Legislator
State Representative
Rob Chase
(R) - Washington
Washington House District 04
In Office
contact info
Capitol Office
John L. O'Brien Building
P.O. Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
P.O. Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
Phone: 360-786-7984
Phone 2: 800-562-6000
Vote Record By Category
| Category | Vote Index | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| Programs | 62 |
2
|
| Curriculum | 75 |
1
|
| Safety Policy | 100 |
1
|
| Parental Rights | 100 |
0
|
| Vaccinations | 0 |
-1
|
| Health equity | 40 |
-1
|
| Equity Policy | 56 |
-1
|
| Gender Equity | 50 |
-2
|
| Vouchers-public money for private education | 0 |
-3
|
| Racial Equity | 0 |
-4
|
| All Bills | 50 |
-8
|
Rated Bill Votes
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Rating | Vote | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB1085 | Promoting a safe learning environment for students with seizure disorders. | House 3rd Reading & Final Passage | 02/25/2021 | 1 | Yea | Recognizing need to reasonable accommodations for student health conditions and sensitivities |
| HB1153 | Increasing language access in public schools. | House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | 03/08/2022 | 1 | Nay | Collect data, set policy, requires establishment of credentialing requirements for spoken and sign language interpreters working in public schools to interpret for students' families. |
| HB1208 | Modifying the learning assistance program. | House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | 04/13/2021 | 1 | Yea | Expands to 9th ad 10th grade, expands funding, requires reporting on program and practices |
| HB1225 | Concerning school-based health centers. | House 3rd Reading & Final Passage | 02/26/2021 | 1 | Nay | The health care needs among children and youth are significant. School based health centers are a growing way to support these needs. School based health centers struggle to get off the ground due to a lack of local funding. This bill represents an opportunity to close this gap by supporting local decisions to open centers. |
| HB1273 | Concerning menstrual products in schools. | House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | 04/14/2021 | 1 | Yea | |
| HB1295 | Providing public education to youth in or released from institutional education facilities. | House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | 04/15/2021 | 1 | Yea | |
| HB1356 | Prohibiting the inappropriate use of Native American names, symbols, or images as public school mascots, logos, or team names. | House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | 04/12/2021 | 1 | Nay | |
| HB1365 | Procuring and supporting appropriate computers and devices for public school students and instructional staff. | House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | 04/23/2021 | 1 | Nay | Broadband |
| HB1426 | Specifying minimum continuing education requirements for administrator and teacher certificate renewals that focus on equity-based school and classroom practices. | House 3rd Reading & Final Passage | 03/01/2021 | 1 | Nay | Continuing education required for teacher and administrator certificate renewal must include equity training. |
| HB1611 | Advancing equity in programs for highly capable students. | House 3rd Reading & Final Passage | 02/09/2022 | 1 | Yea | Missing specific gender equity component. Focus on "students from historically underrepresented and low-income groups - data to include a comparison of the race, ethnicity, and low-income status of highly capable students compared to the same demographic groups in the general student population of each school district as well as English language learners. |
| HB1664 | Concerning prototypical school formulas for physical, social, and emotional support in schools. | House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | 03/07/2022 | 1 | Nay | |
| HB1751 | Concerning hazing prevention and reduction at institutions of higher education. | House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | 03/08/2022 | 1 | Yea | Higher Education - good model for K-12 |
| SB5030 | Developing comprehensive school counseling programs. | House Final Passage as Amended by the House | 04/07/2021 | 1 | Nay | |
| SB5044 | Concerning professional learning, equity, cultural competency, and dismantling institutional racism in the public school system. | House Final Passage as Amended by the House | 04/11/2021 | 1 | Nay | Intentional misinformation generated about this bill related to critical race theory. |
| SB5249 | Supporting mastery-based learning. | House 3rd Reading & Final Passage | 04/07/2021 | 1 | Yea | Providing student and parent choice within the public school system |
| SB5299 | Allowing the use of computer science credits for the purpose of graduation requirements. | House Final Passage as Amended by the House | 04/05/2021 | 1 | Nay | STEM related |
| SB5376 | Promoting awareness of the governor's office of the education ombuds. | House Final Passage as Amended by the House | 02/26/2022 | 1 | Yea | Increases transparency and easy of obtaining information for families who speak Spanish and other languages |
| SB5553 | Providing data regarding early STEM metrics in the STEM education report card. | House Committee on Children, Youth & Families: do pass | 02/17/2022 | 1 | Nay | STEM related |
| SB5657 | Concerning computer science instruction in state long-term juvenile institutions. | House Final Passage as Amended by the House | 03/03/2022 | 1 | Yea | STEM related |
| SB5878 | Clarifying visual and performing arts instruction. | House Final Passage as Amended by the House | 03/03/2022 | 1 | Yea | Art - Adds visual and performing arts to the statutory list of subjects included in the common school curriculum. Requires Washington schools to offer regular instruction in at least one visual art or one performing art throughout the academic school year,. Requires arts instruction to be performed by qualified specialists who shall be consulted when determining course offerings. |
Rated Sponored Bills
| Bill | Bill Name | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1215 | Providing parents and their children with more choices for a quality K-12 education through the K-12 education scholarship program. | -1 | |
| HB1555 | Creating the freedom in education program. | -1 | .. parents desire to homeschool their children or wish to send them to a private school motivated by religious or moral convictions but may not have the means. . should be given public money to pay for their children's private schooling. |
| HB1556 | Concerning equitable competition between students who participate in school athletic activities. | -1 | Ban transgender students from athletic program |
| HB1720 | Protecting the right of every Washington resident to decline an immunization or vaccination for COVID-19. | -1 | |
| HB1807 | Addressing the protection of quality civic education and academic discourse. | -1 | No public school teacher, administrator . . may be required to participate in any form of training . . involves the nine propositions or assertions, for example: one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex; the United States is fundamentally or "structurally" racist or sexist; an individual, by virtue of their race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive; |
| HB1886 | Prohibiting the teaching of critical race theory and related curricula in public schools. | -1 | Critical race theory overreach "School districts may not provide instruction, including facilitation of classroom discussion, in critical race theory to students in grades K-12. . . [may not teach:] United States is fundamentally or structurally racist or sexist; . .Meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by a particular race to oppress another race; or (ix) Liberty and freedom are not American values; ... |
| HB2042 | Establishing the K-12 education scholarship program. | -1 | The office shall annually award 130,000 scholarships of $7,000 each as follows: (a) 25 percent of the scholarships must be awarded to eligible students in special populations, for example homeless, foster students, students from low-income households, an students receiving special education services; and (b) the remaining scholarships must be geographically distributed to students across the state regardless of race, color, economic status, or sex. |
| HB2087 | Establishing parents' bill of rights related to their child's public education. | -1 | Extreme position - parents already have access to information; problems when identified can be address with less extreme measures. |