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State Representative Amy Walen

Amy Walen is a Democratic state representative representing Washington's 48th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 119 bills, of which 19 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • House
  • Legislative District 48
  • 2 sessions on record
email
amy.walen@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7848

Source Washington State Legislature web services: member roster, roll calls, sponsorship and committee records · as of 2026-09-16

01

Says vs does

What this member said while seeking the office, set against how they voted once they held it. We state only whether the two records differ — never why.

No stated positions have been collected for this member yet. This comparison needs a quote with a citation — a candidate guide, a town hall transcript, a floor video — found and recorded by a person. There is no feed of things politicians said, so an empty section here means nobody has done that reading, not that the member has never contradicted themselves and not that they have.

Last checked 2026-09-16

02

Voting record

Recorded floor votes across every session we hold. Committee votes are not included — those are recorded per committee, not per member.

4,951

recorded votes

4,443

yea

446

nay

62

absent or excused

Recorded floor votes, most recent first
Date Bill Subject Motion This member Roll call
2026-03-12 ESHB 1295 Reading and writing literacy Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–0
2026-03-12 HB 1376 Capital gains tax prepayment Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2026-03-12 HB 1526 Snack bar liquor licenses Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 87–9
2026-03-12 2SHB 1701 Liquor licensee premises Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 89–7
2026-03-12 ESHB 1795 Student restraint, isolation Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–37
2026-03-12 EHB 1941 Agricultural coops/cannabis Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 69–26
2026-03-12 E2SHB 2034 LEOFF 1 restatement Final Passage as Amended by the Senate NAY against party majority 50–46
2026-03-12 SHB 2114 Defective license plates Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2026-03-12 EHB 2179 Port workers PERS membership Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2026-03-12 E2SHB 2215 Fuels/climate commitment act Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 57–38
2026-03-12 SHB 2239 Family burial grounds Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2026-03-12 ESSB 6005 Transportation budget, supp. Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee YEA 69–26
2026-03-12 SSB 6003 Capital budget, supplemental Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 96–0
2026-03-12 ESSB 5998 Operating budget, supp. Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee NAY against party majority 54–43
2026-03-12 SSB 6170 Highway construction 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 95–0
2026-03-12 ESSB 6231 Data center equipment/taxes 2663 Orcutt Pg 2 Ln 25 YEA against party majority 47–50
2026-03-12 ESSB 6231 Data center equipment/taxes 3rd Reading & Final Passage NAY against party majority 51–46
2026-03-12 SB 6244 Ag. crop products/tax ex. 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 79–18
2026-03-11 E2SHB 1170 AI content notices Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 55–38
2026-03-11 ESHB 1500 CIC resale certificates Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 61–34
2026-03-11 E3SHB 1710 Voting rights act compliance Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 57–39
2026-03-11 E2SHB 1750 Voting rights act claims Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–38
2026-03-11 HB 1796 School construction debt Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–2
2026-03-11 E2SHB 1903 Low-income energy assistance Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 70–26
2026-03-11 2SHB 1906 Water system rates Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 94–2
2026-03-11 2SHB 1909 Court unification task force Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 57–38
2026-03-11 ESHB 1916 Voter registrations Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–38
2026-03-11 E3SHB 1960 Renewable energy Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 86–9
2026-03-11 E2SHB 1974 Land banking authorities Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 59–37
2026-03-11 2SHB 2105 Immigrant workers Final Passage as Amended by the Senate NAY against party majority 58–38
2026-03-11 EHB 2156 AGO investigator authority Final Passage as Amended by the Senate NAY against party majority 54–33
2026-03-11 EHB 2156 AGO investigator authority Final Passage as Amended by the Senate on Reconsideration NAY against party majority 54–41
2026-03-11 EHB 2211 Medically tailored meals Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–0
2026-03-11 ESHB 2225 AI companion chatbots Final Passage as Amended by the Senate NAY against party majority 74–21
2026-03-11 ESHB 2247 Veterinarian relationship Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–0
2026-03-11 E2SHB 2251 Climate commit. act accounts Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 54–40
2026-03-11 SHB 2296 Distributed energy resources Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–1
2026-03-11 ESHB 2320 Firearm manufacturing Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–38
2026-03-11 E2SHB 2325 Tourism assessment Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 91–5
2026-03-11 SHB 2334 Cash transactions/pennies Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 80–15

Showing the 40 most recent of 4,951 recorded votes. Each tally links to the roll call itself, which names every member.

