across every session held
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Bills sponsored — and where they stopped
Bills where this member was the prime sponsor. Co-sponsorship is not included; the record we hold names only the prime sponsor.
161
bills prime-sponsored
33
became law
28
died without a public hearing
Introduced, referred, and the session ended without testimony taken. Ordinary rather than exceptional — 44% of all bills that die in Washington die this way.
| Session | Bill | Subject | Outcome | Heard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | HB 1005 | Prearrang. funeral services | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | HB 1006 | Service contracts | became law | yes |
| 2025-26 | HB 1017 | Kimchi day | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SHB 1023 | Cosmetology compact | became law | yes |
| 2025-26 | EHB 1052 | Hate crime offense | became law | yes |
| 2025-26 | HB 1109 | Public facilities districts | became law | yes |
| 2025-26 | HB 1161 | Veteran employability | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | ESHB 1187 | Delayed ambulance bills | became law | yes |
| 2025-26 | SHB 1205 | Forged digital likeness | became law | yes |
| 2025-26 | HB 1360 | Quantum economic development | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | HB 1441 | Broadband/repair and replace | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | HB 1595 | Economic development plan | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | HB 1635 | Consumer cooperative boards | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | HB 2087 | Travel insurance | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | HB 2157 | High-risk AI | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | HB 2193 | Mortgage lending fraud acc. | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | HB 2213 | Metal property | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | HB 2256 | Unauthorized UCC filings | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | HB 2640 | Unauthorized UCC filings | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | HR 4653 | Kimchi day | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | HR 4680 | Domestic maritime industry | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | HR 4696 | Kimchi day | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | HR 4705 | Mexico & Canada/economic tie | pending | no |
| 2023-24 | HB 1017 | Cosmetologists, etc/licenses | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 1061 | Insurance producer education | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 1065 | Online marketplaces | died | no |
| 2023-24 | HB 1111 | Housing benefit districts | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SHB 1258 | Tourism marketing | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 1454 | Competitive telecomm. | died | no |
| 2023-24 | HB 1506 | DSHS leases | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 1582 | Right turns | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 1606 | Electronic commerce | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 1617 | Universal services program | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SHB 1621 | Local government procurement | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 1738 | Universal comm. services | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 1746 | State broadband map | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 1896 | Tourism marketing funding | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 1918 | Payday lending | died | no |
| 2023-24 | HB 1928 | Service contracts | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 1990 | Aerial imagery program | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 1997 | Parks and recreation comm. | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 2057 | Incarcerated veterans | died | no |
| 2023-24 | HB 2083 | Payday lending/small loans | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 2109 | Permanent cosmetics | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | ESHB 2153 | Catalytic converter theft | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 2203 | Incarcerated veterans pilot | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 2392 | Kimchi day | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HB 2445 | Leasing/state parks comm. | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | HR 4679 | Kimchi day. | died | no |
| 2021-22 | ESHB 1070 | Housing/local tax revenue | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | HB 1104 | Mortgage lending fraud acct | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | HB 1128 | Housing benefit districts | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | HB 1147 | Office of resiliency | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | EHB 1165 | Credit union act | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | HB 1429 | Competitive telecomm. | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | ESHB 1512 | Lodging-related assessments | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | ESHB 1673 | Public works board/broadband | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | HB 1707 | Flotation device use | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | HB 1798 | LCEDIR/tourism slogan | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | E2SHB 1815 | Catalytic converter theft | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | HB 1879 | Convention economy grants | died | no |
| 2021-22 | HB 1880 | Housing benefit districts | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | HR 4615 | National Osteoporosis Month | died | no |
| 2021-22 | HR 4646 | Tardive dyskinesia | died | no |
| 2019-20 | HB 1004 | Theater licenses | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 1033 | Mobile home relocation asst. | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SHB 1034 | Restaurant soju endorsement | became law | yes |
| 2019-20 | ESHB 1138 | Tenancy termination/military | became law | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 1158 | Permanent cosmetics | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 1206 | Manuf/mobile home definition | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 1207 | Manuf. housing communities | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 1309 | Studded tires | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 1451 | Local project review | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 1654 | Facial recognition tech. | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 1745 | Affordable housing options | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SHB 1798 | Short-term rentals | became law | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 1834 | Low-income homeownership | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 1882 | Nurse licensure compact | died | no |
| 2019-20 | HB 1997 | Manufactured/mobile homes | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 2110 | Affordable workforce housing | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 2443 | Personal flotation devices | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 2444 | Boater education cards | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 2445 | Discover pass price | died | no |
