Washington Senate · District 26

Deb Krishnadasan

Democratic

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Votes with the Senate Majority Leader 84% On 481 contested votes where both voted · 94% on all votes Votes with own party 82% Partisan rank: 48 of 49 in the Senate Didn't vote at roll call 0.1% 1 of 1,258 roll calls · 1 of them excused

Bills passed 6 18 sponsored · 6 became law · Rank 21 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 3 others) Bills that became law 6 of 6 passed · 0 vetoed

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Deb Krishnadasan'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 60% of the Washington Senate.

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20th most conservative of 49

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Washington Senate District 26.

Also on the ballot: Gary Parker (Republican)

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The scores

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Votes with the Senate Majority Leader

84%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Deb Krishnadasan.

On 481 contested votes where both voted94% on all 1,257 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

82%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Deb Krishnadasan.

On 385 party-line votesPartisan rank: 48 of 49 in the Senate47 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Deb Krishnadasan
	Bills
Sponsored	18
Passed both chambers	6
Became law	6
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 21 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 3 others) · 18 of 30 Democrats (tied with 1 other)

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: Deb Krishnadasan
Bill	Result	Final action
SB 6162 Concerning property tax reform	Became law	March 23, 2026
SB 5716 Expanding the locations where a person can be guilty of unlawful transit conduct to include the Washington state ferries	Became law	May 12, 2025
SB 5245 Authorizing county commissioners to administer oaths of office to state legislators	Became law	April 30, 2025
SB 5557 Codifying emergency rules to protect the right of a pregnant person to access treatment for emergency medical conditions in hospital emergency departments	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 5656 Modifying the definition of inflation rate for aquatic leases	Became law	April 22, 2025
SB 5655 Concerning child care centers operated in existing buildings	Became law	April 22, 2025

Budget projects

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Contested votes where they split

77 against the Senate Majority Leader; 73 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Deb Krishnadasan
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate Majority Leader	Most of their party
March 12, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2026	SB 6260: Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2026	SB 6347: Undoing the recent changes to the estate tax. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Undoing certain changes to the estate tax.) Final Passage as Amended by the House	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 12, 2026	SB 6228: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and… Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 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)
March 11, 2026	HB 2089: Supporting wildfire mitigation by modifying RCW 82.04.29005, concerning taxes on loan interest Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 2487: Concerning taxes imposed on insurers operating within the state Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 2711: Concerning transportation resources Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	HB 2521: Concerning firearms background check Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 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 6, 2026	HB 1210: Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 5, 2026	HB 2105: Concerning immigrant worker protections Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 5, 2026	HB 2442: Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 4, 2026	HB 1390: Repealing the community protection program Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 4, 2026	HB 1390: Repealing the community protection program Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 3, 2026	SB 6260: Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 6129: Concerning the taxation of cigarettes and other nicotine products. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning the taxation of cigarettes, vapor products, and other… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 28, 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)
Feb. 28, 2026	SB 6228: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 27, 2026	SB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 17, 2026	SB 5360: Concerning environmental crimes Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 17, 2026	SB 6239: Requiring arbitration for tort claims against the state of Washington and its subdivisions. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Establishing a process for adjudicating… Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 16, 2026	SB 5832: Updating the arbitration fee collected for the new motor vehicle arbitration account Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 16, 2026	SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 12, 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)
Jan. 28, 2026	SB 5067: Concerning impaired driving Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 27, 2025	SB 5161: Addressing transportation fiscal matters Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 27, 2025	SB 5797: Enacting a tax on stocks, bonds, and other financial intangible assets for the benefit of public schools Third Reading and Final Passage	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	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 27, 2025	SB 5393: Closing the Rainier school by June 30, 2027 Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 2077: Establishing a tax on certain business activities related to surpluses generated under the zero-emission vehicle program Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 2061: Regarding concession fees by duty-free sales enterprises Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 2051: Concerning payment to acute care hospitals for difficult to discharge medicaid patients Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 2040: Concerning the recovery of the aged, blind, or disabled assistance program Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 2039: Concerning child support pass through Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 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 26, 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 26, 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 26, 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 26, 2025	HB 2003: Concerning the Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead endorsement program Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 1207: Concerning superior court clerk fees Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 26, 2025	HB 2049: Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 25, 2025	SB 5801: Concerning transportation resources Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 25, 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 5794: Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and… Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 24, 2025	SB 5814: Modifying the application and administration of certain excise taxes Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 24, 2025	SB 5813: Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 24, 2025	SB 5390: Concerning the discover pass and distributions. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning access to recreation sites or lands.) Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	SB 5284: Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 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 19, 2025	SB 5393: Closing the Rainier school by June 30, 2027 Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 19, 2025	SB 5790: Concerning cost-of-living adjustments for community and technical college employees Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 19, 2025	SB 5813: Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 19, 2025	SB 5794: Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 19, 2025	SB 5814: Modifying the application and administration of certain excise taxes Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 19, 2025	SB 5814: Modifying the application and administration of certain excise taxes Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 17, 2025	SB 5786: Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 15, 2025	HB 1409: Concerning the clean fuels program Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 15, 2025	HB 1462: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 14, 2025	HB 1109: Concerning public facilities districts Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 14, 2025	HB 1332: Concerning transportation network companies Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 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… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 8, 2025	HB 1815: Concerning prison riot offenses Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 29, 2025	SB 5801: Concerning transportation resources Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 29, 2025	SB 5167: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations and 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2025	SB 5583: Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2025	SB 5234: Concerning snowmobile registration fees Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	SB 5775: Expanding local taxing authority to fund public safety and community protection focused programs and services Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	SB 5576: Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2025	SB 5296: Improving outcomes for individuals adjudicated of juvenile offenses by increasing opportunities for community placement options and refining procedural… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 7, 2025	SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 7, 2025	SB 5284: Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 5, 2025	SB 5463: Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Deb Krishnadasan voted on each of the 1,258 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Deb Krishnadasan
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Senate Majority Leader	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: deborah.krishnadasan@leg.wa.gov
Capitol office: Room 230, John A. Cherberg Building P.O. Box 40426, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7650

Committees

Agriculture and Natural Resources Vice chair
Transportation Vice chair
Early Learning and K-12 Education

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Washington State Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.

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