The tally is what the chamber recorded, not a verdict. Final passage needs a majority of the members elected, an amendment a majority of those voting, and some motions two-thirds; which rule governed a given motion is not in the record we hold.

Votes against their own party’s majority

187

of 4,951 recorded votes went against the majority of Democratic colleagues

Counted only where their party had a clear majority on that roll call. A tied party is not a position to diverge from.

Votes against the member’s own party majority
Date Bill Motion They voted Their party
2026-03-12 E2SHB 2034 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (50-9 yea-nay)
2026-03-12 ESSB 5998 Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee Nay Yea (54-5 yea-nay)
2026-03-12 ESSB 6231 2663 Orcutt Pg 2 Ln 25 Yea Nay (9-50 yea-nay)
2026-03-12 ESSB 6231 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (51-8 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 2SHB 2105 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (58-1 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 EHB 2156 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (54-3 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 EHB 2156 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate on Reconsideration Nay Yea (54-3 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 ESHB 2225 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (58-1 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 ESHB 2442 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (51-7 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 ESHB 2548 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (55-3 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 ESSB 6260 2637 Rude Pg 2 Ln 28 Yea Nay (8-51 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 ESSB 6260 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (50-9 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 SHB 1390 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (51-6 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESHB 2266 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (56-1 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2585 Manjarrez Pg 4 Ln 22 Yea Nay (3-55 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2583 Dent Pg 5 Ln 15 Yea Nay (8-50 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2555 Klicker Pg 5 Ln 17 Yea Nay (7-51 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2552 Mendoza Pg 5 Ln 33 Yea Nay (6-52 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2612 Reeves Pg 5 Ln 33 Yea Nay (9-107 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2613 Reeves Pg 5 Ln 33 Yea Nay (8-50 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2614 Reeves Pg 5 Ln 33 Yea Nay (9-49 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2562 Rude Pg 6 Ln 8 Yea Nay (7-51 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2558 Jacobsen Pg 7 Ln 3 Yea Nay (4-54 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2595 Connors Pg 7 Ln 3 Yea Nay (6-52 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2597 Walen Pg 8 Ln 3 Yea Nay (9-49 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 187. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 4,951 votes across every session held · key committee votes are not in the archive and are not counted here

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Bills sponsored — and where they stopped

Bills where this member was the prime sponsor. Co-sponsorship is not included; the record we hold names only the prime sponsor.

119

bills prime-sponsored

30

became law

19

died without a public hearing

Introduced, referred, and the session ended without testimony taken. Ordinary rather than exceptional — 44% of all bills that die in Washington die this way.

