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State Representative Laurie Jinkins

Laurie Jinkins is a Democratic state representative representing Washington's 27th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 213 bills, of which 84 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • House
  • Legislative District 27
  • 2 sessions on record
email
laurie.jinkins@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7930

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.

10,122

recorded votes

9,376

yea

669

nay

77

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 NAY 47–50
2026-03-12 ESSB 6231 Data center equipment/taxes 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 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 10,122 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

80

of 10,122 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
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2552 Mendoza Pg 5 Ln 33 Yea Nay (6-52 yea-nay)
2026-03-06 SB 6137 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (42-16 yea-nay)
2026-03-05 2SSB 5974 2373 Klicker Pg 4 Ln 27 Yea Nay (5-53 yea-nay)
2026-03-05 2SSB 5974 2358 Waters Pg 16 Ln 7 Yea Nay (3-54 yea-nay)
2026-02-14 ESHB 2303 1720 Walsh Pg 1 Ln 5 Nay Yea (35-22 yea-nay)
2023-04-19 ESHB 1533 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (54-4 yea-nay)
2022-03-01 SSB 5975 1264 Eslick Pg 6 Ln 3 Yea Nay (41-54 yea-nay)
2020-03-09 HB 2412 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (83-13 yea-nay)
2020-03-05 E2SSB 5549 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (89-8 yea-nay)
2020-02-18 HB 2412 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (84-12 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)
2018-03-06 ESSB 6095 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (96-2 yea-nay)
2018-02-08 ESHB 1155 Final Passage Nay Yea (177-19 yea-nay)
2018-02-08 ESHB 1155 Final Passage Nay Yea (177-19 yea-nay)
2018-02-01 HB 1437 Final Passage Nay Yea (84-10 yea-nay)
2018-02-01 EHB 1476 Final Passage Nay Yea (62-32 yea-nay)
2018-01-29 SHB 2419 Final Passage Nay Yea (78-17 yea-nay)
2017-06-30 HB 2243 Final Passage Nay Yea (78-15 yea-nay)
2017-04-19 ESHB 1504 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (81-16 yea-nay)
2017-04-18 ESHB 1017 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (81-15 yea-nay)
2017-03-08 EHB 1476 Final Passage Nay Yea (72-25 yea-nay)
2017-03-07 ESHB 1017 Final Passage Nay Yea (82-15 yea-nay)
2017-02-28 HB 1437 Final Passage Nay Yea (89-9 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 80. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 10,122 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.

