Elected official · Washington State

State Senator John Braun

John Braun is a Republican state senator representing Washington's 20th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 359 bills, of which 112 died without a public hearing.

Republican
Senate
Legislative District 20
2 sessions on record

email: John.Braun@leg.wa.gov
phone: (360) 786-7638

Source Washington State Legislature web services: member roster, roll calls, sponsorship and committee records · as of 2026-08-07

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Last checked 2026-08-07

Voting record

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

9,261

recorded votes

7,783

yea

1,367

nay

111

absent or excused

Votes against their own party’s majority

975

of 9,261 recorded votes went against the majority of Republican 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
2026-03-10	E2SSB 6026	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Yea	Nay (7-12 yea-nay)
2026-03-10	ESSB 6200	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Yea	Nay (7-12 yea-nay)
2026-03-09	HB 2675	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Yea	Nay (7-12 yea-nay)
2026-03-09	SSB 5938	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (18-1 yea-nay)
2026-03-06	ESHB 2225	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (13-5 yea-nay)
2026-03-04	ESHB 1500	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (10-9 yea-nay)
2026-03-04	E2SHB 2416	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Yea	Nay (9-10 yea-nay)
2026-03-03	HB 2543	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Yea	Nay (4-15 yea-nay)
2026-02-16	ESSB 6162	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (11-8 yea-nay)
2026-02-13	2SSB 5969	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Yea	Nay (8-10 yea-nay)
2026-02-11	ESSB 5374	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (13-6 yea-nay)
2026-02-11	SB 5995	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Yea	Nay (6-13 yea-nay)
2026-02-04	SSB 6014	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (11-8 yea-nay)
2026-01-28	ESB 5272	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (17-2 yea-nay)
2026-01-28	ESSB 5865	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (16-3 yea-nay)
2025-04-27	ESSB 5161	Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee	Yea	Nay (6-12 yea-nay)
2025-04-27	SGA 9220	The Appointment be Confirmed	Yea	Nay (3-15 yea-nay)
2025-04-22	ESSB 5291	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Yea	Nay (6-13 yea-nay)
2025-04-21	ESB 5662	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (11-8 yea-nay)
2025-04-19	SSB 5393	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Yea	Nay (5-14 yea-nay)
2025-04-19	SB 5647	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (10-9 yea-nay)
2025-04-18	SSB 5262	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (17-2 yea-nay)
2025-04-18	ESSB 5403	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (11-8 yea-nay)
2025-04-17	ESSB 5184	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Yea	Nay (8-11 yea-nay)
2025-04-17	SB 5189	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (14-5 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 975. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll call service · as of 2026-08-07 · 9,261 votes across every session held

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.