Bills prime-sponsored by this member
Session Bill Subject Outcome Heard
2025-26 HB 1072 Health care services pending no
2025-26 HB 1075 Affordable housing financing became law yes
2025-26 HB 1076 Health technology assessment pending yes
2025-26 HB 1077 IUD pain control options pending yes
2025-26 HB 1078 Pet insurance pending yes
2025-26 HB 1094 Social services/property tax became law yes
2025-26 HB 1095 Law enforcement funding pending yes
2025-26 HB 1126 Local tax rate changes pending yes
2025-26 HB 1127 Unclaimed property pending yes
2025-26 HB 1160 Local gov. design review pending yes
2025-26 HB 1211 Clergy, duty to report abuse pending yes
2025-26 HB 1297 Child support/self-employed pending yes
2025-26 HB 1437 Tourism promotion pending yes
2025-26 HB 1505 Insurance statutes pending yes
2025-26 HB 1506 Credit union-bank merger/tax pending yes
2025-26 HB 1525 Vehicle sales tax/tribes pending yes
2025-26 HB 1530 Reg. businesses/card fees pending yes
2025-26 SHB 1576 Historic landmarks/cities became law yes
2025-26 HB 1716 Dog breeding pending no
2025-26 HB 1757 Residential use/existing became law yes
2025-26 HB 1775 Fur products pending yes
2025-26 HB 1953 Unclaimed property/local gov pending yes
2025-26 HB 1998 Investment income/B&O tax pending no
2025-26 HB 2115 Precious metals tax exempt. pending no
2025-26 HB 2255 Litigation finance pending yes
2025-26 HB 2408 Obsolete statutory language pending yes
2025-26 HB 2558 Mental health sentencing alt pending yes
2025-26 HB 2615 Tax voluntary disclosure pending yes
2025-26 HB 2731 Cannabis/local laws pending no
2025-26 HB 2738 Income tax pending no
2025-26 HJR 4213 Income tax pending no
2023-24 HB 1023 Wire tap reports/courts became law yes
2023-24 HB 1026 Local gov. design review died yes
2023-24 ESHB 1033 Compostable product usage became law yes
2023-24 HB 1034 Fur farming died no
2023-24 HB 1035 Health care restrictions died yes
2023-24 HB 1036 Clergy/child abuse reporting died no
2023-24 ESHB 1042 Use of existing buildings became law yes
2023-24 HB 1046 Housing dev. income limits became law yes
2023-24 HB 1054 Occupancy limits became law yes
2023-24 HB 1059 Sexual exploitation/minors died yes
2023-24 SHB 1088 Uniform family law arbitrat. became law yes
2023-24 HB 1095 Wage replacement died yes
2023-24 ESHB 1097 Cosmetics tested on animals became law yes
2023-24 HB 1098 Clergy/child abuse reporting died yes
2023-24 HB 1158 Advisory votes died yes
2023-24 HB 1208 Pet insurance died yes
2023-24 HB 1261 Breast exam cost sharing died yes
2023-24 HB 1262 Lump sum reporting system became law yes
2023-24 HB 1264 Solid waste customers/rates died yes
2023-24 HB 1350 Multifamily unit conversion died yes
2023-24 HB 1630 Sports wagering died no
2023-24 HB 1644 Margin tax died yes
2023-24 HB 1834 Reconciliation returns died yes
2023-24 HB 1848 Broadband equipment/tax died no
2023-24 HB 1867 Estate tax filing/residences became law yes
2023-24 HB 1868 Power equipment emissions died no
2023-24 HB 1874 Predatory loans died yes
2023-24 HB 1883 Juror service wages/tax died no
2023-24 HB 1886 Prearrang. funeral services died yes
2023-24 SHB 1889 Professionals/immigration became law yes
2023-24 HB 1894 Business licensing service died yes
2023-24 HB 1910 Pawnbroker fees, int. rates died yes
2023-24 HB 1959 PFML/small employers died yes
2023-24 HB 1966 Manufacturing machinery/REET died yes
2023-24 HB 2036 Adult entertainment died yes
2023-24 HB 2051 Small off-road engines died yes
2023-24 ESHB 2118 Firearms dealers became law yes
2023-24 HB 2190 Public records act study died no
2023-24 HB 2231 Law enforcement funding died yes
2023-24 HB 2254 Child support schedule died yes
2023-24 HB 2308 Existing structures/housing died yes
2023-24 HB 2413 Housing sales tax/use died no
2023-24 HR 4665 Taiwan and Washington died no
2021-22 HB 1002 COVID-19 grants/B&O tax died no
2021-22 HB 1026 Firearm rights restoration died no
2021-22 HB 1031 Birth cert., stillbirth became law yes
2021-22 HB 1038 Firearm possession/crimes died no
2021-22 SHB 1095 Emergency assistance/tax became law yes
2021-22 SHB 1171 Child support withholding became law yes
2021-22 HB 1375 Fur production died yes
2021-22 SHB 1416 Insurers/child support coll. became law yes
2021-22 SHB 1424 Sale of dogs and cats became law yes
2021-22 HB 1447 Garnishment died yes
2021-22 HB 1525 Enforcement of judgments became law yes
2021-22 HB 1615 Cosmetics tested on animals died yes
2021-22 HB 1674 Sports wagering died no
2021-22 ESHB 1689 Biomarker testing prior auth became law yes
2021-22 HB 1718 Fur products died yes
2021-22 HB 1783 Freight transporters/L&I died no
2021-22 HB 1841 ADU rental/property tax died yes
2021-22 SHB 1941 Active shooter drills became law yes
2021-22 HB 2020 Sustainable housing/GMA died yes
2019-20 HB 1167 Composting/nuisance lawsuits died yes
2019-20 HB 1171 Trust institutions died yes
2019-20 EHB 1219 Real estate taxes/housing became law yes
2019-20 HB 1227 Coroners/subpoena authority died yes
2019-20 HB 1244 Appraisal mngmt companies died yes
2019-20 HB 1305 Notices of disqualification died yes
2019-20 EHB 1354 Scan-down allowances became law yes
2019-20 SHB 1377 Housing dev./religious orgs. became law yes
2019-20 HB 1690 Short subdivisions died yes
2019-20 HB 1727 Gift cards became law yes
2019-20 HB 1730 Payment/limitations period became law yes
2019-20 HB 1890 State tax laws died no
2019-20 HB 2207 Insurance group supervision died yes
2019-20 HB 2291 Indep. procured insurance died no
2019-20 SHB 2476 Debt buyers became law yes
2019-20 HB 2519 Ammunition died yes
2019-20 HB 2620 Multiple-unit dwellings/tax died yes
2019-20 EHB 2623 Firearm possession/crimes died yes
2019-20 HB 2629 Utility connection charges died yes
2019-20 HB 2630 Accessory dwelling units/tax died yes
2019-20 HB 2634 Affordable housing/REET died yes
2019-20 HB 2636 Collection agency errors died no
2019-20 ESHB 2713 Compost procurement and use became law yes
2019-20 HB 2764 Birth cert., stillbirth died no
2019-20 HB 2898 Housing benefit districts died yes
2019-20 HB 2902 County EMTs/LEOFF 2 died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 119 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business
  • House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary
  • House Committee on Finance