213

bills prime-sponsored

30

became law

84

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 HR 4602 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pending no
2025-26 HR 4611 Washington National Guard pending no
2025-26 HR 4616 Dairy day pending no
2025-26 HR 4617 Children's day pending no
2025-26 HR 4618 Presidents' day pending no
2025-26 HR 4619 Japanese-Americans/WWII pending no
2025-26 HR 4657 John Hughes pending no
2025-26 HR 4663 Mary Selecky pending no
2025-26 HR 4664 Speaker Frank Chopp pending no
2025-26 HR 4672 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pending no
2025-26 HR 4675 Washington national guard pending no
2025-26 HR 4689 Seattle Seahawks pending no
2025-26 HR 4690 Dairy industry pending no
2025-26 HR 4691 Presidents' day pending no
2025-26 HR 4692 Japanese-Americans/WWII pending no
2025-26 HR 4713 John Michael Sattgast pending no
2025-26 HR 4714 Rep. Graham pending no
2025-26 HR 4715 Rep. Tharinger pending no
2023-24 HR 4602 Jamie Walsh died no
2023-24 HR 4603 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died no
2023-24 HR 4605 Presidents' Day died no
2023-24 HR 4610 Washington National Guard died no
2023-24 HR 4615 Japanese American internment died no
2023-24 HR 4616 Children's day died no
2023-24 HR 4644 Office of Program Research died no
2023-24 HR 4653 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died no
2023-24 HR 4661 Washington National Guard died no
2023-24 HR 4671 Presidents' day died no
2023-24 HR 4674 Derek Kilmer died no
2023-24 HR 4680 Oasis youth center died no
2023-24 HR 4697 Maureen Mueller died no
2023-24 HR 4698 Patty Moore died no
2023-24 HR 4699 Lisa Fenton died no
2023-24 HR 4700 Joel Kretz died no
2023-24 HR 4701 J.T. Wilcox died no
2021-22 HR 4601 Dr. Martin Luther King died no
2021-22 HR 4607 Presidents' Day died no
2021-22 HR 4609 Japanese American internment died no
2021-22 HR 4632 Cathy Maynard died no
2021-22 HR 4635 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died no
2021-22 HR 4639 Washington National Guard died no
2021-22 HR 4645 Japanese American internment died no
2021-22 HR 4648 Presidents died no
2021-22 HR 4650 Mark L. Doumit died no
2021-22 HR 4666 Rep. Dufault died no
2021-22 HR 4668 Rep. Kirby died no
2021-22 HR 4670 Rep. Sells died no
2021-22 HR 4671 Rep. Jesse Johnson died no
2021-22 HR 4672 Rep. Dufault died no
2021-22 HR 4673 Rep. Sullivan died no
2019-20 HB 1047 Limited jdx. court comm'rs died yes
2019-20 2SHB 1087 Long-term services & support became law yes
2019-20 ESHB 1099 Health network adequacy became law yes
2019-20 HB 1100 Competency eval. payment died yes
2019-20 HB 1149 Sex. assault protect. orders became law yes
2019-20 SHB 1225 Domestic violence/law enf. became law yes
2019-20 HB 1258 Guardianship monitoring died yes
2019-20 HB 1259 Uniform guardianship, etc. died yes
2019-20 HB 1446 Landlord-tenant mediation died yes
2019-20 HB 1447 Mental health parity died no
2019-20 HB 1513 Forensic mental health care died yes
2019-20 SHB 1531 Medical debt became law yes
2019-20 HB 1541 Weapon possession/orders died no
2019-20 HB 1550 Vital statistics died no
2019-20 ESHB 1692 Agency employees/harassment became law yes
2019-20 HB 1693 Health care rate setting died no
2019-20 HB 1748 Hospital safety net assess. died yes
2019-20 HB 1774 Extreme risk protect. orders died no
2019-20 SHB 1786 Protection, etc. orders became law yes
2019-20 HB 1859 Personal care services pilot died no
2019-20 ESHB 1879 Rx drug utilization mngmt became law yes
2019-20 HB 2081 Behavioral health workforce died no
2019-20 HB 2156 Taxes on asset sales, profit died yes
2019-20 HB 2170 Health marketplace notices died no
2019-20 HR 4628 Helen Engle died no
2019-20 HR 4647 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died no
2019-20 HR 4651 Auschwitz-Birkenau/Allies died no
2019-20 HR 4652 Navy day died no
2019-20 HR 4655 Black history month died no
2019-20 HR 4661 Japanese American internment died no
2019-20 HR 4662 Presidents' Day died no
2019-20 HR 4682 Legislative staff died no
2019-20 HR 4684 Norma Smith died no
2019-20 HR 4685 Rep. Sherry Appleton died no
2019-20 HR 4686 Rep. Richard DeBolt died no
2019-20 HR 4687 Rep. Eric Pettigrew died no
2019-20 HR 4688 Rep. Christine Kilduff died no
2017-18 HB 1069 Outpatient civil commitment died yes
2017-18 HB 1070 Dispute resolution fees died yes
2017-18 HB 1140 Court filing fees surcharge became law yes
2017-18 HB 1211 Continuity of care/Rx insur. died no
2017-18 HB 1355 Public safety review panel died yes
2017-18 HB 1359 Hospital charity care notice died yes
2017-18 HB 1387 Assault weapons/bckgrnd chck died yes
2017-18 2SHB 1402 Incapacitated persons/rights became law yes
2017-18 HB 1557 Safe streets pilot project died yes
2017-18 HB 1636 Long-term services & support died yes
2017-18 HB 1730 Capital gains excise tax died no
2017-18 HB 1731 Firearms sales and transfers died yes
2017-18 HB 1766 Hospital safety net assess. died no
2017-18 HB 1771 Doctors of medical science died no
2017-18 HB 1789 Rehabilitated offenders died yes
2017-18 HB 1811 Health provider changes died yes
2017-18 HB 1922 Health sci. & serv. auth. died yes
2017-18 HB 1962 Priv. higher ed./discipline died yes
2017-18 HB 1968 Nursing home payments died yes
2017-18 HB 1975 Sugar beverages tax died no
2017-18 HB 2203 Behavioral health srvs T.O. died no
2017-18 SHB 2308 Civil legal aid became law yes
2017-18 HB 2310 Continuity of care/Rx insur. died yes