359

bills prime-sponsored

became law

112

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 5007	Chronically absent students	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5008	Public school tools	pending	yes
2025-26	ESSB 5009	Student transp. vehicles	became law	yes
2025-26	SB 5071	Controlled sub. endangerment	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5274	Body cameras/corrections	pending	no
2025-26	SB 5276	Institution reimburse. rates	pending	no
2025-26	SB 5277	Juvenile rehab. to 25 repeal	pending	no
2025-26	SB 5278	Juvenile correctional pop.	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5301	Gov. services/tribal lands	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5310	Child care subsidy rates	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5311	Cash & food assistance/work	pending	no
2025-26	2SSB 5358	Career & tech. ed./6th grade	became law	yes
2025-26	SB 5410	Veteran parking privileges	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5424	UW health sciences campus	pending	no
2025-26	SB 5462	Vehicle inspection backlog	became law	yes
2025-26	SB 5645	Estate tax/extraordinary rev	pending	no
2025-26	SB 5648	ABLE accounts	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5732	Housing supply/GMA	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5733	Updating comprehensive plans	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5736	Child neglect cases	pending	no
2025-26	SB 5740	Eviction reform	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 5821	Advanced nuclear energy	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6030	Plastic carryout bags	pending	yes
2025-26	ESSB 6087	Donations for children	became law	yes
2025-26	SB 6088	Game farm/water quality	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6090	Heritage orchard program	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6116	Vapor products/tax	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6122	Education funding/use	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6127	Paid leave integrity audit	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6128	Independent medical exams	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6144	Juvenile rehab. safety	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6145	Correctional fac. contraband	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6163	DD services waiver/budget	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6192	Reading and math instruction	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6205	Grant distribution	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6207	Salmonid hatchery production	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6241	Steelhead populations	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6242	County shared stewardship	pending	yes
2025-26	SB 6254	Agency rules AI analysis	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6264	Immigration status	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6285	School district mandates	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6322	Bob Oke game farm relocation	pending	no
2025-26	SB 6342	Seizure detection devices	pending	no
2025-26	SJR 8201	Investment/LTSS accounts	pending	yes
2025-26	SR 8702	Senator Judy Warnick	pending	no
2025-26	SR 8705	Senator Boehnke	pending	no
2023-24	SB 5079	Tuition establishment date	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5084	Self-insured pensions/fund	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5099	Estate tax/extraordinary rev	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5240	Unemployment ins. appeals	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5248	Tutoring & extended learning	died	yes
2023-24	SSB 5261	Cemetery authority deadlines	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5262	Cemetery district filings	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5299	Law enf. officer protection	died	yes
2023-24	SSB 5381	Legislators/letters	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5416	Building code classif.	died	no
2023-24	SB 5478	Bridge jumping signs	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5510	Vehicle inspection backlog	died	no
2023-24	SB 5511	K-12 education funding	died	no
2023-24	SB 5579	Hydrofluorocarbons/supply	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5585	Mental health professionals	died	no
2023-24	SB 5609	Housing approval	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5635	Victims' rights	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5638	Lake and beach districts	died	no
2023-24	SSB 5649	Floodproofing improvements	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5686	Senior citizens local tax	died	no
2023-24	SB 5734	ABLE accounts	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5741	Housing gap voucher pilot	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5850	Chronically absent students	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5851	Holocaust and genocide edu.	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5852	Special education safety net	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5886	Firefighter safety funding	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 6028	Unemployment overpayments	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6029	Detached ADUs	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6030	ADU tax exemptions	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6031	Student transp. allocation	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6032	Religious schools/law enf.	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6033	Ceremonial open carry	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6041	False information/ethics	died	no
2023-24	SB 6046	Sexual abuse claims	died	no
2023-24	SB 6048	Special education ombuds	died	no
2023-24	SB 6049	Learning recovery	died	no
2023-24	SB 6051	Manslaughter/substances	died	no
2023-24	SB 6093	College admission criteria	died	no
2023-24	SB 6096	Schools/state funding assist	died	no
2023-24	SSB 6099	Tribal opioid account	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 6102	In-state resident enrollment	died	no
2023-24	SB 6103	Free speech info./higher ed.	died	no
2023-24	SB 6104	Free speech policy/higher ed	died	no
2023-24	SB 6195	Vehicle inspection backlog	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6280	Veteran parking privileges	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6284	Impact fees	died	no
2023-24	SB 6285	Use of impact fees	died	yes
2023-24	SCR 8415	Yakima Valley redistricting	died	no
2023-24	SR 8634	People of Iran	died	no
2023-24	SR 8635	Bill Russell	died	no
2021-22	SB 5037	School opening metrics	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5114	Reopening/public health	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5352	Retirement system opt-out	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5359	Motor vehicle sales tax	died	no
2021-22	SB 5394	Liquor sale by restaurants	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5422	Excise tax/aerospace, etc.	died	no
2021-22	SB 5672	Long-term care/refunds	died	no
2021-22	SB 5673	Bridge jumping signs	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5674	Graduated reentry program	died	no
2021-22	SB 5675	Permissible use of force	died	no
2021-22	SB 5696	Capital gains tax/repeal	died	no
2021-22	SB 5777	COVID-19 vaccine/children	died	no
2021-22	SB 5778	Vehicle inspection backlog	died	yes
2021-22	SSB 5790	Community support services	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5804	Gain-of-function research	died	no
2021-22	SSB 5819	DDA no-paid caseload	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5829	Behavioral health approps	died	no
2021-22	SB 5857	Toxics control accts/water	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5921	County timber tax distrib.	died	no
2021-22	SB 5922	K-12 education funding	died	no
2021-22	SB 5938	Residential centers closure	died	no
2021-22	SB 5965	Long-term care trust/repeal	died	no
2021-22	SB 5979	K-12 intensive tutoring	died	no
2021-22	SCR 8405	COVID-19 emergency	died	no
2021-22	SR 8639	Senator Doug Ericksen	died	no
2019-20	SB 5098	Public defense funding	died	yes
2019-20	SSB 5175	Firefighter safety	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5176	Rules, yearly expiration	died	no
