Elected official · Washington State
State Senator T’wina Nobles
T'wina Nobles is a Democratic state senator representing Washington's 28th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 100 bills, of which 13 died without a public hearing.
- Democratic
- Senate
- Legislative District 28
- 2 sessions on record
- T'wina.Nobles@leg.wa.gov
- phone
- (360) 786-7654
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.
3,822
recorded votes
3,621
yea
138
nay
63
absent or excused
Votes against their own party’s majority
35
of 3,822 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.
| Date | Bill | Motion | They voted | Their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | ESSB 6260 | Final Passage as Amended by the House | Nay | Yea (26-4 yea-nay) |
| 2026-03-06 | 2ESHB 1210 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (20-10 yea-nay) |
| 2026-03-03 | ESSB 6260 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (24-6 yea-nay) |
| 2026-02-17 | E2SSB 6239 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (17-13 yea-nay) |
| 2026-02-11 | SSB 5346 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (24-6 yea-nay) |
| 2026-02-11 | SB 6148 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (26-4 yea-nay) |
| 2026-01-21 | ESSB 5071 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (21-9 yea-nay) |
| 2025-04-27 | SSB 5393 | Final Passage as Amended by the House | Nay | Yea (23-6 yea-nay) |
| 2025-04-16 | ESHB 2015 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | Nay | Yea (25-5 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) |
| 2024-02-13 | SB 5915 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (16-13 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-09 | E2SSB 6109 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (22-7 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-09 | E2SSB 6194 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (22-7 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-02 | SB 6271 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (24-5 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-01 | ESB 5032 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (23-5 yea-nay) |
| 2024-01-17 | SSB 5056 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (18-10 yea-nay) |
| 2023-04-19 | HB 1018 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (18-11 yea-nay) |
| 2023-04-18 | SHB 1240 | 452 Wagoner Pg 13 Ln 34 | Yea | Nay (4-25 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) |
| 2023-03-08 | SSB 5448 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (18-10 yea-nay) |
| 2023-03-01 | ESSB 5326 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (19-10 yea-nay) |
Showing the 25 most recent of 35. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.
Source WA Legislature roll call service · as of 2026-08-07 · 3,822 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.
100
bills prime-sponsored
21
became law
13
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.
| Session | Bill | Subject | Outcome | Heard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | SB 5017 | Uniformed & overseas voting | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5119 | Academic employee bargaining | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5120 | Learning assistance program | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5123 | Discrimination in schools | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5126 | Student mental health net. | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5164 | Student navigational support | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5169 | Testimony of children | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5177 | Professional dev. resources | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SSB 5182 | Incarcerated parents | became law | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5183 | Tobacco & nicotine products | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | ESSB 5192 | School district materials | became law | yes |
| 2025-26 | E2SSB 5217 | Pregnancy accommodations | became law | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5218 | Vehicle and driver licensing | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5226 | Physician res./international | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5275 | Passport to careers program | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5320 | Smokey Bear license plates | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SB 5321 | Postsecondary/med. abortion | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5338 | Veterans affairs adv. comm. | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5411 | Pilates studios, etc./tax | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5567 | Natural resources careers | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5574 | History instruction | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5692 | Seattle Reign FC lic. plate | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5779 | African diaspora heritage | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SB 5803 | Tobacco & nicotine products | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SB 5826 | Postsecondary/med. abortion | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5828 | College scholarships/private | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5829 | Attorney general inv. ID | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SB 5907 | ECEAP access/military | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5956 | AI use/student discipline | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5962 | Spring blade knives | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5963 | Passport to careers program | became law | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 5966 | Medically tailored meals | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SSB 6014 | Pregnancy accommodations | became law | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 6038 | Postgrad degree requirements | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SB 6055 | Firearms background checks | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SB 6112 | HVAC scope/electricians | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SB 6118 | Cardiac emerg. plans/schools | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 6212 | Children benefit pilot prg. | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 6265 | Vehicle transfers to insurer | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 6275 | Community reinvestment prg. | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 6276 | Workforce ed. inv. account | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SB 6282 | Apprenticeships/wellness | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 6325 | Higher education procedures | pending | yes |
| 2025-26 | SB 6326 | School district accounting | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SR 8605 | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SR 8611 | Keri Rawlings Rooney | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SR 8661 | Martin Luther King, Jr. day | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SR 8664 | Youth sports | pending | no |
| 2025-26 | SR 8665 | Black history month | pending | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 5070 | Nonfatal strangulation | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5071 | Purple star award | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SSB 5072 | Highly capable students | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SSB 5081 | Victim notification | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5095 | Parks/health & wellness | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5196 | OL Reign license plate | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5247 | Climate-ready communities | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | ESSB 5257 | Elementary school recess | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5296 | Military service credit | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SSB 5317 | RTA vehicle removal | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5318 | Estate recovery | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5339 | Free school meals | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5423 | Working conn. child care | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SSB 5588 | Mental health sentencing alt | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5591 | Dependent youth financial ed | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5711 | College grant eligibility | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5736 | Workforce shortages | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5894 | Equal pay/protected classes | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5895 | Academic employee bargaining | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5896 | Financial aid terms | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 5904 | Financial aid terms | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5910 | Smokey Bear license plates | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5964 | Free school meals | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 6082 | Paraeducator compensation | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 6156 | Local elections | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 6159 | Superintendent/task forces | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 6172 | Birth doulas | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 6173 | Housing sales tax/use | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 6208 | Public school materials | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 6216 | Student mental health net. | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 6253 | Learning assistance program | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 6254 | Student navigational support | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 6275 | African American studies | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 6283 | Connecting communities prg. | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 6314 | Social studies instruction | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SR 8604 | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SR 8613 | Washington National Guard | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SR 8619 | Black History Month | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SR 8666 | Gregory & Evelyn Christopher | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SR 8672 | Black history month | died | no |
| 2021-22 | 2SSB 5183 | Nonfatal strangulation | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5184 | K-12 foster care contact | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | E2SSB 5259 | Law enforcement data | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5292 | Parks Rx pilot program | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | 2SSB 5293 | Mental health sentencing alt | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | ESSB 5321 | College bound scholarship | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5448 | Vehicle fee/tax payment plan | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5824 | Dependent youth financial ed | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SSB 5838 | Diaper subsidy/TANF | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | ESSB 5874 | Military student residency | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | SR 8634 | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | died | no |
Source WA Legislature legislation and committee hearing records · as of 2026-08-07 · 100 bills across every session held
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Committee seats
2025-26
- Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education
- Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development
- Senate Committee on Transportation
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 · 3 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.