2017-18 HB 2401 Substance use/commitment died yes
2017-18 HB 2421 Traffic LFO consolidation died yes
2017-18 HB 2533 Long-term care services died yes
2017-18 HB 2556 Generic drug prices died no
2017-18 HB 2730 Worker ed. attainment died yes
2017-18 HB 2731 Collection of medical debt died yes
2017-18 EHB 2777 Board of tax appeals admin. became law yes
2017-18 HB 2778 Sexual harassment claim info died yes
2017-18 HB 2836 Charity care and notice reqs died yes
2017-18 HB 3004 School security died no
2015-16 HB 1067 Medicaid false claims died yes
2015-16 HB 1092 Patent infringement claims died yes
2015-16 HB 1103 Prescription drug monitoring died yes
2015-16 HB 1356 Sick & safe employment leave died yes
2015-16 HB 1407 Guardianship died yes
2015-16 HB 1426 Competency to stand trial died yes
2015-16 E2SHB 1450 Mental health/inv outpatient became law yes
2015-16 HB 1484 Capital gains excise tax died yes
2015-16 HB 1502 Reproductive health care died no
2015-16 SHB 1503 Medical liens became law yes
2015-16 HB 1504 Hospital charity care died yes
2015-16 HB 1514 Dental office support died yes
2015-16 HB 1597 Competency eval. timeliness died yes
2015-16 HB 1598 Criminal justice trtmnt acct died no
2015-16 HB 1857 Extreme risk protec. orders died yes
2015-16 HB 1946 Hospitals/WA wellness trust died yes
2015-16 HB 1972 Sexual orient. chng efforts died no
2015-16 HB 2060 Competency eval. timeliness died yes
2015-16 2EHB 2151 Hospital safety net became law no
2015-16 HB 2319 Continuity of care/Rx insur. died yes
2015-16 HB 2408 Health insurance contracting died yes
2015-16 HB 2453 State hospital oversight died yes
2015-16 HB 2461 Extreme risk protect. orders died yes
2015-16 HB 2578 Unemployment job search req. died yes
2015-16 HB 2647 Tax foreclosed prop./housing died yes
2015-16 EHB 2659 Traffic fines consolidation died yes
2015-16 HB 2674 Dispute resolution fees died yes
2015-16 HB 2764 Public defense fund distrib. died yes
2015-16 HB 2808 Invol. treat. petitions became law yes
2015-16 HB 2869 Isolating incapacit. person died no
2015-16 HB 2982 Methanol tax exemption died yes
2015-16 HR 4654 Nathan Gibbs-Bowling died no
2015-16 HR 4666 Carla Santorno/school super. died no
2013-14 HB 1233 Trans system goals: health died yes
2013-14 SHB 1271 Denturism became law yes
2013-14 HB 1273 In-home care services died no
2013-14 HB 1313 Sick & safe employment leave died yes
2013-14 HB 1321 Food & beverage provision died yes
2013-14 HB 1349 Health benefit plan rates died yes
2013-14 HB 1380 Healthcare prior authorizing died no
2013-14 ESHB 1381 DOH admin adjud proceedings became law yes
2013-14 HB 1382 Medication access/uninsured died yes
2013-14 SHB 1499 Elderly all-inclusive care became law yes
2013-14 HB 1551 Physical therapists died no
2013-14 HB 1583 Drugs/90-day supply limit died no
2013-14 HB 1586 Health care professionals died no
2013-14 EHB 1593 Prescription drug monitoring died yes
2013-14 HB 1703 Firearm safety education died no
2013-14 HB 1753 Interpreter services died yes
2013-14 HB 1795 Diabetes epidemic died yes
2013-14 HB 1981 Massage therapy died no
2013-14 HB 2016 Hospital safety net assessmt died yes
2013-14 HB 2022 Birth control/medicaid died yes
2013-14 HB 2087 Capital gains tax died no
2013-14 HB 2159 In-home care services died yes
2013-14 ESHB 2160 Physical therapists became law yes
2013-14 HB 2196 Judicial information system died yes
2013-14 HB 2197 Child custody/relocation died yes
2013-14 HB 2449 Long-term care insurance died yes
2013-14 HB 2467 Health benefits exch/dental died yes
2013-14 EHB 2617 Interpreter services died yes
2013-14 HB 2632 Area agencies on aging died no
2013-14 HB 2647 Home care/electr timekeeping died yes
2013-14 HB 2649 Incompetent defendant died no
2013-14 HB 2710 Protection of workers died yes
2013-14 HR 4636 Mary C. Selecky died no
2011-12 SHB 1133 Massage practitioner license became law yes
2011-12 HB 1302 Health care insurance died no
2011-12 HB 1303 Insurance commissioner became law yes
2011-12 SHB 1304 Health care assistants/drugs became law yes
2011-12 HB 1468 Public water system permits died yes
2011-12 HB 1488 State board of health became law yes
2011-12 EHB 1517 Oral anticancer med coverage became law yes
2011-12 HB 1576 Dental anesthesia assistants died yes
2011-12 HB 1649 Domestic partnerships became law yes
2011-12 EHB 1730 Local government bonds became law yes
2011-12 HB 1739 Primary care health homes died no
2011-12 HB 1801 State food purchasing policy died yes
2011-12 HB 2078 K-3 class size reduction died yes
2011-12 HB 2228 Meds/access for uninsured died yes
2011-12 ESHB 2229 Hospital employees became law yes
2011-12 HB 2230 Administrative law judges died yes
2011-12 SHB 2326 Solid fuel burning devices became law yes
2011-12 ESHB 2341 Hospitals/community benefits became law yes
2011-12 HB 2385 Domestic partnership records died yes
2011-12 HB 2438 Health care providers died no
2011-12 HB 2476 Heavy haul corridors died yes
2011-12 HB 2495 Opioid analgesic drugs died yes
2011-12 HB 2563 State tax on capital gains died yes
2011-12 HB 2684 Storm water facilities died no
2011-12 HB 2733 Storm water control facils died yes
2011-12 HB 2815 Denturism died no
2011-12 HR 4658 Girl Scouting/100 years died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 213 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • 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 1

