Washington Senate · District 41

Lisa Wellman

Democratic
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Votes with the Senate Majority Leader 95% On 444 contested votes where both voted · 98% on all votes Votes with own party 97% Partisan rank: 25 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 4 others) Didn't vote at roll call 6% 79 of 1,258 roll calls · 79 of them excused
Bills passed 5 41 sponsored · 5 became law · Rank 25 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 10 others) Bills that became law 5 of 5 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

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

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Lisa Wellman'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 liberal than 58% of the Washington Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
21st most liberal of 49

The scores

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Votes with the Senate Majority Leader
95%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Lisa Wellman.

On 444 contested votes where both voted98% on all 1,179 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
97%
Democrats Republicans 65%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Lisa Wellman.

On 361 party-line votesPartisan rank: 25 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 4 others)24 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills
Sponsored41
Passed both chambers5
Became law5
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 25 of 49 in the Senate (tied with 10 others) · 20 of 30 Democrats (tied with 6 others)

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

Bills that passed both chambers

BillResultFinal action
SB 6260
Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education		 Became law April 1, 2026
SB 5922
Authorizing transportation vehicle fund transfers		 Became law March 16, 2026
SB 6278
Concerning the ongoing review of approved teacher and principal preparation programs		 Became law March 14, 2026
SB 5769
Addressing transition to kindergarten programs		 Became law May 17, 2025
SB 5189
Supporting the implementation of competency-based education		 Became law May 13, 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

21 against the Senate Majority Leader; 17 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteSenate Majority LeaderMost of their party
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 Yea
March 6, 2026 HB 1210: Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences
Third Reading and Final Passage		 Yea Nay Yea
March 5, 2026 HB 2105: Concerning immigrant worker protections
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate		 Nay Yea Yea
March 4, 2026 HB 1128: Establishing a child care workforce standards board
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate		 Nay Yea Yea
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 Yea
Feb. 17, 2026 SB 5828: Concerning the Washington college grant and college bound scholarship program for students attending private four-year not-for-profit institutions of higher…
Third Reading and Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
Feb. 13, 2026 SB 6026: Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones
Third Reading and Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
Feb. 11, 2026 SB 5995: Concerning moneys available to a port district allocated for the purchase of zero and near zero emission cargo handling equipment
Third Reading and Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
Feb. 11, 2026 SB 6148: Modifying the maximum terms of regional transit authority bond issues
Third Reading and Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
April 27, 2025 SB 5393: Closing the Rainier school by June 30, 2027
Final Passage as Amended by the House		 Nay Yea Yea
April 25, 2025 SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers
Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
April 22, 2025 SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers
Concurrence		 Nay Yea Yea
April 14, 2025 HB 1109: Concerning public facilities districts
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate		 Yea Nay Yea
April 10, 2025 HB 1747: Expanding protections for applicants and employees under the Washington fair chance act
Third Reading and Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
April 10, 2025 HB 1636: Eliminating the per transaction limit for wine and spirit sales
Third Reading and Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 26, 2025 SB 5772: Calculating student enrollment for local effort assistance
Third Reading and Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 26, 2025 SB 5583: Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses
Third Reading and Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 7, 2025 SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers
Third Reading and Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 7, 2025 SB 5041: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
March 5, 2025 SB 5023: Providing labor market protections for domestic workers
Third Reading and Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
Feb. 28, 2025 SB 5408: Allowing for corrections to wage and salary disclosures
Third Reading and Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea

Every roll call

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

DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySenate Majority LeaderYeas–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
lisa.wellman@leg.wa.gov
Capitol office
Room 224, John A. Cherberg Building P.O. Box 40441, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7641

Committees

  • Early Learning and K-12 Education Chair
  • Economic Development and International Relations Legislative
  • Environment, Energy and Technology
  • Ways and Means

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