Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 2000
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Tani; 4 Children
Birth date:
Birthplace:
Home City: Vancouver WA
Religion: Christian, Non-Denominational

Profession

President, JP Zarelli, Incorporated, present United States Navy, 1982-1989

Education

AAS, Clark College

Committees

Economic Development, Trade and Innovation
Legislative Audit and Review
Rules
Ways and Means

HB 2565 Requirements for Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Machine Tax Rate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2319 Requirements for Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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HB 2565 Requirements for Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Machine Tax Rate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2319 Requirements for Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5942 State Liquor Sales
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1267 Definition of Parenthood
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 5622 Recreation Access on State Lands
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1382 Express Toll Lanes in the Eastside Corridor
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 5251 Electric Vehicle Registration Fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

SB 5407 Prohibits Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 5039 Tobacco Cessation Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5769 Coal-Fired Power Plants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5039 Tobacco Cessation Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5073 Medical Use of Cannabis
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6444 2009-2011 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 6143 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2836 2009-2011 Supplemental Biennium Capital Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2493 Cigarette Tax Increase
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2782 Limiting Disability Benefits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 6364 2009 - 2011 Biennium Capital Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6444 2009-2011 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6130 Initiative 960 (Tax Increase Restrictions) Suspension
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 6562 Expanding State University Tuition Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6382 Extending State Employee Salary Freeze
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 6843 Suspension of Tax Increase Vote Requirement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6382 Extending State Employee Salary Freeze
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1244 2009-2011 Biennium Budget and 2007-2009 Supplemental Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5288 Probation Time Reductions
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2344 Allowing Tuition Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5768 Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1709 Payday Lending Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2261 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1517 Expediting the Restoration of Felons' Voting Rights
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 6035 Retrospective Ratings Program Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5599 National Popular Vote Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6035 Retrospective Ratings Program Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5895 Housing Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5688 Expanding Domestic Partnership Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2687 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 6809 Working Family Tax Exemption
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 5751 Beer and Wine Tasting in Grocery Stores
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2476 Tribal Police Jurisdiction
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2815 Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2438 Permitting Dogs in Cougar Hunting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3104 Domestic Partnership Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6809 Working Family Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6305 Use of Federal Sex Education Grants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6777 Halting Mining on Maury Island
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5628 Presidential Election by Popular Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6305 Use of Federal Sex Education Grants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6777 Halting Mining on Maury Island
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6305 Use of Federal Sex Education Grants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5278 Public Financing of Local Campaigns
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5751 Beer and Wine Tasting in Grocery Stores
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6452 Yield Spread Premium Disclosure
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6381 Good Faith Duties of Mortgage Brokers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6452 Yield Spread Premium Disclosure
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6381 Good Faith Duties of Mortgage Brokers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6794 New Ferry Vessels
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5261 Health Insurance Rate Oversight
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Sub SB 6178 Property Tax Deferral
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2416 Adjusting the Property Tax Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 6178 Property Tax Deferral
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2416 Adjusting the Property Tax Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 6178 Property Tax Deferral
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1528 Electronic Voter Registration
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1024 Prohibition of PBDEs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 5297 Sexual Health Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Sub SB 5336 Legal Benefits for Domestic Partners
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Sub SB 6386 2005-2007 Supplemental Biennium Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

2nd Sub HB 2572 Health Insurance for Small Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Sub SB 6475 Certificate of Academic Achievement Alternative Methods
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub HB 2661 Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Human Rights Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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