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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.

$195K

raised, 2026 cycle

$284K

spent

$919

average contribution

Total divided by 212 reported contributors.

$1.9M

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 $194,849 $283,518 212
2024 $355,313 $341,472 310
2022 $338,112 $227,318 533
2020 $343,397 $333,842 624
2018 $125,319 $122,841 276
2016 $101,745 $105,327 179
2014 $112,445 $113,855 308
2012 $92,267 $95,861 318
2010 $204,965 $205,691 796

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
Airbnb, Inc San Francisco $2,400
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC Washington $2,400
Credit Union Legislative Action Fund Seatac $2,400
Hospitals for a Healthy Future PAC (HHFPAC) Seattle $2,400
IUPAT Political Action Together Legislative Education Committee Hanover $2,400
Nisqually Indian Tribe Olympia $2,400

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
Microsoft Corporation 1 $2,400
No employer stated 8 $19,200

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
Washington State Ferries 2 $190

Only 11.4% 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 Laurie Jinkins to PDC filer JINKL 407 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Representative) and the district (27) 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”

    $2,150

  2. Spent opposing

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

    none filed
  • THE LAMAR COMPANY LLC for · $1,217 · 2024
  • Fuse Votes for · $934 · 2026, 2024, 2022, 2020

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer JINKL 407 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 10 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 Laurie Jinkins
Election Seat Contest Record
November 4, 2014 State House seat 1, Legislative District 27 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2014
November 8, 2016 State House seat 1, Legislative District 27 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2016
November 6, 2018 State House seat 1, Legislative District 27 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 3, 2020 State House seat 1, Legislative District 27 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 8, 2022 State House seat 1, Legislative District 27 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022
November 5, 2024 State House seat 1, Legislative District 27 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 · 19

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 19. 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 19 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 27 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.

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 Laurie Jinkins represent?
Laurie Jinkins is a Democratic state representative representing Washington’s 27th Legislative District.
How often does Laurie Jinkins break with their party?
Across 10,122 recorded floor votes we hold, Laurie Jinkins voted against the majority of their own party 80 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 Laurie Jinkins sponsored?
Laurie Jinkins has prime-sponsored 213 bills, of which 30 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 84 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Laurie Jinkins served in the Legislature?
Laurie Jinkins 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 Representative Laurie Jinkins,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-09-16, accessed 2026-09-17. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/laurie-jinkins/

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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.