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During each year's 45-day legislative session, legislators cast hundreds of floor votes. That means they have 100s of opportunities to miss votes. Toward the end of the session especially, votes are held so rapidly that even taking a short bathroom break can result in missed votes. Legislators who miss a day or two for illness or a family emergency will miss many votes. Those assigned to assemble the final budget will miss even more. Most legislators who miss large numbers of votes can rightly point to one of these reasons. You can find further commentary here:
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| Legislator | Party | Year | Chamber | # missed votes | # votes held | % missed votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton, Cheryl K. | R | 2018 | House | 38 | 734 | 5.2% |
| Adams, J. Stuart | R | 2018 | Senate | 132 | 926 | 14.3% |
| Albrecht, Carl R. | R | 2018 | House | 13 | 734 | 1.8% |
| Anderegg, Jacob L. | R | 2018 | Senate | 127 | 926 | 13.7% |
| Arent, Patrice M. | D | 2018 | House | 12 | 734 | 1.6% |
| Barlow, Stewart | R | 2018 | House | 36 | 734 | 4.9% |
| Bramble, Curtis S. | R | 2018 | Senate | 137 | 926 | 14.8% |
| Briscoe, Joel K. | D | 2018 | House | 20 | 734 | 2.7% |
| Brooks, Walt | R | 2018 | House | 24 | 734 | 3.3% |
| Buxton, D. Gregg | R | 2018 | Senate | 50 | 926 | 5.4% |
| Chavez-Houck, Rebecca | D | 2018 | House | 19 | 734 | 2.6% |
| Chew, Scott H. | R | 2018 | House | 41 | 734 | 5.6% |
| Christensen, Allen M. | R | 2018 | Senate | 105 | 926 | 11.3% |
| Christensen, LaVar | R | 2018 | House | 32 | 734 | 4.4% |
| Christofferson, Kay J. | R | 2018 | House | 3 | 734 | 0.4% |
| Coleman, Kim | R | 2018 | House | 65 | 734 | 8.9% |
| Cutler, Bruce R. | R | 2018 | House | 40 | 734 | 5.4% |
| Dabakis, Jim | D | 2018 | Senate | 116 | 926 | 12.5% |
| Davis, Gene | D | 2018 | Senate | 125 | 926 | 13.5% |
| Daw, Bradley M. | R | 2018 | House | 11 | 734 | 1.5% |
| Dayton, Margaret | R | 2018 | Senate | 74 | 926 | 8.0% |
| Duckworth, Susan | D | 2018 | House | 98 | 734 | 13.4% |
| Dunnigan, James A. | R | 2018 | House | 41 | 734 | 5.6% |
| Edwards, Rebecca P. | R | 2018 | House | 39 | 734 | 5.3% |
| Eliason, Steve | R | 2018 | House | 32 | 734 | 4.4% |
| Escamilla, Luz Robles | D | 2018 | Senate | 168 | 926 | 18.1% |
| Fawson, Justin L. | R | 2018 | House | 33 | 734 | 4.5% |
| Fillmore, Lincoln | R | 2018 | Senate | 95 | 926 | 10.3% |
| Froerer, Gage | R | 2018 | House | 30 | 734 | 4.1% |
| Gibson, Francis D. | R | 2018 | House | 169 | 734 | 23.0% |
| Greene, Brian M. | R | 2018 | House | 79 | 734 | 10.8% |
| Grover, Keith | R | 2018 | House | 95 | 734 | 12.9% |
| Hall, Craig | R | 2018 | House | 13 | 734 | 1.8% |
| Handy, Stephen G. | R | 2018 | House | 28 | 734 | 3.8% |
| Harper, Wayne A. | R | 2018 | Senate | 45 | 926 | 4.9% |
| Hawkes, Timothy D. | R | 2018 | House | 33 | 734 | 4.5% |
| Hemingway, Lynn N. | D | 2018 | House | 734 | 734 | 100.0% |
| Hemmert, Daniel | R | 2018 | Senate | 80 | 926 | 8.6% |
| Henderson, Deidre M. | R | 2018 | Senate | 92 | 926 | 9.9% |
| Hillyard, Lyle W. | R | 2018 | Senate | 114 | 926 | 12.3% |
| Hinkins, David P. | R | 2018 | Senate | 107 | 926 | 11.6% |
| Hollins, Sandra | D | 2018 | House | 76 | 734 | 10.4% |
| Hughes, Gregory H. | R | 2018 | House | 224 | 734 | 30.5% |
| Hutchings, Eric K. | R | 2018 | House | 67 | 734 | 9.1% |
| Ipson, Don L. | R | 2018 | Senate | 31 | 926 | 3.3% |
