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State Senator Lisa Wellman

Lisa Wellman is a Democratic state senator representing Washington's 41st Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 186 bills, of which 23 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • Senate
  • Legislative District 41
  • 2 sessions on record
email
lisa.wellman@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7641

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

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Says vs does

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

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

Last checked 2026-09-16

02

Voting record

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

6,711

recorded votes

6,187

yea

390

nay

134

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 YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9075 ROBERT DECOTEAU The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9091 STEPHANIE J. BARDIN The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9094 HUEY YU The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9171 ELISA K. GRACEFFO The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SHB 2089 Taxes on loan interest 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 27–21
2026-03-11 EHB 2487 Insurer taxes 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 27–22
2026-03-11 EHB 2681 Cannabis license fees 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 29–20
2026-03-11 SHB 2689 Working connect. child care 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 33–16
2026-03-11 ESHB 2711 Transportation resources 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 33–15
2026-03-11 ESSB 6346 Tax on millionaires Concur in House amendment(s) YEA 27–21
2026-03-11 ESSB 6346 Tax on millionaires Final Passage As Amended by the House YEA 27–21
2026-03-11 SGA 9050 ROBERT A. ZAPPONE The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 46–0
2026-03-11 SGA 9066 MEGAN MATTHEWS The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 45–2
2026-03-11 SGA 9172 DENISE E. GIDEON The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SGA 9180 ADRIA BUCHANAN The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SGA 9204 MICHELLE R. SMITH The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SGA 9227 EDISON A. VALERIO The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-10 E2SHB 2325 Tourism assessment Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 43–5
2026-03-10 E2SSB 5847 Workers' comp. medical care Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 30–19
2026-03-10 SSB 5982 Consumer-owned utilities Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 30–19
2026-03-10 ESSB 6002 Driver privacy Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 39–10
2026-03-10 E2SSB 6026 Residential dev./zones Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 35–14
2026-03-10 E2SSB 6027 Affordable housing funding Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 30–19
2026-03-10 2SSB 6035 Voting services Final Passage as Amended by the House EXCUSED 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 EXCUSED 47–0
2026-03-10 ESB 6058 Wage enforcement discretion Final Passage as Amended by the House EXCUSED 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

149

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
2026-03-05 2SHB 2105 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (27-2 yea-nay)
2026-03-04 2SHB 1128 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (28-1 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 SSB 5828 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 E2SSB 6026 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (24-6 yea-nay)
2026-02-11 SB 5995 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (25-5 yea-nay)
2026-02-11 SB 6148 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-4 yea-nay)
2025-04-27 SSB 5393 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (23-6 yea-nay)
2025-04-25 ESSB 5041 Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee Nay Yea (27-2 yea-nay)
2025-04-22 ESSB 5041 Do Not Concur in House Amendment(s) Nay Yea (25-4 yea-nay)
2025-04-10 HB 1636 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2025-04-10 EHB 1747 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-3 yea-nay)
2025-03-26 SSB 5583 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (25-5 yea-nay)
2025-03-26 ESB 5772 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-3 yea-nay)
2025-03-07 ESSB 5041 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (28-2 yea-nay)
2025-03-07 ESSB 5041 148 Braun Pg 2 Ln 13 Yea Nay (5-25 yea-nay)
2025-03-05 ESSB 5023 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (29-1 yea-nay)
2025-02-28 SSB 5408 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2024-03-04 SI 2113 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (16-13 yea-nay)
2024-02-13 SB 5915 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (16-13 yea-nay)
2024-01-17 SSB 5056 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-10 yea-nay)
2023-04-22 2SSB 5412 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (21-8 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)
2023-03-08 SSB 5448 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-10 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 149. 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.

