Debra Lekanoff
Democratic · WA · Washington State Representative, District 40 Position 1
Debra Lekanoff has represented Washington House District 40, Position 1 since 2019. She previously served as governmental-affairs director for the Swinomish Tribe and has more than two decades of government-relations experience.
Where Debra Lekanoff stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (2 records), Environment and Public Health (15 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record),
Opposes
Personal Income Tax Reduction (1 record)
Mixed record
Healthcare Affordability (6 support · 1 oppose), Social Programs and Welfare (3 support · 2 oppose)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 2 support
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2225, which makes companion chatbot companies disclose they are artificial intelligence and protect children. The Washington House approved it 74-21.
March 11, 2026Supports AI Regulation
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1170, which makes large artificial intelligence companies label the images, video, and audio their systems create. The Washington House approved it 55-38.
March 11, 2026Supports AI Regulation
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 6 support · 1 oppose
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5981, which bars drug makers from blocking delivery of discounted 340B medicines to clinics serving low-income patients. The Washington House approved it 67-30.
March 6, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2242, which locks health plans' preventive care coverage to the federal lists as they stood on June 30, 2025. The Washington House approved it 57-39.
February 11, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2041, a bill cutting Apple Health coverage after pregnancy from 12 months to six for people approved from July 2026. The Washington House passed it 56-40. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.
April 17, 2025Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1971, which makes health plans that cover hormone therapy pay for a full year's supply picked up at one time. The Washington House approved it 58-38.
March 8, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1291, a bill to stop health plans from making patients meet their deductible before covering labor and delivery care. The Washington House passed it 56-39. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.
March 3, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 2075, signed by the governor on March 19, 2024 as Chapter 204, Laws of 2024, which let Indian health care providers be licensed as health care establishments under state law.
March 19, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1877, signed by the governor on March 19, 2024 as Chapter 209, Laws of 2024, which knitted the Indian behavioral health system into Washington's state behavioral health system with formal recognition and coordination requirements.
March 19, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 15 support
Prime-sponsored HB 2436, signed by the governor on March 16, 2026 as Chapter 64, Laws of 2026, which extended tug escort and other safety requirements for oil tankers operating in Washington's restricted waters.
March 16, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2215, which brings small fuel suppliers into the cap-and-invest program from 2027. The Washington House approved it 57-38.
March 12, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 2554, signed by the governor on March 11, 2026 as Chapter 16, Laws of 2026, which recognized judicially affirmed treaty-reserved fishing rights and promoted state-tribal cooperative agreements over salmon, trout and steelhead management.
March 11, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2515, a bill making large data centers use rate plans that protect other customers and 80% new renewable power. The Washington House passed it 51-41. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.
February 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2367, which ends the cap-and-invest exemption for older coal-fired power plants from 2026. The Washington House approved it 63-33.
February 12, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1462, which caps the warming potential of newly made bulk hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants from 2030. The Washington House approved it 58-39.
April 22, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5284, which makes companies that sell packaging and paper in Washington pay for a statewide recycling program. The Washington House approved it 51-45.
April 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5494, which creates a state program requiring certified firms for renovation work on older homes and buildings with lead paint. The Washington House approved it 63-33.
April 11, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1531, which makes it state policy that public health responses to contagious disease follow the best available science, including vaccines. The Washington House approved it 58-35.
March 8, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1775, signed by the governor on May 4, 2023 as Chapter 260, Laws of 2023, which limited civil liability for salmon recovery projects carried out by regional fisheries enhancement groups.
May 4, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1753, signed by the governor on March 31, 2022 as Chapter 253, Laws of 2022, which required state agencies to consult tribal governments on spending authorized by the Climate Commitment Act.
March 31, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted yes on final House passage of SSB 5126 on April 23, 2021 (54-43), the Climate Commitment Act, which created Washington's cap-and-invest carbon pricing program.
April 23, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 2486, signed by the governor on April 3, 2020 as Chapter 341, Laws of 2020, which extended Washington's tax incentive for electric marine batteries and vessel electrification.
