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State Senator Tina Orwall

Tina Orwall is a Democratic state senator representing Washington's 33rd Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 220 bills, of which 21 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • Senate
  • Legislative District 33
  • 2 sessions on record
email
tina.orwall@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7664

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

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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.

11,926

recorded votes

11,157

yea

658

nay

111

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 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 48–1
2026-03-12 ESHB 1408 Community authority funding Final Passage without Senate Amendments YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 E2SHB 2215 Fuels/climate commitment act 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 ESSB 6005 Transportation budget, supp. Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 SSB 6003 Capital budget, supplemental Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 ESSB 5998 Operating budget, supp. Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee YEA 28–21
2026-03-12 SSB 6225 Transportation funding bonds Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 ESB 6228 Prescription drugs/taxes Final Passage as Amended by the House NAY against party majority 26–23
2026-03-12 ESSB 6260 Public education funding Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 26–23
2026-03-12 ESB 6347 Estate tax rates Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 39–10
2026-03-12 SSB 6355 Electric transmission system Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 32–17
2026-03-12 ESSB 6354 Electric vehicles Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 47–2
2026-03-12 SGA 9070 ROBERT H. MALTE The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9075 ROBERT DECOTEAU The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9091 STEPHANIE J. BARDIN The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9094 HUEY YU The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9171 ELISA K. GRACEFFO The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SHB 2089 Taxes on loan interest 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 27–21
2026-03-11 EHB 2487 Insurer taxes 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 27–22
2026-03-11 EHB 2681 Cannabis license fees 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 29–20
2026-03-11 SHB 2689 Working connect. child care 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 33–16
2026-03-11 ESHB 2711 Transportation resources 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 33–15
2026-03-11 ESSB 6346 Tax on millionaires Concur in House amendment(s) YEA 27–21
2026-03-11 ESSB 6346 Tax on millionaires Final Passage As Amended by the House YEA 27–21
2026-03-11 SGA 9050 ROBERT A. ZAPPONE The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 46–0
2026-03-11 SGA 9066 MEGAN MATTHEWS The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 45–2
2026-03-11 SGA 9172 DENISE E. GIDEON The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SGA 9180 ADRIA BUCHANAN The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SGA 9204 MICHELLE R. SMITH The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SGA 9227 EDISON A. VALERIO The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-10 E2SHB 2325 Tourism assessment Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 43–5
2026-03-10 E2SSB 5847 Workers' comp. medical care Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 30–19
2026-03-10 SSB 5982 Consumer-owned utilities Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 30–19
2026-03-10 ESSB 6002 Driver privacy Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 39–10
2026-03-10 E2SSB 6026 Residential dev./zones Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 35–14
2026-03-10 E2SSB 6027 Affordable housing funding Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 30–19
2026-03-10 2SSB 6035 Voting services Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 29–19
2026-03-10 SSB 6034 Office of Indian affairs Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 49–0
2026-03-10 SSB 6054 Wildfire home hardening/CICs Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 47–0
2026-03-10 ESB 6058 Wage enforcement discretion Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 46–1

Showing the 40 most recent of 11,926 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

91

of 11,926 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 6228 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (26-4 yea-nay)
2026-02-28 ESB 6228 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (25-4 yea-nay)
2026-02-27 ESSB 5998 787 Torres Pg 281 Ln 21 Yea Nay (2-28 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 SSB 5828 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 E2SSB 6239 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (17-13 yea-nay)
2025-03-12 ESB 5206 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (22-7 yea-nay)
2025-02-19 ESSB 5156 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (23-6 yea-nay)
2024-02-29 SB 5184 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (49-8 yea-nay)
2024-02-27 ESSB 5690 1113 Cheney Pg 9 Ln 5 Yea Nay (7-51 yea-nay)
2024-02-15 HB 2454 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (30-26 yea-nay)
2023-04-10 SSB 5389 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (52-5 yea-nay)
2023-02-28 ESHB 1584 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (51-6 yea-nay)
2019-04-28 SB 6025 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (97-1 yea-nay)
2019-04-27 ESSB 5993 906 Vick Pg 2 Ln 26 Yea Nay (44-54 yea-nay)
2019-04-26 SHB 1195 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (92-5 yea-nay)
2019-04-16 SSB 5380 707 Gildon Pg 39 Ln 29 Nay Yea (61-37 yea-nay)
2019-04-16 SSB 5380 708 Stokesbary Pg 39 Ln 29 Nay Yea (60-38 yea-nay)
2019-04-16 SSB 5380 The House is AT EASE Subject to the call of the Speaker Nay Yea (60-38 yea-nay)
2019-03-08 E2SHB 1296 Final Passage Nay Yea (55-41 yea-nay)
2018-02-23 ESB 6617 Final Passage Nay Yea (83-14 yea-nay)
2018-01-18 ESSB 6091 Final Passage Nay Yea (66-30 yea-nay)
2017-03-07 ESHB 1017 Final Passage Nay Yea (82-15 yea-nay)
2016-03-04 ESB 6166 Final Passage Nay Yea (66-31 yea-nay)
2015-06-26 2E2SHB 2136 Final Passage Nay Yea (59-38 yea-nay)
2015-04-14 SSB 5280 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (67-30 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 91. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 11,926 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.