$378K
raised, 2024 cycle
$364K
spent
$500
average contribution
Total divided by 756 reported contributors.
$1.4M
raised across 2 campaigns
Every cycle we hold for this filer, not a career total — earlier campaigns may predate our coverage.
By campaign
| Cycle | Raised | Spent | Contributors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $377,953 | $364,313 | 756 |
| 2020 | $979,826 | $966,684 | 3,414 |
Largest reported contributors
| Contributor | City | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| WA Senate Demo Camp / WSDC | Seattle | $16,662 |
| 28th Legislative District Democratic Central Comm | University Place | $7,000 |
| Active in Democracy (AID) / Tacoma Firefighters Union | Tacoma | $2,400 |
| Campaign For Tribal Self Reliance / WA Indian Gaming Assn | Olympia | $2,400 |
| Connie Ballmer | Bellevue | $2,400 |
| Credit Union Leg Action Fund / NW Credit Union Assn | SeaTac | $2,400 |
| FairVote Washington PAC | Seattle | $2,400 |
| Harry Truman Fund | Seattle | $2,400 |
| IUPAT Political Action Together Leg Ed Committee | Hanover | $2,400 |
| Jeffrey S. Raikes | Seattle | $2,400 |
| Justice for All PAC | Seattle | $2,400 |
| Kennedy Fund | Seattle | $2,400 |
| Lisa Mennet | Seattle | $2,400 |
| Public School Employees (PSE) SEIU 1948 Political Fund Campaign Account | Auburn | $2,400 |
| Puget Sound Energy | Bellevue | $2,400 |
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.
| Date | Cycle | Employer | Donors | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-24 | 2020 | T-MOBILE | 6 | $2,043 |
| 2020-10-02 | 2020 | MICROSOFT | 5 | $3,453 |
| 2020-11-05 | 2020 | City of Tacoma | 5 | $581 |
| 2020-10-16 | 2020 | MICROSOFT | 4 | $2,300 |
| 2020-04-08 | 2020 | CITY OF TACOMA | 4 | $700 |
| 2020-10-16 | 2020 | KING COUNTY | 4 | $656 |
| 2020-09-24 | 2020 | MICROSOFT | 4 | $350 |
| 2020-07-24 | 2020 | CITY OF SEATTLE | 3 | $1,128 |
| 2020-09-24 | 2020 | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | 3 | $775 |
| 2020-09-04 | 2020 | UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND | 3 | $606 |
| 2020-07-17 | 2020 | MICROSOFT | 3 | $453 |
| 2020-05-06 | 2020 | UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND | 3 | $375 |
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 2026-08-07
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.
| Employer | Donors | Total |
|---|---|---|
| PCVA | 2 | $3,200 |
| Potential Unleashed Consulting | 2 | $1,500 |
| University of Puget Sound | 3 | $1,053 |
| Windermere | 2 | $1,000 |
| City of Tacoma | 4 | $956 |
| MultiCare | 2 | $800 |
| Ibew | 2 | $753 |
| Independent Colleges of Washington | 2 | $700 |
| Erin Jones | 2 | $675 |
| RVC Seattle | 2 | $611 |
Only 22.6% 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 2026-08-07
This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched T'wina Nobles to PDC filer FRANT 464 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (28) 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 FRANT 464
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- What the money bought
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- 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
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- Advertising
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- 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.
| Seat | Term | Next election | Filing opens |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Senator, District 28 | 4 years | 2028 | May 2028 |
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.
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Connected records
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On the record
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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
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“State Senator T’wina Nobles,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-10. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/t-wina-nobles/
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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.