State Senator Drew Hansen – Washington Independents

01

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

02

Voting record

Recorded floor votes across every session we hold. Committee votes are not included — those are recorded per committee, not per member.

9,445

recorded votes

8,793

yea

435

nay

217

absent or excused

Votes against their own party’s majority

42

of 9,445 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.

Votes against the member’s own party majority
Date	Bill	Motion	They voted	Their party
2026-03-11	ESSB 6346	Concur in House amendment(s)	Nay	Yea (27-3 yea-nay)
2026-03-11	ESSB 6346	Final Passage As Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (27-3 yea-nay)
2026-02-17	SSB 5828	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2026-02-16	ESSB 6346	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (27-3 yea-nay)
2026-02-11	SB 5995	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (25-5 yea-nay)
2025-04-27	ESB 5797	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2022-03-04	ESHB 1846	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (68-30 yea-nay)
2022-03-04	ESHB 2018	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (91-7 yea-nay)
2022-01-19	HB 1913	Motion to Relieve Committee of Bill and Place on 2nd Reading Calendar	Yea	Nay (40-57 yea-nay)
2021-03-03	E2SHB 1186	285 Graham Pg 3 Ln 14	Nay	Yea (59-38 yea-nay)
2019-04-16	SSB 5380	707 Gildon Pg 39 Ln 29	Nay	Yea (61-37 yea-nay)
2019-04-16	SSB 5380	708 Stokesbary Pg 39 Ln 29	Nay	Yea (60-38 yea-nay)
2019-04-16	SSB 5380	The House is AT EASE Subject to the call of the Speaker	Nay	Yea (60-38 yea-nay)
2019-04-10	ESSB 5526	576 Caldier Pg 5 Ln 26	Yea	Nay (41-51 yea-nay)
2019-03-29	ESHB 1160	Final Passage	Nay	Yea (90-5 yea-nay)
2018-01-18	ESSB 6091	Final Passage	Nay	Yea (66-30 yea-nay)
2017-06-30	SSB 5977	Final Passage	Nay	Yea (83-10 yea-nay)
2016-03-09	E2SSB 6194	949 Reykdal Pg 1 Ln 4	Yea	Nay (43-54 yea-nay)
2016-03-09	E2SSB 6194	946 Sells Pg 5 Ln 8	Yea	Nay (44-53 yea-nay)
2016-03-09	E2SSB 6194	951 Gregerson Pg 6 Ln 27	Yea	Nay (43-54 yea-nay)
2016-03-09	E2SSB 6194	965 Hansen Pg 18 Ln 17	Yea	Nay (44-53 yea-nay)
2016-03-09	E2SSB 6194	961 Bergquist Pg 38 Ln 7	Yea	Nay (43-54 yea-nay)
2016-03-09	E2SSB 6194	956 Pollet Pg 38 Ln 7	Yea	Nay (44-53 yea-nay)
2016-03-09	E2SSB 6194	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (58-39 yea-nay)
2015-06-30	2ESSB 5987	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (54-44 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 42. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll call service · as of 2026-08-07 · 9,445 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.

84

bills prime-sponsored

29

became law

9

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.

