# Phil Fortunato

Phil Fortunato is a Republican member of the Washington Senate for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2017-01-07
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2d0faef3-45a8-489c-84bd-9491c8ce0315

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2d0faef3-45a8-489c-84bd-9491c8ce0315 (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

8.7% of the 46 bills Fortunato sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Washington Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.50 (standard error 0.02), from 1,562 donors and 1,152 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,101 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Washington Senate 99.1%). Party unity 95.4% (95.5%). 66 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 80. 8.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 47 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 8700: Honoring Yolanda Cortinas Trout-Manuel. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8700/
- SJM 8016: Requesting Congress to determine that the closure of the Fairfax bridge and its immediate replacement be considered an emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SJM8016/
- SB 6333: Concerning the statewide multimodal transportation plan. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6333/
- SB 6332: Addressing regional transit authority accountability. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6332/
- SB 6331: Addressing diesel vessel procurement at the Washington state ferries. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6331/
- SB 6193: Concerning offenses involving unlawful possession of a firearm by a juvenile. (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6193/
- SB 6150: Providing tax relief for businesses and properties impacted by the Fairfax bridge closure. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6150/
- SB 6051: Providing flexibility to school districts by authorizing school district waivers. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6051/
- SB 5986: Providing a property tax exemption for qualifying housing used as a residency by tenants meeting certain disability criteria. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5986/
- SB 5987: Addressing the emergency replacement of failed infrastructure on state route number 165. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5987/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $55.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://philfortunato.src.wastateleg.org/
- Campaign site: https://www.votefortunato.org/
- X: https://x.com/phil_fortunato
- X: https://x.com/PhilDFortunato
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorPhilFortunato/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philforsenate/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phil.fortunato.3/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phil_fortunato_/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNwZo7C_M5yFMaLqdKzWXgQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-fortunato/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-fortunato-b3416921/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2d0faef3-45a8-489c-84bd-9491c8ce0315