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State Representative Larry Springer

Larry Springer is a Democratic state representative representing Washington's 45th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 214 bills, of which 46 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • House
  • Legislative District 45
  • 2 sessions on record
email
larry.springer@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7822

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

01

Says vs does

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

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

Last checked 2026-09-16

02

Voting record

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

15,155

recorded votes

14,101

yea

1,052

nay

2

absent or excused

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

Showing the 40 most recent of 15,155 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

230

of 15,155 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 ESSB 6231 2663 Orcutt Pg 2 Ln 25 Yea Nay (9-50 yea-nay)
2026-03-12 ESSB 6231 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (51-8 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2583 Dent Pg 5 Ln 15 Yea Nay (8-50 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2587 Stokesbary Pg 5 Ln 15 Yea Nay (5-53 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2613 Reeves Pg 5 Ln 33 Yea Nay (8-50 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2588 Jacobsen Pg 8 Ln 1 Yea Nay (9-49 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2597 Walen Pg 8 Ln 3 Yea Nay (9-49 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2596 Walen Pg 12 Ln 24 Yea Nay (9-49 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2604 Reeves Pg 12 Ln 24 Yea Nay (9-49 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2602 Reeves Pg 13 Ln 20 Yea Nay (8-50 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2582 Corry Pg 69 Ln 19 Yea Nay (10-49 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2580 Chase Pg 69 Ln 20 Yea Nay (7-51 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2608 Reeves Pg 69 Ln 21 Yea Nay (9-49 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2609 Reeves Pg 69 Ln 21 Yea Nay (9-49 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2611 Reeves Pg 69 Ln 21 Yea Nay (9-49 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2594 Walen Pg 107 Ln 31 Yea Nay (9-49 yea-nay)
2026-03-06 E2SSB 5981 2435 Abell Pg 3 Ln 7 Yea Nay (6-52 yea-nay)
2026-03-06 E2SSB 5981 2457 Marshall Pg 3 Ln 29 Yea Nay (9-49 yea-nay)
2026-03-06 E2SSB 5981 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (56-2 yea-nay)
2026-03-05 E2SSB 6026 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (54-4 yea-nay)
2026-03-04 ESSB 5925 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (56-2 yea-nay)
2026-03-03 SB 5820 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (52-4 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 ESHB 2095 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (53-5 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 ESHB 2225 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (56-2 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 2SHB 2105 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (56-2 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 230. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 15,155 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.