| Ivory, Ken | R | 2018 | House | 34 | 734 | 4.6% |
| Iwamoto, Jani | D | 2018 | Senate | 68 | 926 | 7.3% |
| Kennedy, Michael S. | R | 2018 | House | 9 | 734 | 1.2% |
| King, Brian S. | D | 2018 | House | 35 | 734 | 4.8% |
| Knotwell, John | R | 2018 | House | 83 | 734 | 11.3% |
| Knudson, Peter C. | R | 2018 | Senate | 80 | 926 | 8.6% |
| Kwan, Karen | D | 2018 | House | 35 | 734 | 4.8% |
| Last, Bradley G. | R | 2018 | House | 166 | 734 | 22.6% |
| Lisonbee, Karianne | R | 2018 | House | 43 | 734 | 5.9% |
| Maloy, A. Cory | R | 2018 | House | 19 | 734 | 2.6% |
| Mayne, Karen | D | 2018 | Senate | 40 | 926 | 4.3% |
| McCay, Daniel | R | 2018 | House | 63 | 734 | 8.6% |
| McKell, Mike K. | R | 2018 | House | 78 | 734 | 10.6% |
| Miles, Kelly B. | R | 2018 | House | 13 | 734 | 1.8% |
| Millner, Ann | R | 2018 | Senate | 72 | 926 | 7.8% |
| Moss, Carol Spackman | D | 2018 | House | 18 | 734 | 2.5% |
| Moss, Jefferson | R | 2018 | House | 6 | 734 | 0.8% |
| Nelson, Merrill F. | R | 2018 | House | 31 | 734 | 4.2% |
| Niederhauser, Wayne L. | R | 2018 | Senate | 275 | 926 | 29.7% |
| Noel, Michael E. | R | 2018 | House | 119 | 734 | 16.2% |
| Okerlund, Ralph | R | 2018 | Senate | 615 | 926 | 66.4% |
| Owens, Derrin | R | 2018 | House | 24 | 734 | 3.3% |
| Perry, Lee B. | R | 2018 | House | 27 | 734 | 3.7% |
| Peterson, Jeremy A. | R | 2018 | House | 100 | 734 | 13.6% |
| Peterson, Val L. | R | 2018 | House | 13 | 734 | 1.8% |
| Pitcher, Dixon M. | R | 2018 | House | 25 | 734 | 3.4% |
| Potter, Val K. | R | 2018 | House | 15 | 734 | 2.0% |
| Poulson, Marie H. | D | 2018 | House | 6 | 734 | 0.8% |
| Pulsipher, Susan | R | 2018 | House | 5 | 734 | 0.7% |
| Quinn, Tim | R | 2018 | House | 71 | 734 | 9.7% |
| Ray, Paul | R | 2018 | House | 62 | 734 | 8.4% |
| Redd, Edward H. | R | 2018 | House | 56 | 734 | 7.6% |
| Roberts, Marc K. | R | 2018 | House | 42 | 734 | 5.7% |
| Robertson, Adam | R | 2018 | House | 28 | 734 | 3.8% |
| Romero, Angela | D | 2018 | House | 23 | 734 | 3.1% |
| Sagers, Douglas | R | 2018 | House | 115 | 734 | 15.7% |
| Sandall, Scott D. | R | 2018 | House | 64 | 734 | 8.7% |
| Schultz, Mike | R | 2018 | House | 194 | 734 | 26.4% |
| Seegmiller, Travis M. | R | 2018 | House | 54 | 536 | 10.1% |
| Snow, V. Lowry | R | 2018 | House | 39 | 734 | 5.3% |
| Spendlove, Robert M. | R | 2018 | House | 85 | 734 | 11.6% |
| Stanard, Jon E. | R | 2018 | House | 4 | 119 | 3.4% |
| Stephenson, Howard A. | R | 2018 | Senate | 97 | 926 | 10.5% |
| Stevenson, Jerry W. | R | 2018 | Senate | 302 | 926 | 32.6% |
| Stratton, Keven J. | R | 2018 | House | 46 | 734 | 6.3% |
| Thatcher, Daniel W. | R | 2018 | Senate | 147 | 926 | 15.9% |
| Thurston, Norman K. | R | 2018 | House | 32 | 734 | 4.4% |
| Van Tassell, Kevin T. | R | 2018 | Senate | 81 | 926 | 8.7% |
| Vickers, Evan J. | R | 2018 | Senate | 88 | 926 | 9.5% |
| Ward, Raymond P. | R | 2018 | House | 25 | 734 | 3.4% |
| Watkins, Christine F. | R | 2018 | House | 31 | 734 | 4.2% |
| Webb, R. Curt | R | 2018 | House | 50 | 734 | 6.8% |
| Weight, Elizabeth | D | 2018 | House | 37 | 734 | 5.0% |
| Weiler, Todd | R | 2018 | Senate | 44 | 926 | 4.8% |
| Westwood, John R. | R | 2018 | House | 12 | 734 | 1.6% |
| Wheatley, Mark A. | D | 2018 | House | 36 | 734 | 4.9% |
| Wilde, Logan | R | 2018 | House | 49 | 734 | 6.7% |
| Wilson, Brad R. | R | 2018 | House | 143 | 734 | 19.5% |
| Winder, Mike | R | 2018 | House | 7 | 734 | 1.0% |
| Zehnder, Brian | R | 2018 | Senate | 24 | 926 | 2.6% |
