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Steve Conway

Data last updated: F-1 statements filed through Oct 13, 2026 · contributions through Oct 14, 2026 · lobbyist reports through Sep 30, 2026 (read Oct 14, 2026)

State Senator, Legislative District 29

Running in 2026: State Senator, District 29 (on the ballot)

Statements of financial affairs (F-1)

Period	Filed	What it lists
2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31 State Senator, Legislative District 29	2026-04-14	6 income, 8 accounts, 1 real estate, 1 creditors
2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31 State Senator, Legislative District 29	2025-04-21	6 income, 6 accounts, 1 real estate, 2 creditors

Findings

Context Late or missing · the statement

Filed the 2024 statement 6 days after the April 15 deadline

The statement for 2024 was first submitted on April 21, 2025; it was due before April 15, 2025.

What to check

Whether the PDC granted an extension or modification for this statement.
Whether the official's term began or ended in 2024 (the statement then covers the part of the year served, and is still due by April 15).

Rule: Annual statement filed after April 15

“After January 1st and before April 15th of each year, every elected official and every executive state officer who served for any portion of the preceding year shall electronically file with the commission a statement of financial affairs for the preceding calendar year or for that portion of the year served.”RCW 29B.55.010(1) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

In the Legislature

Bills they introduced as prime sponsor 45

2SSB 5292 Family & medical leave rates 2025-26	Law (C 104 L 26)
ESSB 5291 Long-term services trust 2025-26	Law (C 380 L 25)
ESSB 6302 Public works/finishing trade 2025-26	Law (C 105 L 26)
ESSB 5357 Actuarial pension funding 2025-26	Law (C 381 L 25)
SB 5473 Law enforcement arbitration 2025-26	Law (C 188 L 25)
SSB 5191 Dockworkers/PFML premiums 2025-26	Law (C 178 L 25)
SSB 5516 Community centers/prop. tax 2025-26	Law (C 340 L 25)
SSB 5834 Retirement funds/expenses 2025-26	Law (C 68 L 26)
E2SSB 5061 Public works wages 2025-26	By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
SB 5572 School construction projects 2025-26	By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
SB 5381 Self-insurer withdrawal 2025-26	By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
SSB 6147 Grocery estab. closures 2025-26	Senate Rules "X" file.
SB 6293 PTSD treatment and research 2025-26	First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
SB 5205 College grant award amounts 2025-26	By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
SB 5835 Lump sum retirement payments 2025-26	By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
SB 6181 City incorporation 2025-26	First reading, referred to Local Government.
SB 5039 DOC WMS employee arbitration 2025-26	By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
SB 5196 Gambling commission/PRA 2025-26	By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
SB 5398 Veterans w/ disabilities/tax 2025-26	By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
SB 6123 Local gov. employees/PRA 2025-26	First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
SSB 5936 Palliative care work group 2023-24	Law (C 166 L 24)
ESSB 6007 Grocery workers 2023-24	Law (C 129 L 24)
SB 5421 Benefit enrollment info. 2023-24	Law (C 45 L 23)
SSB 6106 DSHS workers/PSERS 2023-24	Law (C 359 L 24)
E2SSB 5634 Problem gambling 2023-24	Law (C 284 L 23)

Final passage votes on the most-lobbied bills

Bill	Vote	Lobbying employers
ESSB 5167 Operating budget Senate, Apr 27, 2025	Yea	93
ESSB 5167 Operating budget Senate, Mar 29, 2025	Yea	93
ESSB 5998 Operating budget, supp. Senate, Mar 12, 2026	Yea	57
ESSB 5998 Operating budget, supp. Senate, Feb 27, 2026	Yea	57
E2SSB 5284 Solid waste management Senate, Apr 23, 2025	Yea	52
E2SSB 5284 Solid waste management Senate, Mar 7, 2025	Yea	52
SSB 5195 Capital budget Senate, Apr 27, 2025	Yea	50
SSB 5195 Capital budget Senate, Apr 5, 2025	Yea	50
ESSB 6346 Tax on millionaires Senate, Mar 11, 2026	Yea	46
ESSB 6346 Tax on millionaires Senate, Feb 16, 2026	Yea	46
EHB 1217 Residential tenants Senate, Apr 27, 2025	Yea	42
EHB 1217 Residential tenants Senate, Apr 10, 2025	Yea	42
ESHB 2081 Business and occupation tax Senate, Apr 26, 2025	Yea	38
ESSB 5814 Excise taxes Senate, Apr 24, 2025	Yea	34
ESSB 5814 Excise taxes Senate, Apr 19, 2025	Yea	34
E2SSB 5981 340B drug pricing program Senate, Mar 9, 2026	Yea	30
E2SSB 5981 340B drug pricing program Senate, Feb 13, 2026	Yea	30
ESSB 5041 Unemp ins/strikes & lockouts Senate, Apr 25, 2025	Yea	28
ESSB 5041 Unemp ins/strikes & lockouts Senate, Mar 7, 2025	Yea	28
SSB 6003 Capital budget, supplemental Senate, Mar 12, 2026	Yea	25
SSB 6003 Capital budget, supplemental Senate, Feb 27, 2026	Yea	25
2SHB 2105 Immigrant workers Senate, Mar 5, 2026	Yea	24
E2SHB 1903 Low-income energy assistance Senate, Mar 6, 2026	Yea	23
ESHB 2266 Supportive & emerg. housing Senate, Mar 4, 2026	Yea	23
ESSB 5794 Tax preferences Senate, Apr 24, 2025	Yea	22

Lobbyist-paid meals and events 6

Where a lobbyist's monthly report lists them among the people a lobbyist or employer paid for. A dinner several employers split appears once for each employer. Shares are shown when the report states them.