220

bills prime-sponsored

81

became law

21

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 2ESSB 5105 Sexually explicit depictions became law yes
2025-26 SSB 5163 Child fatalities became law yes
2025-26 SB 5227 Child sex dolls pending yes
2025-26 SB 5242 Behavioral health resources pending yes
2025-26 SB 5254 Health care information pending yes
2025-26 SB 5273 Violence prevention services pending yes
2025-26 SB 5295 Sexual assault/rights pending no
2025-26 SB 5336 Isolated employees pending yes
2025-26 E2SSB 5337 Memory care services became law yes
2025-26 E2SSB 5355 Higher education safety became law yes
2025-26 2SSB 5356 Criminal justice trainings became law yes
2025-26 SB 5367 Law enf. community grants pending yes
2025-26 SB 5369 Youth mental health/schools pending yes
2025-26 SB 5386 Schools/sexual assault pending yes
2025-26 E2SSB 5395 Prior authorization/health became law yes
2025-26 ESSB 5486 Motion picture captioning became law yes
2025-26 SSB 5520 Wrongly convicted persons became law yes
2025-26 SB 5546 Solar energy systems/schools pending no
2025-26 SB 5580 Corp. homeowner registration pending yes
2025-26 SB 5652 Environment/port districts pending yes
2025-26 E2SSB 5686 Foreclosure mediation prg. became law yes
2025-26 SB 5762 988 line tax pending yes
2025-26 SB 5934 Postconviction DNA testing pending yes
2025-26 SB 5935 Office of homeless youth pending no
2025-26 SB 5936 Human trafficking pending yes
2025-26 SSB 5938 Foreclosure prevention fee became law yes
2025-26 SB 5957 Homeless youth committee became law yes
2025-26 SB 5985 Endometriosis pending yes
2025-26 SB 6017 Crime victims & witnesses pending yes
2025-26 SB 6059 Social workers board pending no
2025-26 SB 6060 Social worker licensure pending no
2025-26 SB 6190 Critical infrastructure pending yes
2025-26 SB 6240 Aviation impacts grants pending yes
2025-26 SB 6286 Detention facility fines/DOH pending yes
2025-26 SB 6343 Atmospheric river/tax relief pending yes
2025-26 SR 8673 Ireland pending no
2023-24 HB 1006 Drug testing equipment died yes
2023-24 2SHB 1028 Crime victims & witnesses became law yes
2023-24 HB 1089 Sex trafficking died yes
2023-24 HB 1090 Defects and omissions died no
2023-24 E2SHB 1134 988 system became law yes
2023-24 SHB 1165 Intimate images/civil remedy became law yes
2023-24 ESHB 1222 Hearing instruments coverage became law yes
2023-24 ESHB 1300 Assisted reproduction fraud became law yes
2023-24 HB 1349 Foreclosure protections became law yes
2023-24 2SHB 1534 Construction consumers became law yes
2023-24 HB 1591 Open adoption agreements died yes
2023-24 EHB 1636 Foreclosure/common interest became law yes
2023-24 HB 1637 Unclaimed property fees died yes
2023-24 SHB 1939 Social work compact became law yes
2023-24 HB 1944 Running start for the trades died no
2023-24 SHB 1999 Fabricated intimate images became law yes
2023-24 HB 2076 Human trafficking crimes died yes
2023-24 EHB 2088 Crisis teams/liability became law yes
2023-24 HB 2103 Large port districts died yes
2023-24 HB 2123 Running start for the trades died no
2023-24 HB 2197 Medical assist./prevention died yes
2023-24 HB 2221 Sign language work group died yes
2023-24 HB 2242 Sexual assault/higher ed. died yes
2023-24 HB 2297 Solar energy systems/schools died no
2021-22 ESHB 1108 Foreclosure assistance became law yes
2021-22 ESHB 1109 Victims of sexual assault became law yes
2021-22 E2SHB 1153 Language access in schools became law yes
2021-22 E2SHB 1181 Veterans & military suicide became law yes
2021-22 HB 1182 Crisis response services died yes
2021-22 EHB 1271 County officials/continuity became law yes
2021-22 HB 1465 Estate tax died yes
2021-22 E2SHB 1477 National 988 system became law yes
2021-22 SHB 1703 911 emergency communications became law yes
2021-22 HB 1848 Assisted reproduction fraud died yes
2021-22 HB 1849 War on terror monument died yes
2021-22 HB 1916 Crime victims and witnesses died yes
2021-22 HB 1989 Comm. sexual exploitation died yes