We cannot say which of these they chair. A committee chair decides what gets a hearing, which makes the role the single most consequential fact in this section — and the roster export records membership without it. Every seat above is shown as an equal membership because that is all the record supports.

Last checked 2026-09-16

Source WA Legislature committee membership records · as of 2026-09-16 · seats 3

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Who funds this seat

Campaign finance reported to the Public Disclosure Commission. The record and the PDC share no identifier, so this is a join — on surname, given name, chamber and district for a legislator, and on the office won and the county it was won in for everyone else. Only where one person fits.

$352K

raised, 2026 cycle

$216K

spent

$1,354

average contribution

Total divided by 260 reported contributors.

$1.3M

raised across 5 campaigns

Every cycle we hold for this filer, not a career total — earlier campaigns may predate our coverage.

By campaign

Reported campaign finance by cycle
Cycle Raised Spent Contributors
2026 $351,989 $216,163 260
2024 $348,894 $577,116 405
2022 $240,167 $84,495 301
2020 $196,155 $136,437 280
2018 $170,166 $149,915 456

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
Allstate Insurance Company Northbrook $4,800
E. R. Squibb & Sons, LLC Tampa $4,800
Goodman Real Estate Seattle $4,800
JPMorgan Chase & Co. PAC Washington $3,600
Airbnb, Inc San Francisco $2,400
Altria Client Services LLC Richmond $2,400
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC Washington $2,400
Amy Walen Seattle $2,400

Individual contributors, by stated employer

Private individuals are not named here unless their own public conduct already makes them a public figure; their giving appears aggregated by the employer they stated. The full itemised record is public at the PDC.

Individual contributors, grouped by stated employer
Employer stated by contributors Contributors Amount
No employer stated 7 $69,595

Colleagues who gave on the same day

Three or more people sharing an employer, giving to one of this member’s campaigns on a single date. Money arriving together is the pattern; a shared employer on its own is not. Across every campaign we hold, not just the most recent.

Same-day contributions from colleagues at one employer
Date Cycle Employer Donors Total
2026-05-15 2026 Seattle Jeep 3 $1,548

This shows money arriving together, not who arranged it. An office collection, a fundraiser one colleague hosted, a firm’s partners each writing a cheque on the day they were asked — all three look identical in the filings, and all three are legal. Nothing here says the employer knew, still less that it directed anyone. The record gives the date and the shared workplace; the reason is not in it.

Last checked 2026-09-16

Employers behind more than one donor

Across the whole cycle rather than a single day. Weaker than the table above, and included because a slow accumulation from one workplace is still worth being able to see.

Employers with more than one contributor this cycle
Employer Donors Total
Seattle Jeep 5 $4,696
Microsoft 2 $1,450
Trilogy Equity Partners 2 $1,000

Only 15.9% of named donors stated an employer. The field is filled in by the donor and left blank more often than not, so both tables show what we can see rather than everything that exists. Treat the counts as a floor. Occupations reported in the employer box — “retired”, “self-employed”, “homemaker” — are excluded, because they are not a shared workplace.