April 3, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1578, signed by the governor on May 8, 2019 as Chapter 289, Laws of 2019, which tightened oil-transportation safety rules in Puget Sound, including tug escort requirements, to reduce oil-spill threats to southern resident killer whales.
May 8, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted yes on final House passage of HB 1638 on March 5, 2019 (57-40), which ended the personal and philosophical exemption from the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine requirement for Washington schoolchildren.
March 5, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support
Voted yes on the conference committee report on SB 5096 on April 24, 2021 (52-44), which enacted Washington's 7 percent capital gains excise tax on high-value asset sales to fund education and child care.
April 24, 2021Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 24 support
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1155, which voids every noncompete agreement in Washington, including ones signed years earlier. The Washington House approved it 62-33.
March 9, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5847, which protects injured workers' right to choose their own doctor under workers' compensation. The Washington House approved it 67-28.
March 6, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 6188, which lets the state write asbestos worker certification rules that go beyond federal minimums. The Washington House approved it 61-33.
March 3, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1570, which lets student workers at Western Washington University form unions and bargain. The Washington House approved it 58-35.
February 14, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2471, which creates a state union law for private workers that applies only if federal labor law stops covering them. The Washington House approved it 58-35.
February 13, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2355, which gives nannies, house cleaners, and other domestic workers minimum wage, overtime, written agreements, and notice before firing. The Washington House approved it 57-39.
February 12, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1002, a bill to let county coroner and medical examiner staff get workers' compensation for job-caused post-traumatic stress disorder. The Washington House passed it 70-24. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.
February 10, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2411, which lets state workers receive shared leave when they are hate crime victims or caught up in immigration enforcement. The Washington House approved it 60-36.
January 29, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass the final version of Senate Bill 5041, which lets striking workers collect unemployment benefits for up to six weeks. The Washington House approved it 51-45.
April 25, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1213, which allows paid family leave in four-hour blocks and extends job protection to smaller employers. The Washington House approved it 57-38.
April 19, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1332, which makes ride-hailing companies show drivers per-trip bonuses and give 24 months of trip receipts. The Washington House approved it 59-37.
April 17, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1308, which defines personnel files and makes employers give workers a free copy within 21 days. The Washington House approved it 56-40.
April 17, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5503, which changes how the state labor relations commission handles public-sector union cases, including faster hearings. The Washington House approved it 59-36.
April 15, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5101, which lets hate crime victims and their family members take leave or ask for safety changes at work. The Washington House approved it 59-38.
April 15, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5217, which makes employers pay for breast milk pumping breaks and widens rights for pregnant workers. The Washington House approved it 71-25.
April 14, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5104, which bars employers using immigration threats to stop workers claiming wage and labor rights, with fines up to $10,000. The Washington House approved it 59-38.
April 14, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5040, which gives police officers in every city and county interest arbitration, where a neutral arbitrator settles contract disputes. The Washington House approved it 59-35.
April 12, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5525, which requires employers of 50 or more to give 60 days' notice of mass layoffs. The Washington House approved it 59-38.
April 9, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1141, which gives workers on licensed cannabis farms the right to form a union and bargain as a group. The Washington House approved it 55-40.
March 11, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1644, which toughens child labor enforcement, with fines of at least $15,000 for a violation that seriously hurts a minor. The Washington House approved it 60-35.
March 10, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1622, a bill to make public employers bargain with unions before adopting artificial intelligence tools that affect pay or reviews. The Washington House passed it 58-38. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.
March 8, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1821, which lets labor-management committees and union benefit trusts get contractors' payroll records for public works jobs. The Washington House approved it 59-38.
March 7, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1875, which lets workers use paid sick leave for their own or a family member's immigration hearing. The Washington House approved it 58-39.
March 6, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1068, which gives state prison managers interest arbitration, where a neutral arbitrator settles contract disputes. The Washington House approved it 72-25.