2019-20	SB 5177	Cemetery district withdrawal	became law	yes
2019-20	ESSB 5330	Small forestland owners	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5483	Dev. disability services	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5523	Medicaid managed care perf.	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5532	Special education	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5533	Parental improvement certs.	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5534	ECEAP outcomes study	died	no
2019-20	SB 5535	Child care costs	died	no
2019-20	SB 5536	Intellectual disability care	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5537	Behavioral health facilities	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5538	Higher education free speech	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5539	Family & med. leave/coverage	died	no
2019-20	SB 5540	Projects of statewide signif	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5566	Prevailing wage admin. fees	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5791	Residential prop valuation	died	no
2019-20	SB 5845	Sexual harassment/state gov.	died	yes
2019-20	SSB 5894	Firefighters' pension levy	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5951	Urban infill area dev./taxes	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5986	Vapor & heated tobacco/tax	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5999	Unfunded actuarial liability	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6021	K-12 education funding	died	no
2019-20	ESSB 6040	Dev. disability budgeting	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 6041	Motor vehicle sales tax	died	no
2019-20	SB 6172	BPA ratepayer assist/B&O tax	died	yes
2019-20	SSB 6190	Dev. disabilities trust	became law	yes
2019-20	SSB 6191	Adverse childhood experience	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 6192	State facility conditions	died	no
2019-20	SB 6193	State employee vehicle use	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6194	Multiple business taxes	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6195	Forest health activity bonds	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6196	Homelessness impact grants	died	no
2019-20	SB 6197	House of Rep. districts	died	no
2019-20	SB 6198	Balanced budget/related fund	died	no
2019-20	SB 6199	Prop. tax exemp./inflation	died	no
2019-20	SB 6200	Crime victims' compensation	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6201	Multiple-unit housing REET	died	no
2019-20	SB 6215	Indigency/public assistance	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6246	State employee bargaining	died	no
2019-20	SB 6498	Riparian easement carbon val	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6531	Personal services/liquor	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6548	Overtime ex./employee choice	died	no
2019-20	SB 6564	Hard-to-place job seekers	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6612	Homeless service orgs/audits	died	no
2019-20	SB 6658	Disabled & elderly	died	no
2019-20	SB 6702	State & local income tax ban	died	no
2019-20	SJR 8204	Right to fish, hunt, etc.	died	no
2019-20	SJR 8207	Four-year balanced budget	died	no
2019-20	SJR 8208	Homestead property tax exem.	died	no
2019-20	SJR 8211	Charges imposed on wages	died	yes
2019-20	ESJR 8212	Investment of LTC funds	died	yes
2019-20	SJR 8216	Balanced budget, 4 year	died	no
2017-18	SB 5047	Operating sup budget 2017	died	no
2017-18	SB 5048	Operating budget 2017-2019	died	yes
2017-18	ESB 5097	Chehalis board appointments	became law	yes
2017-18	ESB 5111	Capital gains excise tax	died	no
2017-18	SB 5112	Tax preferences	died	no
2017-18	ESB 5113	B&O tax/education	died	no
2017-18	SB 5114	Quarterly revenue forecasts	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5125	Real estate/contractors	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 5127	Carbon pollution tax	died	no
2017-18	SB 5295	Shared leave/pregnancy	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5296	Six months/vacation leave	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5304	Electrical rules review	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5362	Comm transp services/unempl	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5438	Impact statements/two years	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5439	Coal electricity conversion	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5456	Unpaid accounts	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5607	Education	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5630	High-technology research tax	died	no
2017-18	SB 5664	Fed. forestlands/ed. funding	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5670	Workers' comp./settlements	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5791	Public disclosure commission	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5798	Rules, yearly expiration	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5827	Lodging tax revenues	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5844	Citizen commission/tax prefs	died	yes
2017-18	2ESB 5867	Personal care by family	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 5868	Human services T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5869	Human services T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5870	Health care T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5871	Health care T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5872	Public safety T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5873	Criminal justice T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5874	Natural resources T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5875	Education T.O.	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5876	Education T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5877	Education T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5878	Revenue T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5879	Revenue T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5880	State government T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5881	State government T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5882	Fiscal matters T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SSB 5883	Operating budget	became law	no
2017-18	SB 5895	Budget stabilization approps	died	yes
2017-18	ESSB 5898	Public assist. eligibility	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 5899	Training partnership/DSHS	died	no
2017-18	SB 5900	Unfunded actuarial liability	died	yes
2017-18	SSB 5901	Early child ed. eligibility	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 5902	STEM enrollments	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5904	Convicted persons	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5914	Public employers/labor dues	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5915	State gov. central services	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5971	Fiscal matters T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5972	Fiscal matters T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 5973	Fiscal matters T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SB 6242	Residential prop valuation	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6243	Embedment-style anchors	died	no
2017-18	SB 6244	House of rep/member election	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6286	SEBB board membership	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6393	L&I annual investment return	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 6420	Criminal justice	died	no
2017-18	SB 6468	Behavioral health facilities	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6509	Correctional cost savings	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6524	Special education funding	died	no
2017-18	SB 6537	Fed. forestlands/ed. funding	died	no
2017-18	SB 6538	Projects of statewide signif	died	no
2017-18	SB 6539	State trust land management	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6540	Medicaid waiver	died	no
2017-18	SB 6541	Rules, yearly expiration	died	no
2017-18	SB 6543	Comm & tech college tuition	died	no
2017-18	SB 6616	Education funding reform	died	no
2017-18	SJR 8206	Right to hunt and fish	died	yes