Last checked 2026-09-16

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Amy Walen to PDC filer WALEA 033 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Representative) and the district (48) all agree, and because only one person fits. If that is the wrong person, tell us at corrections@washingtonindependents.org and we will unpublish this section while we check — see Corrections.

Last checked 2026-09-16

Spent independently, for and against · not their money

Money spent about this member by committees that are barred by law from coordinating with them. It is not their money, they cannot return it, and it is not in the total above. Spending for someone is not money from them, and the two sides are never subtracted from each other.

  1. Spent supporting

    stance filed as “for”

    $140,021

  2. Spent opposing

    stance filed as “against” · not subtracted from the row above

    $19,880
  • Citizens For Progress for · $75,504 · 2026
  • Jackson Legacy Fund for · $46,446 · 2026
  • NEW DIRECTION PAC against · $19,880 · 2026
  • WASHINGTON STATE DENTAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE for · $17,442 · 2022, 2020
  • Fuse Votes for · $628 · 2024, 2022, 2020

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer WALEA 033 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 22 independent-expenditure filings name this candidate id · note independent expenditures are joined on the PDC candidate id, not on a name; they are a separate ledger, never netted against each other and never added to the committee’s own total

The original filing at the PDC

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How the seat was won

Every certified general election this member won, from the Secretary of State canvass. The canvass names winners by printed name and the Legislature issues member ids, so each row is a stated join of the two records — never a guess.

Certified election wins for State Representative Amy Walen
Election Seat Contest Record
November 6, 2018 State House seat 2, Legislative District 48 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 3, 2020 State House seat 2, Legislative District 48 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 8, 2022 State House seat 2, Legislative District 48 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022
November 5, 2024 State House seat 2, Legislative District 48 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2024

Sources Secretary of State certified results + PDC candidate filings · as of 2026-09-16 · key joined on surname + given name + chamber + district; refused where more than one member fits · note — = value absent from source export

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Member response

This page is built from public records, and the member it describes gets space to respond to it.

No response process exists yet. When one does, anything this member sends about this page will be published here verbatim — dated, unedited, and clearly theirs. Nothing has been solicited yet, so the absence of a response here says nothing about the member.

Last checked 2026-09-16

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Connected records

Everything below is a link some document draws for us. Nothing here is our inference. Grouped by how well the record supports it, always in this order, never sorted by interest.

On the record · 34

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 34. Every edge for this record, as JSON

Joined by us, on a stated key · 4

Two documents joined on a key, and the key is named on every row.

Nothing on file

Votes are in the graph but render as vote-history tables above, not as rows here. Testimony and committee referrals are not in the graph yet — no sign-in sheet or chamber journal has been read into an edge for this member, which is not the same as none existing.

Checked 2026-09-16

Source one query on the edge table, grouped by tier · as of 2026-09-16 · edges 34 filed, 4 composite, 0 adjacency · how edges are built

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How to run for this office

This is an office, not a possession. Every seat here is filled by whoever files for it and wins, and the requirements are the same for everyone.

Filing requirements and next election by seat
Seat Term Next election Filing opens
State Representative, District 48 2 years 2026 May 2026

1 form

declaration of candidacy

Filed with the Secretary of State, online or on paper. It states your name as it will appear on the ballot, the office, and that you are qualified.

1 week

the filing window, every May

Monday to Friday, closing at 4:00pm. There is no late filing: miss it and the seat is decided without you.

0

signatures, endorsements, prior offices

You must be a registered voter living in the district on the day you file. That is the entire qualification, and no party is asked about you.

C-1

only once money moves

A campaign committee and PDC reporting are required within two weeks of raising or spending anything. Raise nothing and you file nothing.

What the job is. The Legislature sits for 105 days in odd-numbered years and 60 days in even ones, and the work does not stop when the session does — committee days, constituent casework and district meetings run through the interim. Someone deciding whether to file needs that more than they need anyone’s opinion of the incumbent.

Reporting follows money, not candidacy. Registering with the Public Disclosure Commission and filing contribution reports is triggered by raising and spending, not by putting your name in. A campaign that stays under the mini-reporting threshold files a short form and nothing more.

