Rep. McIntire (D-46) was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1998. At various time since then he as served as Chair of: the Finance Committee, the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council, the Caseload Forecast Council, the Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program Committee, and the Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee. He has also served as Vice Chair of: the Finance Committee, the Capital Budget Committee, and the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee. He was a member of the Washington State Tax Structure Study Committee, commonly known as the "Gates Commission," and is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee.
In his first term, Rep. McIntire sponsored the first legislation making identity theft a crime, and worked closely with then Attorney General Chris Gregoire on legislation to protect financial privacy.
During recent years, Rep. McIntire has been instrumental in several fiscal policy initiatives. He sponsored the constitutional "Rainy Day Account," performance audits, priorities of government budgeting, and the newly created Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences. He also helped enact tax incentives for research and development and the manufacturing of aerospace, forest products, biotech, aluminum, and silicon products - all with strong accountability requirements. During a downturn in revenues, Rep. McIntire helped to re-enact the estate tax and raise cigarette taxes to pay for schools and children's health care.
Rep. McIntire has a private economic consulting practice with a national company and has been on the faculty of the UW's Evans School of Public Affairs since 1983, where he teaches economics and government. Prior to his election, he was director of the Fiscal Policy Center at the UW, and was appointed by Governor's Lowry and Locke to Chair the Community Economic Revitalization Board, where he served for four years. Rep. McIntire began his career working for Hubert Humphrey in the U.S. Senate, and worked for several other Congressional Committee Chairs. During the 1980s, he served as a public finance advisor to Governor Gardner. Rep. McIntire has three adult children - all products of the Seattle Public Schools - and lives in north Seattle.
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