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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

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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

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 Senate Bill 5083, which caps what state and school employee health plans pay hospitals at 200% of Medicare rates from 2027. The Washington House approved it 57-39.

April 22, 2025Supports 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

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Voted to create Washington's long-term care benefit, paid for by a premium on worker wages. The House passed it 63 to 33.

February 21, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 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

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Wrote the 2026 law letting qualifying patients use medical cannabis inside certain health care facilities (House Bill 2152).

March 11, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 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 accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1409, which speeds up required carbon pollution cuts from transportation fuels under the clean fuels program. The Washington House approved it 54-43.

April 21, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1154, which requires state approval of every landfill permit and renewal, beyond local health permits. The Washington House approved it 57-39.

April 21, 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 Senate Bill 5175, which delays the deadlines for solar panel makers to fund panel recycling programs to 2030 and 2031. The Washington House approved it 58-37.

April 10, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Wrote the 2025 law on St. Edward State Park, protecting the shoreline property on Lake Washington near Kenmore (House Bill 1024).

April 7, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 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

Wrote the 2022 law on cannabis testing labs (House Bill 1859). It set quality standards and created an agency team to run accreditation.

March 24, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Voted for the clean fuels program, which cuts the carbon in transportation fuel 20 percent below 2017 levels by 2038. The House passed it 52 to 46.

February 27, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Voted to require Washington utilities to drop coal power by 2025 and go fully carbon-free by 2045. The House passed it 56 to 42.

April 11, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Wrote the 2017 law bringing marijuana-infused edibles under the state Department of Agriculture's food safety program (House Bill 1462).

April 27, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Voted to create a 7 percent state tax on profits from selling stocks and other assets. The House passed it 53 to 45.

April 21, 2021Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 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 Labor Rights

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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

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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 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

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

Wrote a 2024 open government law (House Bill 1105). Agencies had to state the exact public comment deadline, backed by a civil penalty.

March 18, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

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 Senate Bill 5714, which makes it license-threatening misconduct for a bail recovery agent to enforce a civil immigration warrant. The Washington House approved it 58-37.

April 10, 2025Supports 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

Broke with her caucus and voted against the 2025 school funding bill that raised local levy limits. It passed anyway, 50 to 48.

April 22, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

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

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

Wrote the 2020 law setting the first reporting rules for testing self-driving cars on Washington roads (House Bill 2676).

March 27, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

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 accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1491, which makes cities allow denser housing within walking distance of rail and rapid bus stations. The Washington House approved it 57-39.

April 22, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 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 for the 2025 law capping yearly rent increases for most tenants. The House passed it 53 to 42.

March 10, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 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

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

Wrote a 2019 problem gambling law (House Bill 1302). One form let a person bar themselves from gambling at many venues statewide.

April 30, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Wrote the 2018 law expanding drug court funding to cover housing, job training and mental health counseling (House Bill 1524).

March 22, 2018Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

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

Broke with her caucus and voted against the 2025 school funding bill that raised local levy limits. It passed anyway, 50 to 48.

April 22, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Wrote a 2021 school health law (House Bill 1085). Schools had to keep individual health plans for students with epilepsy or seizure disorders.

April 14, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Voted to require every public school to teach comprehensive sexual health education. The House passed it 56 to 40.

March 4, 2020Supports Public Education Quality

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

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 let the State Patrol charge the full cost of gun background checks, ending the $18 fee cap. The House passed it 53 to 36.

February 23, 2026Supports Gun Control

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Voted to extend Washington's gun manufacturing rules to 3D printers and digital firearm files. The House passed it 57 to 39.

February 16, 2026Supports Gun Control

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 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 for the 2023 ban on making and selling assault weapons in Washington. The House passed it 55 to 42.

March 8, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Voted to bar people from openly carrying guns at city and county council meetings and election offices. The House passed it 57 to 41.

February 14, 2022Supports Gun Control

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Voted to ban bump-fire stocks, devices that make a semiautomatic rifle fire like a machine gun. The House passed it 56 to 41.

February 23, 2018Supports Gun Control

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

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

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

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

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

Voted for the My Health My Data Act, which limits how companies collect and sell health information. The House passed it 57 to 39.

March 4, 2023Supports Data Privacy

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Wrote Washington's 2019 data breach law. It widened what counts as personal information and shortened the deadline for telling people their data leaked (House Bill 1071).

May 7, 2019Supports Data Privacy

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

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 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

Wrote a 2023 medical cannabis law (House Bill 1563). Patients with a state authorization got clearer protection from arrest and prosecution.

May 4, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Wrote a 2017 law giving taxi and for-hire companies disabled parking privileges for wheelchair-accessible vehicles (House Bill 2003).

April 27, 2017Supports Civil Rights

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

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 5651, which raises the amount in a debtor's bank account protected from creditors from $1,000 to $2,000. The Washington House approved it 61-34.

April 10, 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

Wrote the 2019 law on sidewalk delivery robots (House Bill 1325). It capped them at 120 pounds and 6 miles per hour.

April 30, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

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

Voted to pass Senate Bill 6309, which speeds up permits for regional transit authorities such as Sound Transit. The Washington House approved it 56-38.

March 4, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Endorsed by Washington Conservation Action for the 2026 election in the 1st District, House Position 2.

August 1, 2026

Source: waconservationaction.org · researched August 2, 2026

Received the Washington State Labor Council's endorsement for the 2026 election in the 1st District.

July 23, 2026

Source: wslc.org · researched August 2, 2026

Elected co-chair of the House Regulated Substances and Gaming Committee for the 2023-24 session, her second time chairing that panel.

December 21, 2022

Source: housedemocrats.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Wrote a 2022 state lands law (House Bill 1430). It stretched the top commercial lease term from 55 to 99 years, with periodic rent resets.

March 30, 2022

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Appointed to the Washington State Gambling Commission, which licenses and polices gambling across the state.

September 24, 2019

Source: housedemocrats.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

State campaign finance regulators closed a 2017 complaint about her 2016 campaign reports. Staff found no violation and issued a reminder.

August 28, 2019

Source: pdc.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Wrote a 2017 relocation law (House Bill 1615). It raised the payments people get when a government agency buys their property and forces a move.

April 14, 2017

Source: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Chaired the Kirkland City Council's Public Works, Parks and Human Services Committee and reported on the city transportation commission work plan.

February 2, 2016

Source: kirklandwa.gov · researched August 2, 2026

Voted as a Kirkland councilmember to adopt the city's 2016 state legislative agenda, adding support for criminal justice funding. The motion carried 5 to 1.

February 2, 2016

Source: kirklandwa.gov · researched August 2, 2026