| 2019-20 | HB 2446 | DOL information disclosure | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 2489 | Affordable housing/prop. tax | died | no |
| 2019-20 | HB 2500 | Senior property tax admin. | died | no |
| 2019-20 | HB 2649 | Homeless shelter capacity | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HB 2668 | Affordable housing options | died | no |
| 2019-20 | HB 2774 | Housing/state property inven | died | no |
| 2019-20 | EHB 2896 | Surplus land, buildings | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | HR 4617 | Korean Dec. of Independence | died | no |
| 2019-20 | HR 4627 | Taiwan relationship | died | no |
| 2017-18 | EHB 1032 | Martial arts excise taxation | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SHB 1273 | Nondomiciled licenses | became law | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 1301 | Employee antiretaliation | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 1318 | Credit unions' capital | died | no |
| 2017-18 | HB 1529 | Use of deadly force | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 1534 | Dept. of veterans affairs | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 1627 | Nonprofit corp. financing | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 1884 | Mobile home park tenants | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 1912 | Comm. econ. revital. board | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 1941 | Labor relations violations | died | no |
| 2017-18 | HB 1979 | Industrial hemp research | died | no |
| 2017-18 | HB 2033 | Cannabis health. beauty aids | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 2218 | Econ. revital. board members | died | no |
| 2017-18 | HB 2219 | Driver license issuance fees | died | no |
| 2017-18 | HB 2326 | Medicaid false claim penalty | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 2364 | Housing finance commission | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 2369 | Permanent cosmetics | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 2370 | Public works board members | died | no |
| 2017-18 | 3SHB 2382 | Surplus public property | became law | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 2475 | Construction defect claims | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 2711 | Housing opportunity zones | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 2924 | Tourism marketing | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | HB 2943 | CERB broadband infra. | died | no |
| 2015-16 | SHB 1043 | Self-service storage | became law | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 1354 | Employee antiretaliation | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 1489 | Debt adjusting & management | died | no |
| 2015-16 | HB 1551 | Unclaimed property laws | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 1651 | Human trafficking | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 1753 | Cannabis hlth & beauty aids | died | no |
| 2015-16 | HB 1856 | Median hourly wage/CERB prog | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 1871 | Credit union governance | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 1872 | Credit unions' capital | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 1910 | Law enforcement oversight | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 1994 | Traffic safety education | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 1995 | Studded tire fee, new | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 2305 | Storage/personal property | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 2334 | Martial arts excise taxation | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 2733 | Insurance for taxis, etc. | died | no |
| 2015-16 | ESHB 2908 | Police/deadly force | became law | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 2916 | Exchange facilitators | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 2942 | Nonresident CDLs | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | HB 2954 | Manufactured home sales | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | HB 1038 | Cosmetology, barbering, etc. | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | HB 1045 | Local highway speed limits | became law | yes |
| 2013-14 | HB 1101 | Patient safety day | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | ESHB 1325 | Banks, trust companies, etc. | became law | yes |
| 2013-14 | HB 1326 | Consumer loan act | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | HB 1491 | Debt adjusting services | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | HB 1582 | Credit unions | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | HB 1638 | Insurance | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | HB 1814 | Coordinated trans. council | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | HB 1845 | Railroads/UTC regulation | died | no |
| 2013-14 | HB 2140 | Credit unions' mergers | became law | yes |
| 2013-14 | HB 2162 | Body art, piercing, etc. | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | HB 2333 | Employee antiretaliation act | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | HB 2644 | Involuntary servitude | died | yes |
| 2011-12 | HB 1191 | Mortgage lending fraud/acct. | became law | yes |
| 2011-12 | HB 1217 | Speed limits | died | yes |
| 2011-12 | HB 1407 | Water system/negotiated sale | became law | yes |
| 2011-12 | HB 1916 | Associate development orgs | became law | yes |
| 2011-12 | HB 1917 | State route number 523 | died | no |
| 2011-12 | HB 1937 | Innovation partnership zones | became law | yes |
| 2011-12 | SHB 2188 | Air rescue and evacuation | became law | yes |
| 2011-12 | HB 2225 | Patient safety day | died | yes |
| 2011-12 | HB 2242 | Cosmetology, barbering, etc. | died | yes |
| 2011-12 | HB 2445 | Mileage-based insurance | died | yes |
| 2011-12 | HB 2662 | Comm econ revitalization brd | died | yes |
| 2011-12 | HB 2663 | Facilities/sales and use tax | died | yes |
| 2011-12 | HB 2725 | Council on coordinated trans | died | yes |
Source WA Legislature legislation and committee hearing records · as of 2026-08-07 · 161 bills across every session held
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Committee seats
2025-26
- House Committee on Appropriations
- House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business
- House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans
We cannot say which of these they chair. A committee chair decides what gets a hearing, which makes the role the single most consequential fact in this section — and the roster export records membership without it. Every seat above is shown as an equal membership because that is all the record supports.
Last checked 2026-08-07
Source WA Legislature committee membership records · as of 2026-08-07 · 3 seats
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Who funds this seat
Campaign finance reported to the Public Disclosure Commission. The record and the PDC share no identifier, so this is a join — on surname, given name, chamber and district for a legislator, and on the office won and the county it was won in for everyone else. Only where one person fits.