2021-22 HB 2052 Comm. service org. contracts died yes
2021-22 HB 2088 Foreclosure timeline died no
2019-20 HB 1002 Rape in the third degree died yes
2019-20 E2SHB 1105 Home foreclosure/taxes became law yes
2019-20 HB 1106 Truancy/detention died yes
2019-20 ESHB 1130 Pub. school language access became law yes
2019-20 HB 1165 Low-water landscaping became law yes
2019-20 2SHB 1166 Sexual assault became law yes
2019-20 HB 1221 Youth suicide/crisis plans died yes
2019-20 HB 1488 Death penalty elimination died no
2019-20 HB 1648 Suicide awareness & prevent. died yes
2019-20 HB 1683 Aviation coordinating comm'n died yes
2019-20 HB 1721 Behavioral health cert. prgs died yes
2019-20 HB 1752 Contractor bonding died yes
2019-20 EHB 1756 Adult entertainer safety became law yes
2019-20 E3SHB 1775 Sexually exploited children became law yes
2019-20 HB 1814 Involuntary treatment act died no
2019-20 HB 1855 Juvenile firearm possession died yes
2019-20 HB 2137 Bullion tax preferences died no
2019-20 HB 2272 Hearing/driver's licenses died yes
2019-20 HB 2315 Mitigation equipment became law yes
2019-20 HB 2316 Trafficking & prostit. fees died yes
2019-20 HB 2317 Animals died yes
2019-20 ESHB 2318 Criminal investigation became law yes
2019-20 ESHB 2411 Suicide prevention/providers became law yes
2019-20 HB 2512 Mobile home delinquent taxes became law yes
2019-20 HB 2563 Suicide alert & response sys died yes
2019-20 HB 2564 Construction health training died yes
2019-20 HB 2686 Liquor/common carriers died yes
2019-20 HB 2749 City-DOR business licenses died yes
2019-20 HB 2832 Comm. service org. contracts died yes
2017-18 HB 1057 Education loan information died yes
2017-18 SHB 1079 No-contact order/trafficking became law yes
2017-18 ESHB 1109 Victims of sexual assault became law yes
2017-18 HB 1111 DNA biological samples died yes
2017-18 HB 1112 Trafficking victims/vacating died yes
2017-18 3SHB 1169 Student loan assistance became law yes
2017-18 2SHB 1170 Truancy reduction efforts became law yes
2017-18 HB 1171 Environ. impacts/aircraft died yes
2017-18 HB 1172 Low-water landscaping died yes
2017-18 SHB 1184 Patronizing a prostitute became law yes
2017-18 HB 1379 Higher ed. behavioral health died yes
2017-18 HB 1451 Language access/students died yes
2017-18 HB 1491 Pediatric transitional care died yes
2017-18 E2SHB 1612 Lethal means, reduce access became law yes
2017-18 HB 1869 Interpreter services died yes
2017-18 HB 1935 Death penalty elimination died yes
2017-18 HB 2036 Residential real property died no
2017-18 2ESHB 2057 Residential real property became law yes
2017-18 HB 2331 DNA biological samples died yes
2017-18 HB 2353 Sexual assault died yes
2017-18 HB 2465 Rape in the third degree died yes
2017-18 HB 2466 No-contact orders/arrest died yes
2017-18 HB 2485 Low-water landscaping died yes
2017-18 HB 2513 Higher ed. behavioral health died yes
2017-18 HB 2648 Sexual assault died no
2017-18 HB 2656 College prep. programs died yes
2017-18 HB 2720 Student loans died no
2017-18 HB 2846 Withholding of transcripts died no
2017-18 HB 2848 Truancy reduction processes died yes
2017-18 HB 2857 Sexually exploited youth died yes
2017-18 HB 2870 Families in need of services died yes
2015-16 SHB 1068 Sexual assault exam kits became law yes
2015-16 SHB 1069 DNA work product, preserving became law yes
2015-16 SHB 1138 Higher ed mental health became law yes
2015-16 HB 1139 Human trafficking of youth died yes
2015-16 HB 1140 Psychiatric consultation/HCA died yes
2015-16 ESHB 1213 County veterans assist. fund became law yes
2015-16 HB 1287 Involuntary treatment died yes
2015-16 HB 1288 Involuntary treatment study died yes
2015-16 ESHB 1424 Suicide prevention became law yes
2015-16 HB 1458 Tobacco and vapor products died yes
2015-16 HB 1624 Intimate images/distributing died yes
2015-16 HB 1735 Extended foster care died yes
2015-16 HB 1914 Gifts to state officers, etc died yes
2015-16 HB 2098 Human trafficking laws progr died yes