186

bills prime-sponsored

34

became law

23

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 5187 Student transportation pending yes
2025-26 SB 5188 Broadband repair loans pending yes
2025-26 SB 5189 Competency-based education became law yes
2025-26 SB 5190 School building energy perf. pending yes
2025-26 ESB 5235 Public school statutes pending yes
2025-26 SB 5240 Anaphylaxis med. in schools pending yes
2025-26 SB 5270 Educator support/nurses pending yes
2025-26 SB 5271 School nurse requirement pending no
2025-26 SB 5282 Missing children adv. board pending yes
2025-26 SB 5307 Special education funding pending yes
2025-26 SB 5312 Net nanny operations pending yes
2025-26 SB 5327 Learning standards pending yes
2025-26 SB 5418 Charter school contracts pending yes
2025-26 SB 5551 School library info and tech pending yes
2025-26 SB 5593 School levies & local effort pending yes
2025-26 SB 5596 Interstate teacher compact pending yes
2025-26 SB 5738 Retired employees/work pending yes
2025-26 SB 5759 Art purchase program pending no
2025-26 ESB 5769 Transition to kindergarten became law yes
2025-26 SB 5812 K-12 education funding pending yes
2025-26 SB 5858 Pupil transp. safety net pending yes
2025-26 SB 5859 Competency-based assessments pending yes
2025-26 SB 5870 AI systems/suicide liability pending no
2025-26 SB 5875 School liability/WLAD pending no
2025-26 SB 5888 Women's commission members pending yes
2025-26 SB 5918 School operating costs pending yes
2025-26 SB 5920 School district PRA requests pending no
2025-26 SB 5922 Transportation vehicle fund became law yes
2025-26 SB 5926 Child care providers/PRA pending no
2025-26 SB 5952 High school PE waivers pending yes
2025-26 SB 5984 AI companion chatbots pending yes
2025-26 SB 6041 Personality rights pending yes
2025-26 SB 6042 School maps pending yes
2025-26 SB 6120 High-risk AI pending no
2025-26 SB 6125 School stabilization funding pending yes
2025-26 SB 6209 Financial aid awards/private pending yes
2025-26 ESSB 6260 Public education funding became law yes
2025-26 SB 6261 School enroll. declaration pending yes
2025-26 SB 6278 Teacher & principal programs became law yes
2025-26 SB 6280 Smoking cessation products pending no
2025-26 SB 6307 Correctional fac. liability pending no
2025-26 SR 8621 Women in cloud pending no
2023-24 SB 5019 School safety staff died yes
2023-24 SB 5020 Education at 6 years of age died yes
2023-24 SB 5031 Special ed safety net awards died yes
2023-24 SB 5050 Breast implant surgery died yes
2023-24 SB 5051 Dissolution/doc. language died yes
2023-24 SB 5053 Insurance sublimits died yes
2023-24 SB 5054 Prof. learning communities died yes
2023-24 SB 5064 Special ed. excess costs died no
2023-24 SB 5085 School principals/employment died yes
2023-24 SB 5100 Breast & chest wall surgery died yes
2023-24 SB 5102 School library info and tech died yes
2023-24 SB 5174 Student transportation died yes
2023-24 ESB 5175 School principal contracts became law yes
2023-24 SB 5233 Petroleum storage tanks died no
2023-24 E2SSB 5243 High school and beyond plans became law yes
2023-24 SB 5264 Paraeducator requirements died yes
2023-24 SB 5305 Office of career connect WA died yes
2023-24 SB 5311 Special education funding died yes
2023-24 SB 5322 Public building materials died yes
2023-24 SB 5600 Universal communications prg died yes
2023-24 SSB 5617 Career & tech. ed. courses became law yes
2023-24 SB 5648 Board of education waivers died yes
2023-24 SB 5718 State broadband map died yes
2023-24 SB 5849 Computer science/graduation died yes
2023-24 SB 5873 Student transportation died yes
2023-24 SB 5923 Substance use prevention ed. died yes
2023-24 SB 5956 Enrichment levies limit died yes
2023-24 SB 6012 Teacher preparation programs died yes
2023-24 SB 6014 Special education cap died yes
2023-24 SB 6123 Classified school employees died yes
2023-24 SB 6236 Home-based instruction decl. died yes
2023-24 SB 6264 Competency-based education died yes
2023-24 SR 8670 People of Taiwan died no
2021-22 ESB 5017 School district procurement became law yes
2021-22 E2SSB 5128 Student transportation funds became law yes
2021-22 SB 5161 Teaching tribal history, etc died yes
2021-22 SSB 5249 Mastery-based learning became law yes
2021-22 SSB 5252 School consultation/tribes became law yes
2021-22 SB 5255 Dissolution/doc. language died yes
2021-22 SB 5299 Computer science/HS grad. became law yes
2021-22 2SSB 5383 Public telecomm. services became law yes
2021-22 SB 5389 Computer science teaching died yes
2021-22 SB 5398 Small businesses/excise tax died no
2021-22 SSB 5403 System improvement team became law yes
2021-22 SB 5441 Breast implant surgery died yes
2021-22 SB 5527 Insurance sublimits died yes
2021-22 SB 5537 Compulsory school attendance died yes
2021-22 SB 5562 ESD employee health care died yes
2021-22 SB 5563 Enrollment stabilization died yes
2021-22 SB 5580 Public works board/broadband died yes
2021-22 SB 5581 Pupil transp. allocations died yes
