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State Senator Rebecca Saldaña

Rebecca Saldaña is a Democratic state senator representing Washington's 37th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 167 bills, of which 28 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • Senate
  • Legislative District 37
  • 2 sessions on record
email
rebecca.saldana@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7688

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

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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.

6,711

recorded votes

6,117

yea

415

nay

179

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 YEA 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 EXCUSED 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9075 ROBERT DECOTEAU The Appointment be Confirmed EXCUSED 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9091 STEPHANIE J. BARDIN The Appointment be Confirmed EXCUSED 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9094 HUEY YU The Appointment be Confirmed EXCUSED 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9171 ELISA K. GRACEFFO The Appointment be Confirmed EXCUSED 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 6,711 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

177

of 6,711 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
2026-03-06 ESHB 2274 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-4 yea-nay)
2026-03-03 ESHB 2476 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (22-7 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 ESSB 5975 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2026-02-16 ESB 6347 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (19-11 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 SB 5536 Final Passage Nay Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2026-01-21 ESSB 5071 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (21-9 yea-nay)
2025-04-08 2SHB 1990 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2025-03-12 SSB 5245 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2025-02-12 SSB 5323 3rd Reading & Final Passage 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)
2024-02-28 SHB 1989 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-11 yea-nay)
2024-02-09 ESSB 5891 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2024-02-09 E2SSB 6109 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (22-7 yea-nay)
2024-02-07 SB 5184 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (19-10 yea-nay)
2024-02-01 ESB 5032 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (23-5 yea-nay)
2024-01-24 ESSB 5010 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (28-1 yea-nay)
2024-01-17 SSB 5056 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-10 yea-nay)
2023-05-16 2E2SSB 5536 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2023-04-19 HB 1018 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-11 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)
2023-04-11 SHB 1117 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (27-2 yea-nay)
2023-03-31 SHB 1620 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-1 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 177. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 6,711 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.

