Washington House · District 48, Position 2

Amy Walen

Democratic

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Votes with the Speaker 83% On 625 contested votes where both voted · 91% on all votes Votes with own party 81% Partisan rank: 93 of 98 in the House Didn't vote at roll call 3% 41 of 1,201 roll calls · 41 of them excused

Bills passed 4 30 sponsored · 4 became law · Rank 38 of 98 in the House (tied with 12 others) Bills that became law 4 of 4 passed · 0 vetoed

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Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Amy Walen's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

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More conservative than 54% of the Washington House.

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45th most conservative of 98

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Washington House District 48, Position 2.

Also on the ballot: Jessica Forsythe (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

83%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Amy Walen.

On 625 contested votes where both voted91% on all 1,155 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

81%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Amy Walen.

On 549 party-line votesPartisan rank: 93 of 98 in the House92 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Amy Walen sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Amy Walen
	Bills
Sponsored	30
Passed both chambers	4
Became law	4
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 38 of 98 in the House (tied with 12 others) · 34 of 59 Democrats (tied with 5 others)

A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor, the legislator who introduced it; co-sponsors aren't counted.

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: Amy Walen
Bill	Result	Final action
HB 1576 Concerning the designation of historic landmarks by cities	Became law	May 12, 2025
HB 1757 Modifying regulations for existing buildings used for residential purposes	Became law	May 7, 2025
HB 1075 Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments	Became law	April 11, 2025
HB 1094 Providing a property tax exemption for property owned by a qualifying nonprofit organization and loaned, leased, or rented to and used by any government…	Became law	April 7, 2025

Budget projects

Washington's budget acts don't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Washington legislators.

Contested votes where they split

107 against the Speaker; 106 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Amy Walen
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
March 12, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Final Passage (Conference Report)	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2026	SB 6231: Expiring tax exemptions for data centers. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Removing a tax exemption for the replacement of equipment for data centers.) Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2026	SB 6231: Expiring tax exemptions for data centers. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Removing a tax exemption for the replacement of equipment for data centers.) Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 12, 2026	HB 2034: Concerning termination and restatement of plan 1 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 2225: Regulating artificial intelligence companion chatbots Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 2105: Concerning immigrant worker protections Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	SB 6260: Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	SB 6260: Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 2442: Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 2548: Strengthening health care market standards Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 2156: Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office Final Passage as Amended by the Senate, on Reconsideration	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 2156: Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	HB 2266: Encouraging permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	HB 1390: Repealing the community protection program Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2026	SB 5981: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2026	SB 5981: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 6, 2026	SB 6137: Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry Final Passage as Amended by the House	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 6, 2026	SB 5520: Concerning the wrongly convicted persons act Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2026	SB 5847: Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 5, 2026	SB 5974: Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned… Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 5, 2026	SB 5974: Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 5, 2026	SB 5974: Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 5, 2026	SB 5974: Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 5, 2026	SB 5974: Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 5, 2026	SB 5974: Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 5, 2026	SB 5974: Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 5, 2026	SB 5974: Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 5, 2026	SB 6026: Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 4, 2026	SB 5925: Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 3, 2026	SB 5820: Concerning the responsibility of certain counties to include freight rail dependent use overlay as part of the transportation element of their comprehensive… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 28, 2026	HB 2681: Modifying cannabis producer, processor, and retailer license fees. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning cannabis license fees.) Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 17, 2026	HB 2095: Protecting vulnerable users of public ways Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 17, 2026	HB 2225: Regulating artificial intelligence companion chatbots Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2266: Encouraging permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2156: Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2637: Safeguarding personal information entrusted to agencies that is of no legitimate concern to the public Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2244: Adopting the recommendations of the public records exemptions accountability committee in its 2025 annual report Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2548: Strengthening health care market standards Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	HB 2333: Protecting elected officials and candidates, executive state officers, election officials, and criminal justice participants against threats and incidents of… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 14, 2026	HB 2515: Addressing emerging large energy use facilities Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 14, 2026	HB 2303: Prohibiting employers from microchipping employees Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 2105: Concerning immigrant worker protections Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 1170: Informing users when content is developed or modified by artificial intelligence Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 13, 2026	HB 2471: Concerning collective bargaining for employees not covered by the national labor relations act Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 2355: Establishing labor protections for domestic workers Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 1390: Repealing the community protection program Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 29, 2026	HJM 4004: Requesting Congress to modify the Marine Mammal Protection Act Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 27, 2025	HB 1217: Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent… Final Passage (Conference Report)	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 27, 2025	HB 1217: Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent… Adoption of the Conference Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 27, 2025	SB 5167: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations and 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations Final Passage (Conference Report)	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 2047: Eliminating the Washington employee ownership program Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 25, 2025	HB 1217: Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent… Motion to Grant a Conference	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 25, 2025	SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers Motion to Transmit	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 25, 2025	SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers Final Passage (Conference Report)	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 25, 2025	SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers Adoption of the Conference Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 24, 2025	SB 5801: Concerning transportation resources Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 24, 2025	SB 5786: Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 24, 2025	SB 5785: Amending the Washington college grant and college bound scholarship Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	SB 5143: Concerning the ethics in public service act Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers Motion to Grant a Conference	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	HB 1217: Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent… Concurrence	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 22, 2025	SB 5083: Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	HB 2081: Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2081: Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 2081: Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 17, 2025	HB 1308: Concerning access to personnel records Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 12, 2025	SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 11, 2025	SB 5463: Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 11, 2025	SB 5691: Adopting the department of social and health services report recommendations addressing a regulatory oversight plan for continuing care retirement communities Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 31, 2025	SB 5167: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations and 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1218: Concerning persons referred for competency evaluation and restoration services Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	HB 1402: Concerning job postings requiring driver's licenses Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2025	HB 1217: Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 8, 2025	HB 1589: Concerning the relationships between health carriers and contracting providers Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 8, 2025	HB 1113: Concerning accountability and access to services for individuals charged with a misdemeanor Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 8, 2025	HB 1622: Allowing bargaining over matters related to the use of artificial intelligence Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 7, 2025	HB 1308: Concerning access to personnel records Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Amy Walen voted on each of the 1,201 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Amy Walen
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	Yeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: leg.wa.gov
Email: amy.walen@leg.wa.gov
Capitol office: Room 437B, Legislative Building P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7848

Committees

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Source: the Washington State Legislature's roll-call records, Jan. 24, 2025 to March 12, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections