# Paul Harris

Paul Harris is a Republican member of the Washington Senate for district 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 17
- Serving since: 2011-01-10
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/053234a7-c97e-41f7-8b71-c96cf19c80d7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/053234a7-c97e-41f7-8b71-c96cf19c80d7 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Harris voted against the majority of Washington Senate Republicans 101 times; party unity 77%, the lowest of 47 in the Washington Senate (average 95.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.01), from 90 donors and 1,199 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,101 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Washington Senate 99.1%). Party unity 77% (95.5%). 101 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 87. 52.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 2 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 8669: Honoring National Blood Donor month. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8669/
- SB 6268: Maintaining an online record of special education complaint decisions. (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6268/
- SB 6226: Protecting the clinical autonomy of audiologists. (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6226/
- SB 6213: Concerning naturally occurring fibrous silicate materials. (in committee, 2026-01-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6213/
- SB 6152: Including physical and occupational therapists as attending providers for workers' compensation. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6152/
- SB 6155: Concerning special parking privileges for persons with disabilities. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6155/
- SB 5975: Providing consumer access to safe cookware and interstate and international trade certainty in the regulation of lead in cookware. (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5975/
- SB 5976: Modifying the Washington commercial electronic mail act. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5976/
- SB 5916: Concerning nonopioid drugs for the treatment of pain. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5916/
- SB 5915: Concerning the health technology assessment program. (became law, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5915/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,500 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://paulharris.houserepublicans.wa.gov/
- Campaign site: https://electharris.com/
- X: https://x.com/votepaulharris
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectHarrisWA/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-harris-967495149/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/053234a7-c97e-41f7-8b71-c96cf19c80d7