214

bills prime-sponsored

42

became law

46

died without a public hearing

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

Bills prime-sponsored by this member
Session Bill Subject Outcome Heard
2025-26 HB 1624 Alcohol taxes and fees study pending no
2025-26 HB 1647 Surface mine reclamation pending yes
2025-26 HB 1685 Fish and wildlife governance pending yes
2025-26 HB 1746 School local effort assist. pending no
2025-26 HB 1769 Abandoned vehicle auctions pending yes
2025-26 HB 1807 Catered events with alcohol pending yes
2025-26 HB 1825 Grizzly bear management pending yes
2025-26 HB 1831 Wage and salary disclosures pending no
2025-26 ESHB 2274 Commercial electronic mail became law yes
2025-26 HB 2528 Real estate excise taxes/GMA pending yes
2025-26 HB 2544 Upper Columbia water rights pending yes
2025-26 HB 2725 Estate tax rates pending no
2025-26 HB 2736 Estate tax rates pending no
2025-26 HJM 4009 Federal wildfire response pending yes
2023-24 HB 1191 Cooperative finance org. B&O died yes
2023-24 HB 1418 Charter schools/enrichment died yes
2023-24 HB 1422 Reusable packing materials died yes
2023-24 SHB 1572 Recovery of taxes/venue became law yes
2023-24 2SHB 1578 Wildland fire safety became law yes
2023-24 HB 1597 Public records act requests died no
2023-24 EHB 1812 Medicaid/B&O tax deductions became law yes
2023-24 HB 1876 Confidential fisheries info. became law yes
2023-24 HB 1897 Charter schools/enrichment died yes
2023-24 HB 1901 Unempl. voluntary program became law yes
2023-24 HB 2341 Offshore wind dev. study died yes
2023-24 HB 2430 Business licensing fees died yes
2023-24 HB 2440 Board of tax appeals admin. died yes
2021-22 HB 1024 Sunshine committee/juveniles died no
2021-22 HB 1041 Sunshine committee/juveniles died yes
2021-22 2SHB 1168 Long-term forest health became law yes
2021-22 HB 1830 Reusable packing materials died yes
2021-22 HB 1832 Code city form of government became law yes
2019-20 HB 1266 Financial information/taxes died yes
2019-20 HB 1368 Cooperative finance org. B&O died yes
2019-20 HB 1385 FDA nonpublic information became law yes
2019-20 HB 1435 Cultural access programs died yes
2019-20 HB 1537 Sunshine committee recs. became law yes
2019-20 HB 1538 Sunshine committee recs. died yes
2019-20 ESHB 1667 Public records request admin became law yes
2019-20 HB 2039 Transp. network companies died no
2019-20 HB 2126 Info. network 211 system died no
2019-20 HB 2148 Data centers tax preference died yes
2019-20 EHB 2228 State fire service deploy. died yes
2019-20 HB 2559 WDFW/payments in lieu of tax died yes
2019-20 HB 2603 Trust water rights died yes
2019-20 HB 2735 Safety camera infractions died yes
2019-20 HB 2840 Business licensing services died yes
2019-20 HB 2948 Local tax authority/housing died yes
2017-18 HB 1042 School district/ESD reports became law yes
2017-18 HB 1145 Unpaid accounts died yes
2017-18 HB 1160 Sunshine committee died yes
2017-18 SHB 1346 Nurse in school setting became law yes
2017-18 HB 1647 Rec. fishing & hunting fees died yes
2017-18 HB 1732 Educator professional growth became law yes
2017-18 HB 1733 Tech. college diploma prgs died yes
2017-18 HB 1864 Leasehold excise tax credit died no
2017-18 HB 1885 Water resources/local gov. died yes
2017-18 HB 2039 Info. network 211 system died yes
2017-18 HB 2248 Water availability/Hirst died no
2017-18 SHB 2627 Emer medical service levies became law yes
2017-18 HB 2673 Nonrural data centers/tax died yes
2017-18 HB 2681 Federal produce safety rule died yes
2017-18 HB 2743 Reclaimed water integration died yes
2017-18 HB 2955 Craft distillers prod. cap died no
2015-16 HB 1004 Alcohol tasting by students became law yes
2015-16 HB 1107 Cultural & heritage programs died yes
2015-16 SHB 1223 Lodging tx/workforce housing became law yes
2015-16 HB 1343 Spirits retailers/for resale died yes
2015-16 HB 1383 Community redevel. financing died yes
2015-16 HB 1395 Stay-at-work & self-insured died yes
2015-16 HB 1457 Liquor handling by employees died yes
2015-16 EHB 1513 Local infrastructure areas died yes
2015-16 HB 1658 Property assessment appeals died yes
2015-16 HB 1697 Commute trip reduction died no
2015-16 HB 1709 Impact fee payment died yes
2015-16 HB 1789 Real estate excise tax died yes
2015-16 HB 1790 Nurse in school setting died yes
2015-16 HB 1804 Educator professional growth died yes
2015-16 HB 1880 Everett Cmty Coll./aerospace died yes
2015-16 HB 1922 Small loans died yes
2015-16 ESHB 1980 Sunshine committee rec's became law yes
2015-16 HB 2011 Data ctr server equip tax ex died no
2015-16 HB 2082 Commerce in liquor T.O. died no
2015-16 HB 2109 Small business retirement died yes
2015-16 ESHB 2263 Vulnerable people/services became law yes
2015-16 SHB 2427 Local gov. modernization became law yes
2015-16 HB 2663 Sunshine committee recs. became law yes
2015-16 HB 2783 Tribal member/vehicle sale died yes
2015-16 2SHB 2839 Airplane repair taxes became law yes
2015-16 HB 3000 Education T.O. died no
2015-16 HB 3002 Charter schools T.O. died no
2015-16 HJR 4202 Community redevel. financing died yes
2013-14 HB 1268 Local government purchasing died yes
2013-14 HB 1297 Sunshine committee died yes
2013-14 HB 1298 Sunshine committee died yes
2013-14 HB 1299 Sunshine committee died yes
2013-14 HB 1316 Retrospective rating plan died no
2013-14 HB 1358 Restaurants/sales, use exemp died yes
2013-14 EHB 1493 Mobile homes property tax became law yes
2013-14 HB 1567 Financial info sales/tax ex. died yes
2013-14 HB 1575 County assessors offices died yes
2013-14 HB 1576 County assessors offices became law yes
2013-14 HB 1590 Manuf housing community mgrs died yes
2013-14 HB 1602 Publicly owned vehicles/fuel died yes
2013-14 HB 1605 Building code council died no
