Washington House · District 27, Position 1

Laurie Jinkins

Democratic Speaker of the House, 2025–2026

Where they sit

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

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Jinkins
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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Laurie Jinkins'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

Washington House36thpercentile
More liberal than 63% of the Washington House.
Most liberalMost conservative
36th most liberal of 98

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Washington House District 27, Position 1.

Also on the ballot: Carole Sue Braaten (Republican)

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Votes with the Speaker
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Leads the chamber's majority, so this score doesn't apply.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Laurie Jinkins.

Votes with own party
99%
Democrats Republicans 45%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Laurie Jinkins.

On 556 party-line votesPartisan rank: 16 of 98 in the House (tied with 26 others)15 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Laurie Jinkins
Bills
Sponsored0
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 89 of 98 in the House (tied with 9 others) · 59 of 59 Democrats

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

Bills that passed both chambers

None of the bills Laurie Jinkins sponsored passed both chambers.

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

Leads the chamber's majority; these are contested votes where most of their party voted the other way.

Contested votes where they split: Laurie Jinkins
DateBill and motion Their voteSpeakerMost of their party
March 9, 2026 SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires
Amendment
Yea Yea Nay (split)
March 6, 2026 SB 6137: Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry
Final Passage as Amended by the House
Nay Nay 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 Yea 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 Yea Nay (split)
Feb. 14, 2026 HB 2303: Prohibiting employers from microchipping employees
Amendment
Nay Nay Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Laurie Jinkins
DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySpeakerYeas–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
laurie.jinkins@leg.wa.gov
Capitol office
Room 339C, Legislative Building P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7930

Committees

  • Rules Chair

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