2017-18	SJR 8212	Homestead property tax exem.	died	yes
2017-18	SR 8699	George Washington/Centralia	died	no
2015-16	SB 5047	Consumer financial info	died	no
2015-16	SB 5281	Spec'lty electrician certifs	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5282	Security systm installations	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5288	Real estate brokers	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 5290	Tribes/prescrip. monitoring	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5301	Spirits retailers/for resale	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5329	Public employee bargaining	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5330	Stage II gas vapor control	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5331	Workers' comp grp self-insur	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5332	Local employment laws	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5449	Appeals court tax division	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5451	Vocational rehabilitation	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5507	L&I fines & civil penalties	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5508	Recovery/industrial insurnce	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5509	Occupational disease claims	died	yes
2015-16	ESB 5510	Workers' comp benefits	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 5511	Local sales & use tx changes	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5512	Retro rating plan emps, grps	died	no
2015-16	ESB 5513	Structured settlements	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5514	Minimum wage and OT comp	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5515	Long-term care providers	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5516	Injured worker compensation	died	no
2015-16	SB 5575	Coal-fired plants conversion	died	yes
2015-16	ESB 5577	Pharmaceutical waste	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 5641	Radio & TV broadcasting/tax	died	no
2015-16	SSB 5670	Universal comm services prog	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 5756	Aerospace tax preferences	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5774	Prevailing wage surveys	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5775	Prevailing rate of wage	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5776	Food stamp work requirements	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5842	Utility compliance, planning	died	yes
2015-16	ESB 5854	Coll. bargaining agreements	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5948	Wrestling special lic plates	died	no
2015-16	SB 5950	Prevailing wage survey data	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5951	Prevailing wages/pilot prjct	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5952	Prevailing wages, paying of	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5953	Nonprofits/prevailing wage	died	yes
2015-16	2ESSB 5954	Reducing tuition	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 5955	Criminal justice training	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5979	Salary increases	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5980	Elected officials retirement	died	no
2015-16	SB 5981	State debt limitations	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5982	Retirement age/state systems	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6004	Coal displacement power	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6005	Retirement/max compensation	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6016	Interest arbitration	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6088	K-12 education enhancements	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6098	Financial feasibility	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6126	Collective bargaining	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6250	Fire department employees	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6291	Weighted GPAs	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6292	Ed funding/fed. forest lands	died	yes
2015-16	ESSB 6293	Student volunteers	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 6391	Tribe emergency placements	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6396	Rule review and expiration	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6444	Commercial trans. providers	died	no
2015-16	SSB 6445	Mental health/phys. assists.	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 6446	Amb. surgical facilities	died	no
2015-16	SB 6501	Vehicle cargo extensions	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6602	Industrial insurance claims	died	no
2015-16	SB 6632	Wildfire management	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6639	Minors/nonmed tattoo removal	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6659	Industrial safety penalties	died	no
2015-16	SB 6662	Personal care by family	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6664	Pblc service retirement T.O.	died	no
2015-16	SB 6665	State government T.O.	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6666	Fiscal matters T.O.	died	no
2015-16	SB 6667	Fiscal matters T.O.	died	yes
2015-16	SJR 8215	Tax increases/voter approval	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5158	Minimum wage and overtime	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5159	Family & med leave insur act	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5161	Gold star license plates	became law	yes
2013-14	SB 5297	Coal transition power	became law	yes
2013-14	SB 5298	Coal transition power	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5496	Online school programs	became law	yes
2013-14	SB 5647	Revenue dept. determinations	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5656	Business licensing systems	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5675	Industrial insurance	died	no
2013-14	SB 5676	Personal voter signatures	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5682	Like-in-kind appliances	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5688	State & local tax systems	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5697	Local sales & use tx changes	died	yes
2013-14	ESB 5726	Local paid sick & safe leave	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5727	Prev wages/distressed county	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5728	Local paid sick & safe leave	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5729	Real estate brokers	died	no
2013-14	SB 5759	Economic devel. commission	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5829	Small rural hospitals	died	no
2013-14	SSB 5859	Small rural hospitals	became law	yes
2013-14	ESB 5903	Family & med leave insurance	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5940	Estate tax applicable rates	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5948	State procurement	became law	yes
2013-14	SB 6133	Real estate brokers	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6175	Tax appeal process	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6176	Tax appeal process	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6179	Workers' comp self-insurance	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6180	Forest lands & timber lands	became law	yes
2013-14	SB 6181	Child care	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6182	Apprenticeship program	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6183	Collective bargaining	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6195	State tourism marketing prog	died	yes
2013-14	SSB 6199	Wildfires/incendiary devices	became law	yes
2013-14	ESB 6220	Retailers selling for resale	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6293	State recreation lands	died	no
2013-14	SB 6305	Elected officials retirement	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6306	Fire district vehicles/tax	died	no
2013-14	SB 6307	Local employment laws	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6500	Coal transition power	died	no
2013-14	SB 6525	Prevailing wage exemption	died	no
2013-14	SB 6526	Workers' compensation	died	no
2013-14	SB 6545	Aerospace tax preferences	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6572	Universal comm services prog	died	yes