March 3, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Voted to pass House Bill 2244, a bill to open more government records to the public, including toxicology test results and redacted accident reports. The Washington House passed it 70-26. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.
February 16, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 3 support
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2105, which makes employers tell workers within five days when federal agents seek employment records. The Washington House approved it 58-38.
March 11, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5068, which lets prisons and jails hire anyone legally allowed to work in the United States as corrections officers. The Washington House approved it 62-33.
March 6, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1875, which lets workers use paid sick leave for their own or a family member's immigration hearing. The Washington House approved it 58-39.
March 6, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 12 support
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2156, which lets the Attorney General appoint investigators for economic and financial crimes. The Washington House approved it 54-41.
March 11, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2165, which creates the crime of falsely posing as a police officer, including federal officers. The Washington House approved it 66-29.
March 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5855, which bars police, including federal officers, from wearing face masks while dealing with the public on duty. The Washington House approved it 56-37.
March 3, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2095, a bill presuming a driver careless for hitting a pedestrian or cyclist in a crosswalk, bike lane or sidewalk. The Washington House passed it 53-44. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.
February 17, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1829, signed by the governor on May 13, 2025 as Chapter 259, Laws of 2025, which updated how Washington law enforcement handles and enters tribal court warrants.
May 13, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5375, which adds clergy to the people who must report suspected child abuse, with no exception for privileged conversations. The Washington House approved it 64-31.
April 11, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1423, a bill to let cities pilot cameras that catch illegally loud vehicles in street-racing enforcement zones. The Washington House passed it 57-40. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.
March 7, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1177, signed by the governor on April 20, 2023 as Chapter 104, Laws of 2023, which created a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People cold case investigations unit inside the Attorney General's Office.
April 20, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1290, signed by the governor on April 13, 2023 as Chapter 72, Laws of 2023, which opened state peace-officer training to tribal police officers and tribal law enforcement employees.
April 13, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1725, signed by the governor on March 31, 2022 as Chapter 256, Laws of 2022, which created a statewide endangered missing person advisory alert for missing Indigenous people, the first such alert system in the country.
March 31, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored a Washington law requiring every county coroner and medical examiner office, except those run by a county prosecutor, to hold national accreditation by July 1, 2025 and keep it. It also set training standards through a state medicolegal academy run by the Criminal Justice Training Commission (Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1326, Chapter 127, Laws of 2021).
April 26, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted yes on the conference committee report on HB 1310 on April 23, 2021 (56-41), which rewrote Washington's statewide standard for police use of force and required de-escalation.
April 23, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 11 support
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1974, which lets cities and counties set up land banks holding land for affordable housing. The Washington House approved it 59-37.
March 11, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2266, which makes local governments allow shelters and supportive housing wherever homes or hotels are allowed. The Washington House approved it 56-39.
March 9, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 6026, which makes cities and counties of 30,000 or more allow homes on land zoned for commercial or mixed use. The Washington House approved it 69-27.
March 5, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1687, which lets cities and counties create social housing authorities that build and run mixed-income public rental homes. The Washington House approved it 58-38.
February 10, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to approve the compromise version of House Bill 1217, which caps yearly rent increases at 7% plus inflation or 10%, whichever is lower. The Washington House approved it 54-44.
April 27, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5686, which opens the state's foreclosure mediation program to condo and homeowner association members behind on dues. The Washington House approved it 56-41.
April 23, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5184, which caps how much off-street parking cities and counties may require, with none for affordable and senior housing. The Washington House approved it 64-31.
April 11, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5662, which lets cities in large eastern Washington counties waive utility hookup fees for shelters and affordable housing. The Washington House approved it 64-33.
April 9, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1183, which changes local building rules so homes cost less to build, including letting insulated walls reach into setbacks. The Washington House approved it 56-39.
March 11, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1696, which raises the income limit for the Covenant Homeownership Program's down payment help to 120% of county median income. The Washington House approved it 57-39.
