Mike Volz

Prime-sponsored HB 1982, which the governor signed on 2022-03-24 as Chapter 143, Laws of 2022, clarifying how penalty and interest apply to delinquent personal property taxes.

March 24, 2022Supports Government Efficiency

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Prime-sponsored HB 1151, which the governor signed on 2019-04-30 as Chapter 208, Laws of 2019, trimming duplicative education reporting requirements imposed on Washington school districts.

April 30, 2019Supports Government Efficiency

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Prime-sponsored HB 2072, which the governor signed on 2019-04-08 as Chapter 20, Laws of 2019, authorizing county treasurers to contract with one another to provide treasury services, a change drawn from his own work in the Spokane County Treasurer's Office.

April 8, 2019Supports Government Efficiency

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Prime-sponsored HB 1820, which the governor signed on 2017-04-27 as Chapter 148, Laws of 2017, letting counties use conservation futures money for maintenance and operation of the parks and recreational land those funds acquired.

April 27, 2017Supports Government Efficiency

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Co-published an opinion piece with Rep. Suzanne Schmidt on 2026-02-10 arguing against adopting a state income tax in Washington.

February 10, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: mikevolz.houserepublicans.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Voted no on final passage of ESSB 5167 as recommended by the conference committee, the 52-45 House vote adopting the 2025-27 state operating budget.

April 27, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on final passage of ESSB 5814, the 50-47 House vote extending the retail sales and business and occupation tax to additional services.

April 23, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on third reading of ESHB 2049, the 50-48 House vote raising school district enrichment levy authority and the state property tax growth limit.

April 22, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on third reading of Initiative 2111, the 76-21 House vote enacting a statutory ban on state and local personal income taxes.

March 4, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on final passage of ESSB 5092, the 57-40 House vote adopting the 2021-23 state operating budget.

April 25, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on final passage of ESHB 1109, the 56-38 House vote adopting the 2019-21 state operating budget.

March 29, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on final passage of EHB 2242, the 67-26 House vote enacting the McCleary K-12 school funding plan and its statewide property tax levy increase.

June 30, 2017Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on final passage of EHB 1217 as recommended by the conference committee, the 54-44 House vote capping annual residential rent and manufactured-housing-lot rent increases statewide.

April 27, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Prime-sponsored HB 1760, which the governor signed on 2025-04-16 as Chapter 68, Laws of 2025, removing barriers that kept nonprofit organizations from selling manufactured homes to low-income buyers.

April 16, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Prime-sponsored HB 1899, which the governor signed on 2024-03-18 as Chapter 143, Laws of 2024, easing permitting and local requirements so households rebuild homes destroyed by wildfire, written after the 2023 Gray and Oregon Road fires in Spokane County.

March 18, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Voted yes on final passage of E2SHB 1110, the 79-18 House vote requiring cities to permit middle housing such as duplexes and fourplexes in single-family zones.

April 18, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Prime-sponsored HB 1410, which the governor signed on 2021-05-12 as Chapter 257, Laws of 2021, cutting the interest and penalties charged on delinquent property taxes and giving homeowners more room to avoid tax foreclosure.

May 12, 2021Supports Housing Affordability

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Endorsed Dale Whitaker in the 2026 Republican contest for Spokane County Auditor, joining county party chairman Rob Linebarger, Spokane Valley councilman Al Merkel and Rep. Rob Chase in backing Whitaker over Spokane city councilman Michael Cathcart.

July 15, 2026

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Served as Spokane County Treasurer while also holding the 6th District seat in the Washington House. He is a licensed certified public accountant with a finance and accounting degree from Eastern Washington University and an MBA from Gonzaga, and an Army veteran who served as a military policeman in West Germany and at Fort Bragg.

May 4, 2025

Source: mikevolz.houserepublicans.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Reported on 2025-04-27 that the enacted 2025-27 state capital budget carried more than $108 million for 6th Legislative District projects.

April 27, 2025

Source: mikevolz.houserepublicans.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Offered a floor amendment on 2025-04-17 to bar male athletes from competing in girls' interscholastic sports in Washington schools.

April 17, 2025

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Appointed Spokane County Treasurer on 2025-02-03 by unanimous vote of the Spokane County Board of Commissioners, filling the vacancy created when Michael Baumgartner left the office for Congress; he had served as the county's chief deputy treasurer since 2011.

February 3, 2025

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Prime-sponsored HB 2481, which the governor signed on 2024-03-19 as Chapter 185, Laws of 2024, waiving Public Employees Benefits Board health premiums for the month in which a covered public employee dies so surviving family members keep that month's coverage.

March 19, 2024

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Prime-sponsored HB 2014, signed as Chapter 146, Laws of 2024, broadening the state definition of veteran so more former service members qualify for state veterans' benefits, including those separated under conditions later corrected.

March 18, 2024

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Held the Ranking Minority Member seat on the House Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans Committee, signing its 2024-01-19 report on HB 2014 under that title.

January 19, 2024

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Prime-sponsored HB 1408, signed as Chapter 102, Laws of 2019, clarifying the spousal written-consent requirement when a public retirement system member selects a survivorship benefit option.

April 23, 2019

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Prime-sponsored HB 1636, which the governor signed on 2025-04-21 as Chapter 95, Laws of 2025, removing the per-transaction volume limit on wine and spirit sales by state-licensed retailers.

April 21, 2025

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Voted no on final passage of ESSB 5096, the 52-44 House vote imposing Washington's 7 percent capital gains excise tax.

April 24, 2021

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

The Washington Public Disclosure Commission closed enforcement case 84416 against him on 2021-04-08 with a reminder and no penalty, dismissing a complaint that alleged he failed to timely file campaign contribution and expenditure reports in the 2016, 2018 and 2020 election years; staff determined the record did not support a violation warranting further investigation.

April 8, 2021

Source: pdc.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026