We cannot yet tell you what filing costs. The fee is one percent of the office’s annual salary (RCW 29A.24.091 — one percent of the annual salary of the office), which makes it a specific dollar amount rather than a rule — and a page that makes you compute your own filing fee has not told you the filing fee. Legislative salaries are set by the Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials and we do not hold that schedule, so the figure is missing rather than estimated. A candidate who cannot pay it may file a petition of signatures instead.

This section appears on every office page on this site, contested or not, filled or vacant. Its presence is not a comment on whoever holds the seat, and we do not say whether a seat is winnable — that would be a prediction, and this page carries records.

Source Election cycle derived from past regular elections in PDC candidate filings; requirements from RCW 29A.24 — candidate filing · as of 2026-09-16

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What this page will not compute

Each of these is a number a reader might reasonably expect. None of them follow from the records we hold, so we do not publish them.

What the money bought
Where a filing is matched we show what was raised and from whom. Connecting that to how the member voted would be a causal claim from two records that were never linked, and campaign money is not the only thing that moves a vote.
A complete funding career
Cycles are shown back to 2009. A member who served before that has earlier campaigns we do not hold, so the career total is a floor rather than a lifetime figure.
Employers we cannot see
The employer field is filled in by the donor and left blank more often than not, so the bundling table shows employers we can see rather than every one that exists.
Whether a difference was a broken promise
Where a stated position and a vote differ we show both records and say only that they differ. Why is not in either one — an amendment, a procedural vote, or a bill that changed under the member all produce the same pair.
A complete set of statements
Positions are found and cited one at a time by a person. An empty or short list means nobody has done that reading, not that a member has said little.
Advertising
Meta’s ad library and PDC independent expenditures targeting this member are both public and neither is loaded.
What a divergent vote means
We can say a member voted against their party’s majority on a given roll call. Whether that was principle, a local interest, a drafting objection or a trade is not in the record, and the count is not a measure of independence.
Committee influence
Chair and ranking-member roles decide which bills get heard. The roster gives membership without role, so every seat here looks alike.
A member’s response
The design reserves space for one. We have no process yet for soliciting or publishing it, so the section is absent rather than empty.

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Common questions

Which Legislative District does Amy Walen represent?
Amy Walen is a Democratic state representative representing Washington’s 48th Legislative District.
How often does Amy Walen break with their party?
Across 4,951 recorded floor votes we hold, Amy Walen voted against the majority of their own party 187 times. That count is a description of the record, not a measure of independence — the record does not say why any single vote diverged.
How many bills has Amy Walen sponsored?
Amy Walen has prime-sponsored 119 bills, of which 30 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 19 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Amy Walen served in the Legislature?
Amy Walen appears in the member roster for 2 biennia, most recently 2025-26. This counts biennia on record, not continuous years.
How many state legislators represent each Washington district?
Three — one state senator and two state representatives, elected to Position 1 and Position 2. All three represent the same geography; the positions are not sub-areas.
When are Washington legislative elections held?
In even-numbered years. All 98 House seats are up every two years; Senate seats run on staggered four-year terms.

Answers are generated from the same fields as the sections above and emitted as FAQPage structured data, so a machine reader gets the identical text a person sees.

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“State Representative Amy Walen,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-09-16, accessed 2026-09-18. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/amy-walen/

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WA Legislature member roster
Name, party, district, chamber and contact details, per session served.
WA Legislature roll call service
Every recorded floor vote. Committee votes are recorded per committee rather than per member and are not included.
Party divergence
Derived, not published by the Legislature. For each roll call we take the majority position of the member’s own party and flag votes against it, counting only roll calls where that party had a clear majority.
WA Legislature legislation records
Prime sponsorship, and each bill’s outcome and hearing status. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold.
Public Disclosure Commission candidate filings
Contributions, expenditures, the largest reported contributors and their stated employers, for every cycle back to 2007. Matched on surname and given name plus chamber and district for a legislator, or the office won and the county it was won in for everyone else — never on name alone — and only published where one person fits. Across the record that resolves 1,938 of 13,879 officials over 3,548 cycles, with 45 refused as ambiguous; the rest say why they did not match.
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Public statements, advertising, committee roles, and committee votes by member.