167

bills prime-sponsored

37

became law

28

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 5005 Jail system pending yes
2025-26 SB 5023 Domestic workers pending yes
2025-26 SB 5070 Interchange fees on tips pending yes
2025-26 SB 5138 Public facilities districts became law yes
2025-26 SSB 5185 International med. pathways became law yes
2025-26 SB 5345 Access to personnel records pending no
2025-26 SB 5377 Motor vehicle dealers pending yes
2025-26 ESSB 5403 Cannabis industry agreements became law yes
2025-26 SB 5447 High-hazard facility wages pending no
2025-26 SB 5495 Life insurance/suicide limit pending yes
2025-26 SB 5549 Job applicants and employees pending no
2025-26 SB 5578 Labor standards pending yes
2025-26 SB 5592 Zero emissions vehicles/sale pending yes
2025-26 SB 5626 Wage replacement pending yes
2025-26 SB 5638 Hospital exec. excise tax pending no
2025-26 SB 5722 Local farming grant program pending yes
2025-26 SB 5758 Cannabis licensees/distance pending yes
2025-26 SB 5767 Federal employee hiring pref pending no
2025-26 SB 5768 Working families' tax credit pending yes
2025-26 SB 5796 Payroll expense tax pending yes
2025-26 SB 5815 Business and occupation tax pending yes
2025-26 E2SSB 5847 Workers' comp. medical care became law yes
2025-26 SB 5852 Immigrant workers pending yes
2025-26 SB 5869 Construction hazards notice pending yes
2025-26 SB 5895 Ex. medical placement pending yes
2025-26 SB 6045 Agricultural employees/PERC pending yes
2025-26 SB 6053 Domestic workers pending yes
2025-26 ESB 6058 Wage enforcement discretion became law yes
2025-26 SB 6093 Payroll expense tax pending no
2025-26 SB 6117 Collective bargaining pending yes
2025-26 SB 6195 Cannabis oversupply pending yes
2025-26 SB 6196 Kratom taxation pending yes
2025-26 SB 6204 Home cultivation of cannabis pending yes
2025-26 SB 6312 Retail pricing pending yes
2025-26 SB 6328 Cannabis excise tax pending no
2025-26 SB 6350 Tribal designation info. pending no
2025-26 SJM 8012 Aysenur Ezgi Eygi killing pending no
2025-26 SJM 8014 Aysenur Ezgi Eygi killing pending yes
2025-26 SR 8631 Dolores Sibonga pending no
2025-26 SR 8699 Nowruz pending no
2023-24 2SSB 5046 Postconviction counsel became law yes
2023-24 SB 5047 Voting rights act died yes
2023-24 E2SSB 5080 Cannabis social equity became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5101 DOC medical placements became law yes
2023-24 SB 5109 Wage replacement died yes
2023-24 SSB 5238 Academic employee bargaining became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5256 Child welfare housing became law yes
2023-24 SB 5270 DOC/immigration assistance died yes
2023-24 SB 5281 Aircraft fuel excise tax died yes
2023-24 SSB 5304 Language access/testing became law yes
2023-24 ESSB 5320 Journey level electricians became law yes
2023-24 ESSB 5365 Vapor and tobacco/minors became law yes
2023-24 SB 5383 Pedestrians/roadways died yes
2023-24 SB 5475 Prior juvenile offenses died no
2023-24 SSB 5504 Open vehicle safety recalls became law yes
2023-24 SB 5614 Adult entertainment died yes
2023-24 SB 5662 Cannabis employees died yes
2023-24 ESSB 5793 Paid sick leave became law yes
2023-24 SB 5810 Interpreter bargaining units died yes
2023-24 SB 5995 Interpreters and translators died yes
2023-24 SB 5996 H-2A worker program data died yes
2023-24 SB 6065 Housing/property tax ex. died no
2023-24 SB 6074 TNC driver death benefits died yes
2023-24 ESSB 6105 Adult entertainment workers became law yes
2023-24 SB 6166 Pesticide application comm. died yes
2023-24 SB 6187 DOC body scanner pilot died yes
2023-24 SB 6189 Jail system died yes
2023-24 SR 8641 Larry Itliong died no
2023-24 SR 8646 Elijah Lee Lewis died no
2023-24 SR 8682 Carlos Bulosan died no
2021-22 SB 5064 Unemployment/voluntary died yes
2021-22 SB 5129 Vapor & tobacco/minors died yes
2021-22 E2SSB 5141 Env. justice task force recs became law yes
2021-22 SSB 5267 Electrical work/flipping became law yes
2021-22 SB 5354 Traffic control/large cities died yes
2021-22 SB 5388 Cannabis industry/equity died no
2021-22 SB 5438 Unemployment/immigration died yes
2021-22 SB 5439 Broadband/state highways died yes
2021-22 SB 5444 Electric vehicles/per mile died yes
2021-22 SB 5457 Transportation demand died yes
2021-22 SB 5597 Voting rights died yes
2021-22 SB 5599 Journey level electricians died yes
2021-22 SB 5706 Community reinvestment died yes
2021-22 SB 5707 Traffic safety cameras died yes
2021-22 SB 5772 Postconviction counsel died yes
2021-22 E2SSB 5796 Cannabis revenue became law yes
2021-22 SB 5835 Workers' compensation died yes
2021-22 SB 5863 RTA vehicle removal died yes
2021-22 SR 8603 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died no
2021-22 SR 8647 Phyllis Little-Epamynondas died no
2019-20 ESSB 5035 Prevailing wage laws became law yes
2019-20 3SSB 5164 Public assist./crime victims became law yes
2019-20 ESB 5165 Discrimination/immigration became law yes
2019-20 SSB 5266 Timely elections/districting became law yes
2019-20 SB 5267 Vehicle regist./marine cargo died yes
2019-20 SB 5358 Housing dev./religious orgs. died yes
2019-20 SB 5412 Greenhouse gas/transp. fuels died yes
2019-20 SB 5472 Liquor common carriers died yes
2019-20 ESSB 5473 Unemployment benefits/cause became law yes
2019-20 SB 5489 Environmental justice died yes
2019-20 SB 5529 License plate recognition died yes
2019-20 SSB 5550 Pesticide application safety became law yes
2019-20 SB 5558 DSHS & HCA/interpreters became law yes
2019-20 SB 5570 Port district worker dev. died yes
2019-20 SB 5582 Affordable housing/REET died no
2019-20 SB 5690 Worker protections died yes
2019-20 SB 5691 Legislature/bargaining died no
2019-20 SB 5693 Agricultural supply chains died yes
2019-20 SB 5717 Employee scheduling died yes
2019-20 2SSB 5718 Child welfare housing assist became law yes
2019-20 SB 5724 Adult entertainer safety died no
2019-20 SB 5733 Residential tenants died yes
2019-20 SB 5746 Low-income homeownership died yes
2019-20 2SSB 5846 International medical grads became law yes
2019-20 SB 5868 Dolores Huerta day died yes
2019-20 SB 5905 Automated cargo handling died no
2019-20 SB 5927 Retail car rental definition died yes
2019-20 SB 5961 WA tax structure died yes
2019-20 SB 5985 Marijuana business licensees died yes
2019-20 SB 6207 Language access providers died yes
2019-20 SB 6247 Domestic worker protections died yes
2019-20 SB 6394 Sports wagering/compacts died yes
2019-20 SB 6398 Transportation policy goals died yes
2019-20 ESSB 6442 Private detainment became law yes
2019-20 SB 6489 Tobacco, vapor/under 21 died yes
2019-20 SB 6557 Working families credit/ITIN died yes
2019-20 SB 6586 Electric vehicles/per mile died yes
2019-20 SB 6631 Housing/sales & use tax died yes
2019-20 SB 6662 PERS, TRS, SERS/earlier ages died no
2019-20 SB 6688 Voting changes/preclearance died no
2019-20 SR 8603 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died no
2019-20 SR 8623 Black history month died no
2019-20 SR 8660 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died no
2017-18 SSB 5272 Trafficking victims/vacating became law yes
2017-18 SB 5479 Shared parental leave died yes
2017-18 SB 5480 Voter registration/tenants died yes
2017-18 SB 5682 Interpreter services died yes
2017-18 SSB 5683 Pacific Islander health care became law yes
2017-18 SB 5801 Immigration resources died no
2017-18 SB 5802 Feminine hyg. prod./schools died no
2017-18 SB 5803 Discrimination/immigration died no
2017-18 SB 5818 Trafficking victims assist. died yes
2017-18 SSB 5837 HOV access/blood vehicles became law yes
2017-18 SB 5906 RTA low-income rebates died yes
2017-18 SB 5913 Cesar Chavez day died yes
2017-18 ESSB 6002 Voting rights act became law yes
2017-18 SB 6110 Job applicants/arrests, etc. died yes
2017-18 SSB 6126 Electrician apprenticeship became law yes
2017-18 SB 6145 Civil service qualifications became law yes
2017-18 SB 6146 Local gov firearm regulation died yes
2017-18 SB 6158 Towing operator background died no
2017-18 SB 6216 Traffic LFO consolidation died no
2017-18 SB 6239 Alcohol manuf/ancillary viol died no
2017-18 2SSB 6245 Spoken language interpreters became law yes
2017-18 SB 6296 Deduction of union dues died yes
2017-18 SB 6322 Pesticide exposure died yes
2017-18 SB 6400 Local rent regulation died yes
2017-18 SB 6489 Baseball stad. license plate died yes
2017-18 SB 6500 Transp. network companies died yes
2017-18 SB 6521 Musicians/unemployment comp. died yes
2017-18 E2SSB 6529 Pesticide application safety became law yes
2017-18 SB 6530 Transp. accounts transfers died yes
2017-18 SR 8628 International Women's Day died no
2017-18 SR 8642 César Chávez died no
2017-18 SR 8671 Juneteenth Independence Day died no
2017-18 SR 8681 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died no
2017-18 SR 8685 Girl scouts of Western WA died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 167 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources
  • Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce
  • Senate Committee on Rules
  • 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 2026-09-16