March 6, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1494, which widens the property tax break for new apartment buildings that set aside homes at lower rents. The Washington House approved it 63-34.
March 5, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 3 support · 2 oppose
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1903, which creates a statewide program of utility bill credits for low-income households. The Washington House approved it 70-26.
March 11, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2039, which passes all current child support to families on cash welfare instead of the state keeping most of it. The Washington House approved it 56-40.
April 17, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2040, which stops the state clawing back disability cash aid when federal disability payments later cover the same months. The Washington House approved it 56-39.
April 17, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5232, which lets the state keep housing aid flowing to elderly or disabled adults who move onto Social Security. The Washington House approved it 59-38.
April 14, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1177, which requires the state to serve every family on the child welfare housing assistance waiting list. The Washington House approved it 62-35.
March 3, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1795, which limits school restraint and isolation to cases of real risk of serious harm. The Washington House approved it 58-37.
March 12, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted yes on House passage of SSB 5395 on March 4, 2020 (56-40), which required every Washington public school to provide comprehensive sexual health education, and voted against seven Republican floor amendments to narrow it that same day.
March 4, 2020Supports Public Education Quality
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 3 support
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2320, which extends Washington's illegal-gun manufacturing bans to 3D printers, milling machines and their digital files. The Washington House approved it 58-38.
March 11, 2026Supports Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1163, which requires a permit, with fingerprints and a safety course, to buy a firearm. The Washington House approved it 57-39.
April 22, 2025Supports Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted yes on House passage of HB 1240 on March 8, 2023 (55-42), which banned the manufacture, distribution and sale of assault weapons in Washington.
March 8, 2023Supports Gun Control
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 5 support
Voted to pass Senate Bill 6182, which creates a state grant program to keep abortion care available for people who cannot pay. The Washington House approved it 57-36.
March 11, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5917, which lets the Department of Corrections supply abortion medications to health care providers across the state. The Washington House approved it 57-36.
February 28, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5632, which extends Washington's abortion and gender-affirming care shield law to help such as money, rides, and information. The Washington House approved it 58-36.
April 12, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5093, which ends coroner authority over abortion and stillbirth deaths and decriminalizes concealing a birth. The Washington House approved it 58-39.
April 9, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1215, which removes the line in the state's suggested advance directive form that cancelled it during pregnancy. The Washington House approved it 57-36.
February 13, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5892, which sends voter list requests to the Secretary of State and makes leaks a felony. The Washington House approved it 57-36.
February 28, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 oppose
Voted to pass Senate Bill 6346, which creates a 9.9% state income tax on individual income above $1 million a year, starting in 2028. The Washington House approved it 51-46.
March 9, 2026Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 2 support
Voted to pass Senate Bill 6081, which keeps records of a person's sex designation change out of public view. The Washington House approved it 57-36.
March 3, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2637, a bill keeping birth dates, home addresses, location data and ID numbers held by agencies out of public records. The Washington House passed it 52-45. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.
February 16, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 15 support
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1710, which makes the Attorney General list local governments with a recent record of voting bias. The Washington House approved it 57-39.
March 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1750, which sets a separate legal test for claims that a local rule hinders minority voting. The Washington House approved it 58-38.
March 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5520, which makes it easier for people wrongly convicted of a felony to win compensation from the state. The Washington House approved it 72-23.
March 6, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5925, which lets the Attorney General demand documents and sworn statements before suing over civil rights, wage, or immigration-limit violations. The Washington House approved it 56-41.
March 4, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2464, a bill making private jails and detention centers report deaths, abuse claims and injuries within a business day. The Washington House passed it 58-38. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.
February 16, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1604, which sets rules for how local jails search transgender and intersex people, barring searches to learn genital status. The Washington House approved it 56-39.
February 4, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1052, which makes a hate crime provable when bias was part, not all, of the motive. The Washington House approved it 59-38.
April 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1747, which bars employers rejecting everyone with a criminal record or checking records before a conditional job offer. The Washington House approved it 56-40.