2013-14 HB 1606 Carbon monoxide alarms died yes
2013-14 HB 1707 Taxation of large airplanes died yes
2013-14 HB 1710 Commuter air carriers died yes
2013-14 HB 1751 Banks/in-state, out-of-state died yes
2013-14 HB 1828 Local govt fiscal conditions died yes
2013-14 HB 1848 School siting died yes
2013-14 HB 1967 Cmty redevelopment financing died yes
2013-14 HB 2040 Small loans T.O. died no
2013-14 HB 2047 Student assessment system died yes
2013-14 HB 2172 Retailers selling for resale died no
2013-14 HB 2212 Cultural access programs died yes
2013-14 HB 2349 Cmty redevelopment financing died yes
2013-14 HB 2474 Save toward retirement plan died yes
2013-14 HB 2595 Infill development died no
2013-14 HB 2629 Property assessment appeals died yes
2013-14 HB 2677 Impact fee payment died yes
2013-14 ESHB 2680 Liquor catering license became law yes
2013-14 HB 2764 Sunshine committee died no
2013-14 HB 2769 Server equipmnt/data centers died no
2013-14 HB 2784 Liquor sales tx/general fund died no
2013-14 HJR 4210 Cmty redevelopment financing died yes
2013-14 HJR 4214 Cmty redevelopment financing died yes
2013-14 HR 4648 Don C. Brunell died no
2011-12 HB 1035 Eminent domain/economic dev. died yes
2011-12 HB 1280 Public health districts died yes
2011-12 HB 1335 Growth mgmt/local progress died yes
2011-12 HB 1336 Federal census data died yes
2011-12 HB 1469 Landscape conservation died yes
2011-12 ESHB 1478 City & county fiscal relief became law yes
2011-12 HB 1487 Retrosp. rating plan claims died yes
2011-12 HB 1598 Real estate excise tax died yes
2011-12 SHB 1811 Homelessness services access became law yes
2011-12 HB 1872 Occupational disease claims died yes
2011-12 HB 1881 Community redevel. financing died yes
2011-12 HB 1925 Newspapers B&O taxation died no
2011-12 HB 1953 Real estate excise taxes became law yes
2011-12 HB 2015 Computer data ctr equipment died no
2011-12 HB 2023 Workers' comp/disability died yes
2011-12 HB 2025 Industrial insurance died yes
2011-12 HB 2158 National STEM program exams died yes
2011-12 HB 2183 Mobile home property tax died no
2011-12 HB 2207 Retro rating plan/scheduling died yes
2011-12 HB 2474 Emer medical service levies died yes
2011-12 3SHB 2585 Higher ed institutions became law yes
2011-12 HB 2610 Cmty municipal corporations died yes
2011-12 HB 2641 County and city operations died yes
2011-12 HB 2649 County property tax levies died yes
2011-12 HB 2651 Industrial storm water became law yes
2011-12 HB 2746 Community redevel. financing died yes
2011-12 HB 2785 Local infrastructure died no
2011-12 HJR 4217 Community redevel. financing died yes
2009-10 EHB 1227 RV's as primary residences became law yes
2009-10 HB 1264 Public agency entities became law yes
2009-10 HB 1304 Facility use prop tax exem died yes
2009-10 HB 1391 Land surveyors died yes
2009-10 HB 1392 Eminent domain died yes
2009-10 HB 1393 Residential construction died yes
2009-10 EHB 1464 Affordable housing incentive became law yes
2009-10 HB 1539 Used manufac & mobile homes died no
2009-10 E2SHB 1597 Tax programs administration became law yes
2009-10 HB 1605 Growth management act died yes
2009-10 HB 1667 City-county assistance accts died yes
2009-10 HB 1721 2- and 3-wheeled vehicles died no
2009-10 HB 1773 Periodic residential tenancy died yes
2009-10 HB 1823 Recovering prosecution costs died no
2009-10 HB 1888 Mobile homes titling became law yes
2009-10 HB 2087 Eliminating boards and comms died yes
2009-10 HB 2151 Boards and commissions died yes
2009-10 SHB 2157 Salmon recovery became law yes
2009-10 HB 2423 Community renewal law died no
2009-10 HB 2650 Severe economic downturns died yes
2009-10 HB 2765 Energy efficiency of homes died no
2009-10 HB 2916 Comprehensive plans/review died yes
2009-10 HB 3054 Local government T.O. died no
2009-10 ESHB 3179 Local excise tax provisions became law yes
2007-08 HB 1594 Beer and wine died no
2007-08 HB 1726 Growth management planning died yes
2007-08 HB 1727 Growth management planning died yes
2007-08 HB 1921 Homeless individuals/family died yes
2007-08 HB 1975 Alcoholic beverage license died yes
2007-08 HB 2012 On-site sewage disposal sys died yes
2007-08 HB 2016 Eminent domain died yes
2007-08 HB 2045 Urban growth areas died yes
2007-08 HB 2625 Employer-assisted housing died yes
2007-08 HB 2901 Artistic organizations died yes
2007-08 HB 3132 Home inspectors died no
2007-08 HB 3160 Nutrition information died yes
2007-08 HB 3213 Affordable housing programs died no
2007-08 HB 3214 Affordable housing died no
2005-06 HB 1153 Municipal service costs died no
2005-06 HB 1182 Bond payments died yes
2005-06 EHB 1848 Multiunit residential bldgs became law yes
2005-06 HB 1975 Trail maintenance/nonprofits died yes
2005-06 HB 2059 Construction disputes died no
2005-06 HB 2170 Real estate excise tax became law no
2005-06 ESHB 2171 Comprehensive plans became law no
2005-06 HB 2186 Court services died no
2005-06 HB 2194 Growth management died no
2005-06 HB 2269 Construction liability died no
2005-06 E2SHB 2418 Affordable housing became law yes
2005-06 HB 2626 Eminent domain died no
2005-06 HB 2667 Municipal services died yes
2005-06 HB 2761 Money laundering died no
2005-06 ESHB 2984 Affordable housing incentive became law no
2005-06 HB 3017 Condemned property sale died yes
2005-06 HB 3031 Merchandising beer and wine died no
2005-06 HB 3262 Capital facilities districts died no
2005-06 HB 3263 Costs of annexation died no
2005-06 HB 3264 Eminent domain died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 214 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources
  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • House Committee on Finance
  • House 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.