2015-16 HB 2118 Small businesses health ins. died yes
2015-16 HB 2313 Tobacco and vapor products died yes
2015-16 HB 2341 DNA biological samples died yes
2015-16 HB 2409 Special needs students died yes
2015-16 2SHB 2449 Truancy reduction became law yes
2015-16 2SHB 2530 Victims of sex crimes became law yes
2015-16 HB 2597 School sexual abuse plans became law yes
2015-16 HB 2654 Incentivized evidence died yes
2015-16 HB 2668 Trafficking victims/vacating died yes
2015-16 E2SHB 2793 Suicide education became law yes
2015-16 HB 2794 Initial detention determs. died no
2015-16 SHB 2876 Deed of trust foreclosure became law yes
2013-14 HB 1213 Social worker licensing became law yes
2013-14 HB 1250 Juveniles & runaway children died yes
2013-14 HB 1290 Ballot drop boxes in county died yes
2013-14 ESHB 1291 Sex trade victims became law yes
2013-14 SHB 1292 Prostitution convictions became law yes
2013-14 ESHB 1336 Troubled youth in schools became law yes
2013-14 ESHB 1341 Wrongful imprisonment became law yes
2013-14 SHB 1376 Suicide assessment training became law yes
2013-14 SHB 1525 Birth certificates became law yes
2013-14 HB 1526 Running start enrollment died yes
2013-14 HB 1762 Claims against the state died no
2013-14 ESHB 2164 Juvenile firearm offenders became law yes
2013-14 SHB 2171 Veterans, military personnel became law yes
2013-14 HB 2285 Dual credit coursework died yes
2013-14 ESHB 2315 Suicide prevention became law yes
2013-14 HB 2396 Running start participation died yes
2013-14 HB 2468 Biological material/crimes died yes
2011-12 HB 1043 Social workers died no
2011-12 2SHB 1362 Homeowner foreclosures became law yes
2011-12 HB 1435 Persons wrongly convicted died no
2011-12 SHB 1524 International baccalaureate became law yes
2011-12 HB 1525 Higher ed course numbering died yes
2011-12 HB 1526 Tenant screening died yes
2011-12 HB 1621 Dept. of early learning died yes
2011-12 HB 1784 Firefighters' pension fund died no
2011-12 2SHB 1903 Child care background checks became law yes
2011-12 HB 1997 Economic development/funding died yes
2011-12 SHB 2119 Default notices/beneficiary became law yes
2011-12 HB 2163 Foreclosure mediators died yes
2011-12 HB 2211 Adoptee information access died yes
2011-12 HB 2220 Suicide assessment, treatmnt died yes
2011-12 HB 2221 Wrongful conviction died yes
2011-12 HB 2323 Young adults/sale of sex died yes
2011-12 SHB 2354 Stolen property trafficking became law yes
2011-12 ESHB 2366 Suicide assessment, treatmnt became law yes
2011-12 HB 2421 Foreclosure fairness act died yes
2011-12 HB 2524 Military spouses & partners died yes
2011-12 HB 2569 Early learning programs died yes
2011-12 ESHB 2692 Commercial sale of sex became law yes
2009-10 HB 1250 Housing trust fund died yes
2009-10 HB 1540 Gender-based terms died no
2009-10 SHB 1769 Housing & dependency matters became law yes
2009-10 HB 1942 Deeds of trust foreclosures died yes
2009-10 SHB 2003 Prof educator standards brd became law yes
2009-10 HB 2024 State patrol/donations died no
2009-10 HB 2025 Health care info sharing became law yes
2009-10 SHB 2095 Driver training schools became law yes
2009-10 ESHB 2126 Cemetery & funeral dir brds became law yes
2009-10 HB 2156 Crim'l justice certification died yes
2009-10 HB 2498 Residential habilitation ctr died yes
2009-10 ESHB 2560 Joint underwriting assn's became law yes
2009-10 HB 2621 K-12 schools resource progs became law yes
2009-10 HB 2622 Credit & court record info died yes
2009-10 HB 2623 Residential foreclosure died yes
2009-10 ESHB 2753 WA works housing program became law yes
2009-10 HB 2754 Voluntary retirement accts died no
2009-10 HB 3028 Adult adoptees/birth info died yes
2009-10 HB 3059 Educator preparation options died yes
2009-10 HR 4604 Celebrating Children's Day died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 220 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care
  • Senate Committee on Human Services
  • Senate Committee on Housing
  • Senate Committee on Rules

