Elected official · Washington State

State Senator Noel Frame

Noel Frame is a Democratic state senator representing Washington's 36th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 111 bills, of which 10 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • Senate
  • Legislative District 36
  • 2 sessions on record
email
noel.frame@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7670

Source Washington State Legislature web services: member roster, roll calls, sponsorship and committee records · as of 2026-08-07

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Candidate vs official

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 2026-08-07

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Voting record

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

7,069

recorded votes

6,642

yea

375

nay

52

absent or excused

Votes against their own party’s majority

67

of 7,069 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 ESB 6347 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (20-10 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 E2SSB 6239 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (17-13 yea-nay)
2026-02-16 ESB 6347 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (19-11 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 2SSB 5968 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (25-5 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 SSB 6160 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-3 yea-nay)
2026-02-11 ESB 5872 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-3 yea-nay)
2026-01-21 ESSB 5071 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (21-9 yea-nay)
2025-04-09 ESHB 1258 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (28-2 yea-nay)
2025-02-05 ESSB 5071 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2024-03-04 SI 2113 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (16-13 yea-nay)
2024-03-04 SI 2111 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-11 yea-nay)
2023-04-19 HB 1573 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (24-4 yea-nay)
2023-04-17 ESB 5352 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (16-13 yea-nay)
2023-04-12 ESHB 1791 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (15-14 yea-nay)
2023-04-10 ESHB 1019 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Yea Nay (13-16 yea-nay)
2023-03-08 ESB 5352 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (16-13 yea-nay)
2023-03-02 SSB 5303 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2022-03-04 ESB 5919 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (86-12 yea-nay)
2022-02-12 ESHB 2037 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (87-11 yea-nay)
2021-04-24 SHB 1137 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (84-12 yea-nay)
2021-03-06 SHB 1137 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (88-10 yea-nay)
2021-03-03 E2SHB 1186 285 Graham Pg 3 Ln 14 Nay Yea (59-38 yea-nay)
2021-03-03 SHB 1446 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (93-4 yea-nay)
2021-03-02 ESHB 1214 300 Klippert Pg 7 Ln 40 Nay Yea (64-33 yea-nay)
2020-03-11 SSB 6068 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (91-6 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 67. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll call service · as of 2026-08-07 · 7,069 votes across every session held

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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.