March 11, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1639, signed by the governor on May 9, 2023 as Chapter 387, Laws of 2023, which set up the Billy Frank Jr. National Statuary Hall selection committee and moved the statue project forward.
May 9, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted yes on House passage of SB 5599 on April 12, 2023 (57-39), which let licensed youth shelters notify the state rather than parents when a young person sought gender-affirming or reproductive health care.
April 12, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1356, signed by the governor on April 26, 2021 as Chapter 128, Laws of 2021, which barred Washington public schools from using Native American names, symbols and images as mascots, logos or team names without tribal agreement.
April 26, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1072, signed by the governor on April 16, 2021 as Chapter 58, Laws of 2021, which removed a restriction on how state civil legal aid money was spent, widening legal help for low-income residents.
April 16, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1372, signed by the governor on April 14, 2021 as Chapter 20, Laws of 2021, which replaced Washington's Marcus Whitman statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection with a statue of tribal treaty-rights leader Billy Frank Jr.
April 14, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 2551, signed by the governor on March 18, 2020 as Chapter 35, Laws of 2020, which let public school and college students wear traditional tribal regalia and objects of cultural significance at graduation ceremonies.
March 18, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1485, signed by the governor on April 23, 2019 as Chapter 107, Laws of 2019, which set out how the Department of Corrections appoints religious coordinators so incarcerated people of all faiths kept access to religious services.
April 23, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 10 support
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2548, which requires 60 days' notice to the Attorney General before more health care mergers. The Washington House approved it 55-41.
March 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1155, which voids every noncompete agreement in Washington, including ones signed years earlier. The Washington House approved it 62-33.
March 9, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 2294, which voids new property deed clauses that bar a grocery store or pharmacy from opening on the land. The Washington House approved it 69-25.
February 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5313, which bars landlords from making tenants give up the right to sue or sign nondisclosure agreements about the lease. The Washington House approved it 58-38.
April 15, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5463, which requires every self-insured employer to handle injured workers' compensation claims in good faith. The Washington House approved it 64-32.
April 11, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5480, which keeps medical debt off credit reports and makes any medical debt that is reported unenforceable. The Washington House approved it 59-38.
April 9, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass Senate Bill 5122, which makes Washington-based companies send their federal merger filings to the state Attorney General at the same time. The Washington House approved it 59-39.
March 26, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1232, which tightens health and safety rules for private detention facilities, including nonprofit operators. The Washington House approved it 56-38.
March 7, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1081, which gives homeowners approached by unsolicited buyers the right to a buyer-paid appraisal and a chance to cancel. The Washington House approved it 56-39.
March 4, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026
Voted to pass House Bill 1080, a bill to make hotels and short-term rentals include every mandatory fee in the advertised room rate. The Washington House passed it 58-39. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.
March 3, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted to pass Senate Bill 6355, which creates the Washington Electric Transmission Authority to build more high-voltage power lines. The Washington House approved it 66-27.
March 11, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Served as Vice Chair of the Washington House Health Care & Wellness Committee, as listed on her official Legislature member page verified on July 23, 2026.
July 23, 2026
Source: leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 2785, signed by the governor on March 18, 2020 as Chapter 44, Laws of 2020, which restructured the membership of the Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission.
March 18, 2020
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1996, signed by the governor on April 29, 2019 as Chapter 177, Laws of 2019, which created a San Juan Islands special license plate.
April 29, 2019
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored HB 1849, signed by the governor on April 24, 2019 as Chapter 131, Laws of 2019, which revised state lease terms for managing first-class unplatted tidelands and shorelands.
April 24, 2019
Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Race Debra Lekanoff is in:
- Legislative District 40 - State Representative Pos. 1 (2-year term) · November 3, 2026 · Legislative (House) District 40; Washington · incumbent
Past race Debra Lekanoff ran in:
- Legislative District 40 - State Representative Pos. 1 · August 4, 2026 · Legislative (House) District 40; Washington · incumbent
Profile last researched September 9, 2026.