$1,240
raised, 2026 cycle
$7,383
spent
$620
average contribution
Total divided by 2 reported contributors.
$721K
raised across 9 campaigns
Every cycle we hold for this filer, not a career total — earlier campaigns may predate our coverage.
By campaign
| Cycle | Raised | Spent | Contributors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1,240 | $7,383 | 2 |
| 2024 | $128,847 | $152,216 | 138 |
| 2022 | $122,450 | $108,830 | 174 |
| 2020 | $95,963 | $77,036 | 153 |
| 2018 | $69,618 | $75,235 | 153 |
| 2016 | $53,601 | $52,151 | 122 |
| 2014 | $61,190 | $55,722 | 144 |
| 2012 | $95,276 | $88,209 | 326 |
| 2010 | $92,761 | $91,001 | 369 |
Largest reported contributors
| Contributor | City | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| State Farm Federal PAC | Bloomington | $1,200 |
This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Cindy Ryu to PDC filer RYU C 133 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Representative) and the district (32) all agree, and because only one person fits. If that is the wrong person, tell us at corrections@washingtonindependents.org and we will unpublish this section while we check — see Corrections.
Last checked 2026-08-07
Source Public Disclosure Commission candidate filings · as of 2026-08-07 · filer RYU C 133
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What this page will not compute
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- What the money bought
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- A complete funding career
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- Employers we cannot see
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- Whether a difference was a broken promise
- Where a stated position and a vote differ we show both records and say only that they differ. Why is not in either one — an amendment, a procedural vote, or a bill that changed under the member all produce the same pair.
- A complete set of statements
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- Advertising
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- What a divergent vote means
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- Committee influence
- Chair and ranking-member roles decide which bills get heard. The roster gives membership without role, so every seat here looks alike.
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How to run for this office
This is an office, not a possession. Every seat here is filled by whoever files for it and wins, and the requirements are the same for everyone.
| Seat | Term | Next election | Filing opens |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Representative, District 32 | 2 years | 2026 | May 2026 |
What the job is. The Legislature sits for 105 days in odd-numbered years and 60 days in even ones, and the work does not stop when the session does — committee days, constituent casework and district meetings run through the interim. Someone deciding whether to file needs that more than they need anyone’s opinion of the incumbent.
Reporting follows money, not candidacy. Registering with the Public Disclosure Commission and filing contribution reports is triggered by raising and spending, not by putting your name in. A campaign that stays under the mini-reporting threshold files a short form and nothing more.
We cannot yet tell you what filing costs. The fee is one percent of the office’s annual salary (RCW 29A.24.091 — one percent of the annual salary of the office), which makes it a specific dollar amount rather than a rule — and a page that makes you compute your own filing fee has not told you the filing fee. Legislative salaries are set by the Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials and we do not hold that schedule, so the figure is missing rather than estimated. A candidate who cannot pay it may file a petition of signatures instead.
Source Election cycle derived from past regular elections in PDC candidate filings; requirements from RCW 29A.24 — candidate filing · as of 2026-08-07
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Connected records
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On the record
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Washington’s 32nd Legislative District
WA Legislature member roster
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SERVED — 2025-26
House, Legislative District 32
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SERVED — 2023-24
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WA Legislature member roster, 2023-24
Nothing on file
No funding edge is published. Campaign finance and the Legislature roster share no key, and matching people by name across the two produces wrong pairs often enough to be worse than nothing. No lobbying edge either: Washington lobbying filings name neither bills nor legislators.
Source WA Legislature member roster · as of 2026-08-07
Cite this page
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“State Representative Cindy Ryu,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-10. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/cindy-ryu/
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Where this page comes from
Every figure above is read from a primary source and rebuilt on a schedule. Nothing here is modelled or inferred; where a source is silent the page says so rather than filling the gap.
- WA Legislature member roster
- Name, party, district, chamber and contact details, per session served.
- WA Legislature roll call service
- Every recorded floor vote. Committee votes are recorded per committee rather than per member and are not included.
- Party divergence
- Derived, not published by the Legislature. For each roll call we take the majority position of the member’s own party and flag votes against it, counting only roll calls where that party had a clear majority.
- WA Legislature legislation records
- Prime sponsorship, and each bill’s outcome and hearing status. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold.
- Public Disclosure Commission candidate filings
- Contributions, expenditures, the largest reported contributors and their stated employers, for every cycle back to 2007. Matched on surname and given name plus chamber and district for a legislator, or the office won and the county it was won in for everyone else — never on name alone — and only published where one person fits. Across the record that resolves 1,938 of 13,879 officials over 3,548 cycles, with 45 refused as ambiguous; the rest say why they did not match.
- Not loaded
- Public statements, advertising, committee roles, and committee votes by member.