Date	Paid by	Occasion	Their share
2026-02-19	WA REFUSE & RECYCLING ASSN reported by CHRISTOPHERSEN INC	WRRA LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION · Columbia Room	not stated
2026-01-21	WA FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES reported by DENNIS EAGLE	WFSE Legislative Reception · The Heritage Room by Octapas - 604 Water St SW, Olympia, WA 98501	$58.43
2025-02-20	WA ST COUNCIL OF POLICE & SHERIFFS reported by Teresa Taylor	Legislative Reception · Capitol Events Center	not stated
2025-02-05	WA ST COUNCIL OF FIRE FIGHTERS reported by DENNIS J LAWSON	Legislative Conference Reception · Capital Event Center, ESD 113, 6005 Tyee Drive SW, Tumwater, WA 98512	not stated
2024-11-02	Waypoint Consulting Group reported by Waypoint Consulting Group	Frank Chopp Retirement Party · Panoramic Center	not stated
2024-05-13	WA ST BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL reported by Mark Riker	Lunch · Dukes - Rustin Way Tacoma	$44.37

Who reported lobbying them

Employers whose lobbyists named them in a monthly report's lobbying, with the bills reported.

Employer	Reports	Bills
WA State Assn of Plumbers & Pipefitters latest 2026-03	10	HB 0000, HB 1173, HB 1210, HB 1549, SB 5061, SB 5572, SB 5649
Washington State Labor Council latest 2026-01	7	HB 1644, SB 5847
WA STATE ASSN OF COUNTIES (WSAC) latest 2026-09	5	ESHB 1902, ESSB 6110, HB 1098, HB 1216, HB 1549, HB 1647, HB 1921, HB 2016, HB 2172, HB 2566, SB 5061, SB 5176 and 3 more
WA & NORTHERN IDAHO DIST COUNCIL LABORERS UNION latest 2026-02	5	ESHB 1596, HB 1822, SB 5061, SB 5067, SB 5528, SB 5717, SB 5756, SB 5801
RETIRED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES COUNCIL OF WA latest 2025-10	4	none named
FAITH ACTION NETWORK latest 2026-02	4	HB 1859, HB 2027, SB 5041, SB 5974
TREEHOUSE latest 2025-10	3	none named
Spark Northwest latest 2026-03	3	ESSB 6200, HB 1903, HB 2338, SB 6200, SB 6223
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WA latest 2026-01	3	HB 1274, HB 1317
WA ST NURSES ASSN latest 2025-04	2	HB 1162
Delta Dental of WA latest 2025-02	2	HB 1589, SB 5351
Washington Trails Association latest 2025-03	1	none named
Washington Homeownership Resource Center latest 2025-01	1	none named
WA ST TREE FRUIT ASSN(David T. Ducharme) latest 2025-01	1	HB 1141, SB 5291
WA ST FARM BUREAU latest 2024-09	1	none named
WA ST CATHOLIC CONFERENCE latest 2025-02	1	SB 5375
WA GROWERS LEAGUE latest 2024-09	1	none named
WA FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES latest 2026-01	1	none named
WA BANKERS ASSN latest 2025-01	1	SB 5070
The Mountaineers latest 2025-03	1	HB 1198, SB 5167
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTL UNION LOCAL 6 latest 2025-12	1	HB 2422, HB 2524
REGIONAL FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT GROUP COALITION latest 2026-02	1	none named
PROF & TECH EMPLOYEES LOCAL 17 latest 2026-01	1	HB 2442
ONEAMERICA latest 2026-02	1	HB 1710, HB 1750, SB 6002, SB 6346
National Parks Conservation Association latest 2026-02	1	SB 5203
INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF WASHINGTON latest 2026-02	1	none named
HKM Employment Attorneys, LLP latest 2026-03	1	HB 2274
Foundation for Tacoma Students latest 2026-01	1	none named
FairVote Washington latest 2026-01	1	HB 1146, HB 1710, HB 1916, HB 2210
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INSTITUTE latest 2025-10	1	none named
Communications Workers of America latest 2025-02	1	HB 1622, SB 5364, SB 5401, SB 5459
Children's Alliance latest 2026-01	1	HB 1834
Chamber of Progress latest 2025-02	1	SB 5600
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF WA latest 2025-02	1	none named
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC latest 2024-12	1	none named
ALLIANCE FOR AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATION latest 2025-02	1	none named
AARP WA ST OFFICE latest 2025-02	1	SB 5291
350 Seattle latest 2025-11	1	SB 5439

Where their 2026 money comes from

13%79%

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholdersTheir own money

Contributions to their 2026 campaign by kind of donor (how kinds are read).

Campaign money: State Senator, 2026

$15,200raised, 6 contributions

$0their own money

$442spent

Other (incl. small contributions) $12,600 · PACs $1,600 · Unions $1,000

How it was spent

Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps$442

Top contributors	Type	Total
CITIZENS TO ELECT STEVE CONWAY (SURPLUS ACCOUNT) Tacoma	Other (incl. small contributions)	$12,000
BOILERMAKERS 502 Puyallup	Unions	$1,000
RETIRED FIREFIGHTERS WA PAC Edmonds	PACs	$1,000
MAC PAC Olympia	PACs	$600
WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS Spokane	Other (incl. small contributions)	$500

Raised and spent are the PDC's totals for this candidacy; the breakdowns are from its itemized contributions and expenditures · the PDC's page