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.

$80,215

raised, 2026 cycle

$102K

spent

$698

average contribution

Total divided by 115 reported contributors.

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
Electrical Workers 46 PAC Kent $2,400
Puget Sound Pilots PAC Seattle $2,400
Puyallup Tribe of Indians Tacoma $2,400
SEIU 775 Quality Care Committee Seattle $2,400
Associated Builders & Contractors of Western WA PAC Bellevue $1,700
Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC Saint Louis $1,200
Associated General Contractors of WA's BUILD PAC Seattle $1,200
DaVita Federal Way $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
Seattle Language Key 1 $1,200
Securitas 1 $1,200
Boeing 1 $1,200
No employer stated 4 $8,400

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
Falcanna 2 $1,200
Evergreen Market 2 $1,000
The Herbery 2 $1,000

Only 29.2% 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 Rebecca Saldaña to PDC filer SALDR 102 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (37) 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”

    $319

  2. Spent opposing

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

    none filed
  • Fuse Votes for · $319 · 2026

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer SALDR 102 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 2 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 Rebecca Saldaña
Election Seat Contest Record
November 7, 2017 · special State Senate seat, Legislative District 37 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2017
November 6, 2018 State Senate seat, Legislative District 37 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 8, 2022 State Senate seat, Legislative District 37 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022

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 · 44

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 44. Every edge for this record, as JSON

Joined by us, on a stated key · 3

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 44 filed, 3 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 37 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 Rebecca Saldaña represent?
Rebecca Saldaña is a Democratic state senator representing Washington’s 37th Legislative District.
How often does Rebecca Saldaña break with their party?
Across 6,711 recorded floor votes we hold, Rebecca Saldaña voted against the majority of their own party 177 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 Rebecca Saldaña sponsored?
Rebecca Saldaña has prime-sponsored 167 bills, of which 37 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 28 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Rebecca Saldaña served in the Legislature?
Rebecca Saldaña 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.

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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.