# Joe Schmick

Joe Schmick is a Republican member of the Washington House for district 9.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington House, district 9
- Serving since: 2007-11-26
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/eedeb2a4-a7f1-414c-b9d0-504c4450f3f6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eedeb2a4-a7f1-414c-b9d0-504c4450f3f6 (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

100% of Schmick’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Washington, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.01), from 268 donors and 1,199 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 95.5% (94.5%). 70 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 72. 44.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 15 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2488: Making payments for services provided by a rural emergency hospital subject to appropriation. (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2488/
- HB 2154: Concerning land ownership by conservation districts. (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2154/
- HB 2110: Concerning personnel for ambulance service interfacility specialty care transports. (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2110/
- HB 1999: Concerning foreign ownership of agricultural land in Washington. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1999/
- HB 1957: Providing consistency in the rate approval process for individual and small group market health plans. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1957/
- HB 1868: Expanding access to athletic trainers in schools. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1868/
- HB 1720: Expanding the types of medication assistance that may be provided to residents of community-based care settings. (became law, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1720/
- HB 1526: Modifying the snack bar liquor license. (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1526/
- HB 1327: Concerning horse racing. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1327/
- HR 4669: Honoring Terry Cochran. (passed one chamber, 2024-02-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2023-2024/HR4669/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $53.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: http://joeschmick.houserepublicans.wa.gov/
- Campaign site: https://joeschmick.com/
- X: https://x.com/joeschmick
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joe.schmick/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmickjoe/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eedeb2a4-a7f1-414c-b9d0-504c4450f3f6