2021-22 SB 5595 Schools/support funding died yes
2021-22 SB 5657 Juvenile instit./comp sci. became law yes
2021-22 SB 5659 Building material standards died yes
2021-22 SB 5715 Definition of broadband became law yes
2021-22 SB 5760 Motion picture program died yes
2021-22 SB 5775 Broadband deployment died no
2021-22 SB 5902 High school grad. credits died yes
2021-22 SR 8604 Henrietta Lacks died no
2019-20 SB 5066 School district elections died yes
2019-20 SB 5068 State learning standards died yes
2019-20 SB 5070 Bilingual educators died yes
2019-20 SB 5086 School surplus technology died yes
2019-20 SB 5087 Language competency grants died yes
2019-20 SB 5088 Computer science/high school became law yes
2019-20 SSB 5089 Early learning access became law yes
2019-20 SB 5090 Wage and salary information died yes
2019-20 E2SSB 5091 Special education funding became law yes
2019-20 SB 5105 Education reporting died yes
2019-20 SB 5141 School resource officers died yes
2019-20 SB 5142 Corporate boards/women died no
2019-20 SB 5146 High school graduation reqs died yes
2019-20 SB 5307 Treasurer/public works board died yes
2019-20 SB 5312 Special ed. appropriations died yes
2019-20 ESSB 5313 School levies became law yes
2019-20 SB 5314 Capital gains tax/prop. tax died no
2019-20 SB 5315 Student support staff died yes
2019-20 SB 5316 School enrichment levies died yes
2019-20 SB 5317 School safety & well-being died yes
2019-20 SB 5327 Career connected learning died yes
2019-20 SB 5375 Capital budget/public art died yes
2019-20 SB 5427 Dual credit programs died no
2019-20 SB 5448 CTE/alt. learning exp. prgs. died no
2019-20 SB 5465 Basic education funding died yes
2019-20 SB 5466 School district levies died yes
2019-20 E2SSB 5497 Immigrants in the workplace became law yes
2019-20 2SSB 5511 Broadband service became law yes
2019-20 SB 5548 High school diploma pathways died yes
2019-20 SB 5606 Pub. school language access died no
2019-20 SB 5607 Dual language learning died yes
2019-20 SB 5683 Family supports died yes
2019-20 SB 5736 Special ed. funding alloc. died yes
2019-20 SB 5756 Delegation of inspection died no
2019-20 SB 5801 Teacher postretirement empl. died yes
2019-20 SB 5973 State tax structure died no
2019-20 SB 5984 Dissolution/doc. language died yes
2019-20 SB 6100 Background checks/education died yes
2019-20 SB 6101 Dyslexia early screening died yes
2019-20 SB 6102 School bus stop signals became law yes
2019-20 SB 6103 Educational reporting became law yes
2019-20 SB 6117 Special ed. appropriations died yes
2019-20 SB 6132 Learning assistance program died yes
2019-20 ESSB 6189 SEBB coverage eligibility became law yes
2019-20 SB 6243 Recreational fishing rules died yes
2019-20 SB 6244 Insurance coverage sublimits died yes
2019-20 SSB 6256 Heating oil insurance became law yes
2019-20 SSB 6257 Underground storage tanks became law yes
2019-20 SB 6449 Suicide prevention/ID cards died yes
2019-20 SB 6479 Optional benefits/schools died yes
2019-20 SSB 6521 Innovative learning pilot became law yes
2019-20 SB 6522 Courts/arrests died no
2019-20 SB 6547 Infants and toddlers program died yes
2019-20 SB 6615 School staff funding died yes
2019-20 SB 6619 Drinking water chemicals died no
2019-20 SJR 8201 School district bonds died yes
2017-18 ESB 5023 Schools/excess levies became law no
2017-18 SB 5555 Wage and salary information died yes
2017-18 SB 5643 Lead-based paint fees died yes
2017-18 SB 5689 Immigrants in the workplace died yes
2017-18 SB 5696 Breakfast after the bell died yes
2017-18 SSB 5764 Higher education records became law yes
2017-18 SB 5767 Health care provider notices died no
2017-18 ESB 6003 Student meals and nutrition died yes
2017-18 SB 6063 Aerial crop protect./schools died no
2017-18 SB 6064 Capital budget/public art died yes
2017-18 SB 6065 Student interrogations died yes
2017-18 SB 6132 2nd grd reading assessments died yes
2017-18 SB 6134 Alternative learning courses became law yes
2017-18 SB 6135 Academic acceleration prg. died yes
2017-18 SB 6144 Student assessment reqs. died yes
2017-18 SB 6184 Civil service/part-time empl died yes
2017-18 SB 6185 Postretirement teaching exp. died no
2017-18 SB 6248 High school diplomas by CTC died yes
2017-18 E2SSB 6362 Basic education funding became law yes
2017-18 SB 6390 Reclaimed water integration died yes
2017-18 SB 6396 Perfluorinated chemicals died yes
2017-18 SB 6403 Child care training died yes
2017-18 SB 6404 Child care background checks became law yes
2017-18 SB 6426 Telecomm. authority/ports died yes
2017-18 SB 6427 OSPI & board of education died no
2017-18 SB 6583 Women's commission died no
2017-18 SB 6608 Education T.O. died no
2017-18 SR 8653 Ms. Zoe Sheill died no
2017-18 SR 8698 UW women's rowing died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 186 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education
  • Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology
  • 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 3