111

bills prime-sponsored

26

became law

10

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 SB 5121 Fertility-related services pending yes
2025-26 SB 5211 DD parental caregivers pending yes
2025-26 SB 5266 Early release petitions pending yes
2025-26 SB 5269 Sentence modification pending no
2025-26 SSB 5298 Mobile home community sale became law yes
2025-26 SB 5375 Clergy, duty to report abuse became law yes
2025-26 SB 5439 Thermal coal divestment/SIB pending yes
2025-26 SB 5457 Broadcasters became law yes
2025-26 SB 5458 Newspaper tax preference pending yes
2025-26 SB 5605 Microenterprise home kitchen pending yes
2025-26 SB 5708 Online services/minors pending yes
2025-26 SB 5761 Dependency/attorney appt. became law yes
2025-26 ESB 5797 Intangible assets tax pending yes
2025-26 ESSB 5814 Excise taxes became law yes
2025-26 SB 6108 State shark pending no
2025-26 ESSB 6113 Tax administration became law yes
2025-26 SB 6114 Excise tax/fixture defined pending yes
2025-26 SB 6202 Medicaid/fertility services pending no
2025-26 ESB 6228 Prescription drugs/taxes became law yes
2025-26 SB 6229 Small business stock gains pending yes
2025-26 SB 6230 Cash transactions/pennies pending yes
2025-26 ESSB 6231 Data center tax exemptions became law yes
2025-26 SB 6294 Local government fund use pending yes
2023-24 ESB 5130 Assisted outpatient treat. died yes
2023-24 E2SSB 5198 Mobile home community sales became law yes
2023-24 SB 5204 Fertility services coverage died yes
2023-24 SB 5214 Music therapists died yes
2023-24 SB 5216 Collisions/driver reexam died yes
2023-24 SB 5220 Mutual insurer reorg. died yes
2023-24 SSB 5229 Site readiness grants became law yes
2023-24 SB 5280 Clergy/child abuse reporting died yes
2023-24 SB 5364 Lot splitting died yes
2023-24 SB 5379 Associate development orgs. died yes
2023-24 SB 5451 Long sentences review died yes
2023-24 SB 5456 Minimum parking requirements died yes
2023-24 SB 5474 Juvenile justice died yes
2023-24 SB 5482 Margin tax died yes
2023-24 SB 5486 Wealth/property tax died yes
2023-24 SB 5543 Sexual offenses by youth died yes
2023-24 SB 5644 Juvenile records died yes
2023-24 SB 5674 Surplus property/housing died yes
2023-24 SB 5706 Employee-union privilege died no
2023-24 SB 5708 Microenterprise home kitchen died no
2023-24 SB 5805 Dependency/attorney appt. became law yes
2023-24 SB 5807 Housing authorities died yes
2023-24 SSB 5829 Congenital cytomegalovirus became law yes
2023-24 SB 5900 Construction crane safety died yes
2023-24 SB 5933 Infants and toddlers program died yes
2023-24 SB 5960 Prescription labels/abortion died yes
2023-24 SB 5967 Housing/public lands leases died yes
2023-24 ESSB 5974 Unenforceable LFOs became law yes
2023-24 SB 5981 Early release petitions died yes
2023-24 SB 6037 Sentence modification died no
2023-24 SSB 6059 Mobile home community sales became law yes
2023-24 SB 6063 Persistent offenders died yes
2023-24 SB 6191 Housing/taxes died yes
2023-24 SB 6298 Clergy/child abuse reporting died yes
2021-22 2SHB 1219 Youth counsel/dependency became law yes
2021-22 HB 1258 Microenterprise home kitchen died yes
2021-22 HB 1406 Wealth tax died yes
2021-22 HB 1539 Bad debts/tax died yes
2021-22 HB 1947 Diaper subsidy/TANF died yes
2021-22 HB 2034 Juvenile records died yes
2019-20 HB 1345 Correctional officer OT died yes
2019-20 SHB 1403 Municipal B&O tax apportion. became law yes
2019-20 HB 1434 Noncriminal youth detention died yes
2019-20 HB 1679 Councilmanic REET/GMA died yes
2019-20 EHB 1706 Subminimum wage/disabilities became law yes
2019-20 HB 1728 Isolated worker protection died yes
2019-20 SHB 1742 Juvenile offenses/depictions became law yes
2019-20 E2SHB 1874 Adolescent behavioral health became law yes
2019-20 HB 1876 Children's mental health died yes
2019-20 HB 1921 Housing market died yes
2019-20 SHB 2017 Admin. law judge bargaining became law yes
2019-20 HB 2031 Foster parent case aides died yes
2019-20 HB 2064 Juvenile justice died yes
2019-20 HB 2117 State tax structure died yes
2019-20 HB 2164 Leasehold excise tax exempt. died no
2019-20 HB 2685 K-12 employee sick leave died no
2019-20 HB 2738 Dev. disability budgeting died no
2019-20 HB 2777 Microenterprise home kitchen died yes
2019-20 SHB 2794 Juvenile record sealing became law yes
2019-20 HB 2795 Juvenile court/jurisdiction died yes
2019-20 HB 2796 Juvenile sex offense regist. died yes
2019-20 HB 2881 Commercial properties/tax died yes
2017-18 HB 1251 Youth counsel/dependency died yes
2017-18 HB 1302 Wage violations, damages for died yes
2017-18 E2SHB 1561 Open educational resources became law yes
2017-18 HB 1672 Prevailing wage law recovery became law yes
2017-18 SHB 1816 Homeless youth info. sharing became law yes
2017-18 HB 1876 Exclusive adult jurisdiction died yes
2017-18 HB 1930 Child custody died yes
2017-18 SHB 2037 Higher ed. disability wk grp became law yes
2017-18 HB 2040 Tenancy termination notices died yes
2017-18 HB 2059 Washington investment trust died yes
2017-18 HB 2135 Pipeline accident mitigation died yes
2017-18 HB 2145 Aerospace job incentives died yes
2017-18 HB 2687 Public defense funding died yes
2017-18 HB 2817 Correctional officer OT died yes
2017-18 HB 2818 Religious coordinator appt. died yes
2017-18 HB 2895 Exclusive adult jurisdiction died yes
2017-18 HB 2932 Juvenile offenses died no
2017-18 HR 4643 Seattle Pacific University died no
2015-16 SHB 2541 Involuntary treatment orders became law yes
2015-16 HB 2544 Affordable housing/prop. tax died yes
2015-16 HB 2736 Governor appointments/gender died yes
2015-16 HB 2737 Criminal history/employment died no
2015-16 HB 2825 Disabled student services died yes
2015-16 HB 2848 Corps. & money in politics died yes
2015-16 HB 2851 School director compensation died yes
2015-16 HB 2992 Large private airplane taxes died no

