# Steve Conway

Steve Conway is a Democratic member of the Washington Senate for district 29.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 29
- Serving since: 2011-01-10
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0999a0d6-1c62-47cf-aa0d-8250967d3a10

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0999a0d6-1c62-47cf-aa0d-8250967d3a10 (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

47% of the 19 bills Conway sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Washington Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.66 (standard error 0.03), from 26 donors and 1,168 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,101 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Washington Senate 99.1%). Party unity 96.2% (95.5%). 26 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 165. 47.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 3 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 8698: Recognizing piano teachers. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8698/
- SB 6302: Concerning misclassification in the finishing trades on public works projects. (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6302/
- SB 6293: Establishing a pilot program for posttraumatic stress disorder treatment and research. (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6293/
- SB 6181: Concerning city incorporation. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6181/
- SB 6123: Concerning the protection of voluntary supplied personal information of local government employees. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6123/
- SB 6147: Concerning notice requirements for grocery establishment closures. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6147/
- SB 5834: Concerning payment of expenses from the earnings of retirement system trust funds. (became law, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5834/
- SB 5835: Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5835/
- SB 5572: Promoting the efficient administration of school construction assistance program projects. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5572/
- SB 5516: Modifying the property tax exemption for community centers. (became law, 2025-05-17) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5516/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,600 (State Senate Democrats median $16.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/conway/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0999a0d6-1c62-47cf-aa0d-8250967d3a10