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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.

$147K

raised, 2024 cycle

$112K

spent

$958

average contribution

Total divided by 153 reported contributors.

$798K

raised across 3 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
2024 $146,540 $112,304 153
2020 $163,703 $161,403 382
2016 $487,390 $484,531 732

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
Amazon.com Services LLC Seattle $2,400
Credit Union Legislative Action Fund Northwest Credit Union Association Seatac $2,400
Jackson Legacy Fund Seattle $2,400
Justice for All PAC Seattle $2,400
PSE Seiu 1948 Auburn $2,400
T-Mobile USA, Inc. Bellevue $2,400
WA Beverage Association PAC Olympia $2,400
WashbankPAC Seattle $2,400
Washington Education Association PAC Federal Way $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
Kitsap Bank 1 $2,400
No employer stated 5 $12,000

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Lisa Wellman to PDC filer WELLL 040 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (41) 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”

    $538

  2. Spent opposing

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

    none filed
  • Fuse Votes for · $538 · 2024, 2020

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer WELLL 040 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 5 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

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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 Lisa Wellman
Election Seat Contest Record
November 8, 2016 State Senate seat, Legislative District 41 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2016
November 3, 2020 State Senate seat, Legislative District 41 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 5, 2024 State Senate seat, Legislative District 41 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 · 45

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 45. 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 45 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 41 4 years 2028 May 2028

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 Lisa Wellman represent?
Lisa Wellman is a Democratic state senator representing Washington’s 41st Legislative District.
How often does Lisa Wellman break with their party?
Across 6,711 recorded floor votes we hold, Lisa Wellman voted against the majority of their own party 149 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 Lisa Wellman sponsored?
Lisa Wellman has prime-sponsored 186 bills, of which 34 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 23 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Lisa Wellman served in the Legislature?
Lisa Wellman 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.
Not loaded
Public statements, advertising, committee roles, and committee votes by member.