Bills prime-sponsored by this member
Session	Bill	Subject	Outcome	Heard
2025-26	SB 5066	Law enf. misconduct	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5231	Confinement fees & expenses	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5308	Guaranteed admissions prg.	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5402	Financial aid eligibility	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5562	Students/apprenticeships	pending	no
2025-26	SB 5632	Confidentiality/interstate	became law	yes
2025-26	SB 5658	Workforce education account	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5671	Broadband grant & loan prg.	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5680	Mobility equipment repair	became law	yes
2025-26	ESB 5772	Student enrollment	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5791	Higher education funding	pending	no
2025-26	SB 5906	Data and personal safety	pending	yes
2025-26	ESSB 5925	AGO investigation powers	became law	yes
2025-26	SB 5978	Guaranteed admissions prg.	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6139	Rental payments	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6169	Nitrous oxide sale	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6215	Fraud prevention/auditor	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6320	Alternative learning	pending	yes
2023-24	HB 1142	Tenure-track faculty	died	yes
2023-24	ESHB 1335	Personal identifying info.	became law	yes
2023-24	HB 1410	Hate crimes & bias incidents	died	no
2023-24	HB 1445	Law enf. misconduct	died	yes
2023-24	ESHB 1469	Health care services/access	became law	yes
2023-24	ESSB 5985	Firearms background checks	became law	yes
2023-24	SSB 5998	Nonfelony convict. vacation	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5999	Financial aid eligibility	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6021	Correctional fees & expenses	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6064	Pet fees, deposits	died	yes
2021-22	HB 1076	Workplace violations/qui tam	died	yes
2021-22	ESHB 1336	Public telecomm. service	became law	yes
2021-22	HB 1517	College grant awards	died	no
2021-22	2SHB 1835	Postsecondary enrollment	became law	yes
2019-20	SHB 1041	Certificates of discharge	became law	yes
2019-20	HB 1209	Ballots, prepaid postage	died	yes
2019-20	HB 1340	College promise scholarship	died	yes
2019-20	SHB 1949	Firearm background checks	became law	yes
2019-20	HB 1950	Free to finish college prg	died	yes
2019-20	HB 1965	Workplace violations/qui tam	died	yes
2019-20	HB 2001	Native American scholarships	died	yes
2019-20	E2SHB 2158	Workforce education	became law	yes
2019-20	E2SHB 2467	Firearm background checks	became law	yes
2019-20	HB 2468	Workforce ed surcharge admin	died	yes
2019-20	HB 2793	Criminal records/vacating	died	yes
2017-18	E3SHB 1488	Higher ed opportunities	became law	yes
2017-18	SHB 1501	Attempts to obtain firearms	became law	yes
2017-18	HB 2200	Internet privacy & security	died	yes
2017-18	SHB 2282	Net neutrality	became law	yes
2017-18	HB 2377	Fin. aid/for-profit colleges	died	yes
2017-18	HB 2378	Ballots, prepaid postage	died	no
2017-18	HB 2504	Op. scholarship prg. funding	died	no
2017-18	HB 2662	PUD retail telecom. service	died	yes
2017-18	HB 2890	Certificates of discharge	died	yes
2017-18	HB 2893	Body worn cameras	died	no
2015-16	HB 1221	Passenger-only ferry distr's	died	yes
2015-16	HB 1812	High-achieving HS students	died	yes
2015-16	SHB 1813	Computer science education	became law	yes
2015-16	HB 1917	Recordings/law enf., etc.	died	yes
2015-16	HB 2041	Need grant prog scholarships	died	yes
2015-16	EHB 2362	Recordings/law enf., etc.	became law	yes
2015-16	HB 2801	Higher education opportunity	died	yes
2015-16	HB 2955	Free to finish college prog.	died	yes
2013-14	HB 1109	Higher ed registration/vets	became law	yes
2013-14	2ESHB 1117	Real property transfer	became law	yes
2013-14	ESHB 1245	Derelict & abandoned vessels	became law	yes
2013-14	ESHB 1247	Job skills program	became law	yes
2013-14	SHB 1472	Computer science education	became law	yes
2013-14	HB 1660	Physician & nurse placements	died	yes
2013-14	HB 1805	Culinary class/wine license	died	yes
2013-14	SHB 1806	Veterans' assistance	became law	yes
2013-14	HB 2267	Passenger-only ferry distrct	died	yes
2013-14	2SHB 2457	Derelict & abandoned vessels	became law	yes
2013-14	SHB 2612	Opportunity scholarship	became law	yes
2013-14	HB 2651	Higher ed transparency	died	yes
2013-14	HB 2694	Higher ed/low-income studnts	died	yes
2011-12	ESHB 2502	Forest land classification	became law	yes
2011-12	HB 2503	Veterans & national guard	died	yes
2011-12	HB 2504	Cell phone use state policy	died	no
2011-12	HB 2505	Driver licenses, identicards	died	no
2011-12	HB 2619	Instrument of sale/retail tx	died	yes
2011-12	HB 2653	Infrastructure statutes	became law	yes
2011-12	HB 2736	Commercial vehicles	died	yes
2011-12	ESHB 2747	Fire service training acct	became law	yes
2011-12	HB 2749	Unlawful ferry conduct	died	no
2011-12	HR 4651	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	died	no

Source WA Legislature legislation and committee hearing records · as of 2026-08-07 · 84 bills across every session held

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Committee seats

2025-26

Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education
Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development
Senate Committee on Ways & Means

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.