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 4

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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.

$48,898

raised, 2026 cycle

$73,862

spent

$889

average contribution

Total divided by 55 reported contributors.

$162K

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 $48,898 $73,862 55
2025 $113,221 $27,427 115

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
CREDIT UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTION FUND SEATAC $2,400
HOSPITALS FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE PAC SEATTLE $2,400
JUSTICE FOR ALL PAC SEATTLE $2,400
KENNEDY FUND SEATTLE $2,400
PUGET SOUND ENERGY BELLEVUE $2,400
WA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC OLYMPIA $1,500
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEATTLE $1,200
BURIEN CHEVROLET BURIEN $1,200
BURIEN TOYOTA BURIEN $1,200
DELTA DENTAL OF WA SEATTLE $1,200
NW REGIONAL COUNCIL OF SMART SSF EVERETT $1,200
REGENCE BLUE SHIELD SEATTLE $1,200
THE BOEING COMPANY PAC ARLINGTON $1,200

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 2 $2,400

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Tina Orwall to PDC filer ORWAT 166 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (33) 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”

    $688

  2. Spent opposing

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

    none filed
  • Fuse Votes for · $688 · 2026, 2025

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer ORWAT 166 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 4 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 Senator Tina Orwall
Election Seat Contest Record
November 4, 2014 State House seat 1, Legislative District 33 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2014
November 8, 2016 State House seat 1, Legislative District 33 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2016
November 6, 2018 State House seat 1, Legislative District 33 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 3, 2020 State House seat 1, Legislative District 33 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 8, 2022 State House seat 1, Legislative District 33 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022
November 5, 2024 State House seat 1, Legislative District 33 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2024
November 4, 2025 · special State Senate seat, Legislative District 33 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2025

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 · 40

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 40. Every edge for this record, as JSON

Joined by us, on a stated key · 7

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 40 filed, 7 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 Senator, District 33 4 years 2030 May 2030

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 Tina Orwall represent?
Tina Orwall is a Democratic state senator representing Washington’s 33rd Legislative District.
How often does Tina Orwall break with their party?
Across 11,926 recorded floor votes we hold, Tina Orwall voted against the majority of their own party 91 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 Tina Orwall sponsored?
Tina Orwall has prime-sponsored 220 bills, of which 81 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 21 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Tina Orwall served in the Legislature?
Tina Orwall 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 Senator Tina Orwall,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-09-16, accessed 2026-09-17. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/tina-orwall/

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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.