$38,200

raised, 2026 cycle

$9,497

spent

$955

average contribution

Total divided by 40 reported contributors.

$1.7M

raised across 9 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 $38,200 $9,497 40
2024 $392,761 $673,108 275
2022 $242,873 $95,098 278
2020 $195,660 $146,593 211
2018 $184,920 $152,164 238
2016 $152,705 $101,666 185
2014 $154,086 $145,792 287
2012 $173,054 $185,179 391
2010 $176,962 $158,319 405

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis $1,200
Genentech USA South San Francisco $1,200
Puget Sound Chapter – NECA PAC Shoreline $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 12 $15,600

Colleagues who gave on the same day

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

Same-day contributions from colleagues at one employer
Date Cycle Employer Donors Total
2014-09-18 2014 MONEYTREE 3 $2,850
2012-10-01 2012 MICROSOFT 3 $735

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

Last checked 2026-09-16

Only 0% 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 Larry Springer to PDC filer SPRIL 033 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Representative) and the district (45) 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”

    $345,466

  2. Spent opposing

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

    $21,477
  • JACKSON LEGACY FUND for · $141,632 · 2024
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS FUND for · $100,000 · 2024
  • Citizens For Progress for · $88,387 · 2024
  • VOTER ACTION against · $21,477 · 2024
  • WASHINGTON STATE DENTAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE for · $14,106 · 2022, 2020
  • Washingtonians Win – sponsored by Maverick Gaming for · $694 · 2020
  • Fuse Votes for · $647 · 2024, 2022, 2020

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer SPRIL 033 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 33 independent-expenditure filings name this candidate id · note independent expenditures are joined on the PDC candidate id, not on a name; they are a separate ledger, never netted against each other and never added to the committee’s own total

The original filing at the PDC

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How the seat was won

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

Certified election wins for State Representative Larry Springer
Election Seat Contest Record
November 4, 2014 State House seat 2, Legislative District 45 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2014
November 8, 2016 State House seat 2, Legislative District 45 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2016
November 6, 2018 State House seat 2, Legislative District 45 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 3, 2020 State House seat 2, Legislative District 45 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 8, 2022 State House seat 2, Legislative District 45 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022
November 5, 2024 State House seat 2, Legislative District 45 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2024

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

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Member response

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

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

Last checked 2026-09-16

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Connected records

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

On the record · 18

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 18. Every edge for this record, as JSON

Joined by us, on a stated key · 6

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 18 filed, 6 composite, 0 adjacency · how edges are built

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How to run for this office

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

Filing requirements and next election by seat
Seat Term Next election Filing opens
State Representative, District 45 2 years 2026 May 2026

1 form

declaration of candidacy

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

1 week

the filing window, every May

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

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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.

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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 Larry Springer represent?
Larry Springer is a Democratic state representative representing Washington’s 45th Legislative District.
How often does Larry Springer break with their party?
Across 15,155 recorded floor votes we hold, Larry Springer voted against the majority of their own party 230 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 Larry Springer sponsored?
Larry Springer has prime-sponsored 214 bills, of which 42 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 46 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Larry Springer served in the Legislature?
Larry Springer 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.

Cite this page

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

“State Representative Larry Springer,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-09-16, accessed 2026-09-20. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/larry-springer/

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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.