$235K

raised, 2024 cycle

$28,929

spent

$994

average contribution

Total divided by 236 reported contributors.

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor	City	Amount
23rd Leg Dist Democrats	Poulsbo	$2,400
Amazon.com Services LLC	Seattle	$2,400
Bill Carmody	Miami Beach	$2,400
Bryan Caforio	Los Angeles	$2,400
Campaign For Tribal Self Reliance / WA Indian Gaming Assn	Olympia	$2,400
Carolyn Hansen	Mercer Island	$2,400
Catherine Carmody	Miami Beach	$2,400
Chelsea Vessenes	Bainbridge Island	$2,400
Credit Union Legislative Action Fund	SeaTac	$2,400
Cynthia Sears	Bainbridge Island	$2,400
Delta Dental of WA	Seattle	$2,400
Elizabeth Hanley	Seattle	$2,400
Eric Silberstein	Newton	$2,400
Ian Tzeng	Boston	$2,400
James H. Peacock, III	Houston	$2,400

Colleagues who gave on the same day

Three or more people sharing an employer, giving to one of this member’s campaigns on a single date. Money arriving together is the pattern; a shared employer on its own is not. Across every campaign we hold, not just the most recent.

Same-day contributions from colleagues at one employer
Date	Cycle	Employer	Donors	Total
2024-04-30	2024	Susman Godfrey LLP	3	$6,000
2024-06-27	2024	Susman Godfrey LLP	3	$4,800
2024-05-10	2024	Susman Godfrey LLP	3	$4,600

This shows money arriving together, not who arranged it. An office collection, a fundraiser one colleague hosted, a firm’s partners each writing a cheque on the day they were asked — all three look identical in the filings, and all three are legal. Nothing here says the employer knew, still less that it directed anyone. The record gives the date and the shared workplace; the reason is not in it.

Last checked 2026-08-07

Employers behind more than one donor

Across the whole cycle rather than a single day. Weaker than the table above, and included because a slow accumulation from one workplace is still worth being able to see.

Employers with more than one contributor this cycle
Employer	Donors	Total
Susman Godfrey LLP	13	$21,450
Susman Godfrey	13	$19,500
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	2	$4,800

Only 39.1% of named donors stated an employer. The field is filled in by the donor and left blank more often than not, so both tables show what we can see rather than everything that exists. Treat the counts as a floor. Occupations reported in the employer box — “retired”, “self-employed”, “homemaker” — are excluded, because they are not a shared workplace.

Last checked 2026-08-07

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Drew Hansen to PDC filer HANSD2 110 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (23) 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 HANSD2 110

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What this page will not compute

Each of these is a number a reader might reasonably expect. None of them follow from the records we hold, so we do not publish them.

What the money bought: Where a filing is matched we show what was raised and from whom. Connecting that to how the member voted would be a causal claim from two records that were never linked, and campaign money is not the only thing that moves a vote.
A complete funding career: Cycles are shown back to 2009. A member who served before that has earlier campaigns we do not hold, so the career total is a floor rather than a lifetime figure.
Employers we cannot see: The employer field is filled in by the donor and left blank more often than not, so the bundling table shows employers we can see rather than every one that exists.
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: Positions are found and cited one at a time by a person. An empty or short list means nobody has done that reading, not that a member has said little.
Advertising: Meta’s ad library and PDC independent expenditures targeting this member are both public and neither is loaded.
What a divergent vote means: We can say a member voted against their party’s majority on a given roll call. Whether that was principle, a local interest, a drafting objection or a trade is not in the record, and the count is not a measure of independence.
Committee influence: Chair and ranking-member roles decide which bills get heard. The roster gives membership without role, so every seat here looks alike.
A member’s response: The design reserves space for one. We have no process yet for soliciting or publishing it, so the section is absent rather than empty.

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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.

Filing requirements and next election by seat
Seat	Term	Next election	Filing opens
State Senator, District 23	4 years	2028	May 2028

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

Every link this page draws, grouped by how well a document supports it.

On the record

HOLDS A SEAT IN

Washington’s 23rd Legislative District

WA Legislature member roster
SERVED — 2025-26

Senate, Legislative District 23

WA Legislature member roster, 2025-26
SERVED — 2023-24

Senate, Legislative District 23

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

This is public-records reporting. Use it, and say where it came from.

“State Senator Drew Hansen,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-09. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/drew-hansen/

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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.