Source WA Legislature legislation and committee hearing records · as of 2026-08-07 · 111 bills across every session held

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • Senate Committee on Human Services
  • Senate Committee on Ways & Means

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 2026-08-07

Source WA Legislature committee membership records · as of 2026-08-07 · 2 seats

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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.

$59,451

raised, 2026 cycle

$35,575

spent

$632

average contribution

Total divided by 94 reported contributors.

$236K

raised across 2 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 $59,451 $35,575 94
2022 $176,059 $159,518 530

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
Justice for All PAC Seattle $2,400
Kennedy Fund Seattle $2,400
SEIU 775 Quality Care Committee Seattle $2,400
Entertainment Software Association Washington $2,200
WSDC Seattle $1,698
UnitedHealth Group Inc. Minneapolis $1,600
WA Insurers Political Action Committee Olympia $1,250
Boeing PAC Arlington $1,200
Coinflip Chicago $1,200
JPMorgan Chase & Co. PAC Washington $1,200
Pacific Merchant Shipping Association Oakland $1,200
Professional & Technical Employees Local 17 PAC Seattle $1,200
Puyallup Tribe of Indians Tacoma $1,200
Royal Caribbean Group USA Inc Miami $1,200
SEIU Helathcare 1199 NW Kent $1,200

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Noel Frame to PDC filer FRAMN 111 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (36) 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 2026-08-07

Source Public Disclosure Commission candidate filings · as of 2026-08-07 · filer FRAMN 111

The original filing at the PDC

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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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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 Senator, District 36 4 years 2030 May 2030

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.

Source Election cycle derived from past regular elections in PDC candidate filings; requirements from RCW 29A.24 — candidate filing · as of 2026-08-07

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Connected records

Every link this page draws, grouped by how well a document supports it.

On the record

  • HOLDS A SEAT IN

    Washington’s 36th Legislative District

    WA Legislature member roster

  • SERVED — 2025-26

    Senate, Legislative District 36

    WA Legislature member roster, 2025-26

  • SERVED — 2023-24

    Senate, Legislative District 36

    WA Legislature member roster, 2023-24

Nothing on file

No funding edge is published. Campaign finance and the Legislature roster share no key, and matching people by name across the two produces wrong pairs often enough to be worse than nothing. No lobbying edge either: Washington lobbying filings name neither bills nor legislators.

Source WA Legislature member roster · as of 2026-08-07

Cite this page

This is public-records reporting. Use it, and say where it came from.

“State Senator Noel Frame,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-09. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/noel-frame/

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Where this page comes from

Every figure above is read from a primary source and rebuilt on a schedule. Nothing here is modelled or inferred; where a source is silent the page says so rather than filling the gap.

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.
Not loaded
Public statements, advertising, committee roles, and committee votes by member.