Source WA Legislature legislation and committee hearing records · as of 2026-08-07 · 359 bills across every session held

Committee seats

2025-26

Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce
Senate Committee on Rules
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

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.

$415K

raised, 2024 cycle

$415K

spent

$1,326

average contribution

Total divided by 313 reported contributors.

$1.1M

raised across 4 campaigns

Every cycle we hold for this filer, not a career total — earlier campaigns may predate our coverage.

By campaign

Reported campaign finance by cycle
Cycle	Raised	Spent	Contributors
2024	$415,000	$414,613	313
2020	$294,187	$293,216	330
2016	$237,256	$236,546	365
2012	$122,814	$123,028	166

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor	City	Amount
ALASKA AIRLINES	SEATTLE	$2,400
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC	RICHMOND	$2,400
AMAZON.COM SERVICES, INC	SEATTLE	$2,400
ANHEUSER BUSCH COMPANIES	VAN NUYS	$2,400
ASSOC BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS OF WESTERN WA PAC	BELLEVUE	$2,400
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF WASHINGTON BUILD PAC	SEATTLE	$2,400
AT&T Services Inc.	Redmond	$2,400
AVISTA CORP	SPOKANE	$2,400
Agri Beef Management	Boise	$2,400
BECU	SEATTLE	$2,400
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY	FORT WORTH	$2,400
CENTENE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC	ST. LOUIS	$2,400
CIGNA HOLDING CO	WASHINGTON	$2,400
COMCAST FINANCIAL AGENCY CORPORATION	PHILIADELPHIA	$2,400
CREDIT UNION LEG ACTION FUND	SEATAC	$2,400

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched John Braun to PDC filer BRAUJ 532 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (20) 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 BRAUJ 532

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.

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 20	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

Connected records

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

On the record

HOLDS A SEAT IN

Washington’s 20th Legislative District

WA Legislature member roster
SERVED — 2025-26

Senate, Legislative District 20

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

Senate, Legislative District 20

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 John Braun,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-09. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/john-braun/

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.