Lisa Wellman
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42
Bills sponsored
this session · 186 all-time
178
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 998 all-time
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Enacted into law
counting…
6424
Recorded votes
98%
Vote participation
voted in 98% of 6424 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2025-26 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
98.6%
based on 428 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
1.4%
based on 428 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
96.4%
based on 428 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
186 billsCurrent session 42 bills
- SB 5327 Concerning learning standards and graduation requirements. Passed
- SB 5918 Providing funding for school materials, supplies, and operating costs. Passed
- SB 5271 Requiring school districts of the first class to employ a school nurse. In Committee
- SB 6307 Concerning correctional facility liability for inmate injuries resulting from voluntary controlled substance use, when lawful intake and medical care requirements are met. In Committee
- SB 5870 Establishing civil liability for suicide linked to the use of artificial intelligence systems. In Committee
- SB 5282 Reestablishing the advisory board for the missing and exploited children task force. Passed
- SB 5926 Expanding the public records exemption for personal information of family home child care providers to all licensed or certified child care providers. In Committee
- SB 5888 Removing the requirement that women's commission members be subject to senate confirmation. Passed
- SB 5240 Concerning anaphylaxis medications in schools. Passed
- SB 5188 Concerning broadband infrastructure repair loans. Passed
- SB 6125 Providing enrollment stabilization funding. In Committee
- SB 5920 Providing protections for school districts against burdensome public records requests. In Committee
- SB 5418 Concerning charter school contracts. Passed
- SB 5952 Standardizing the process for waiving physical education requirements for high school students. Passed
- SB 5307 Concerning special education funding. In Committee
- SB 5270 Providing mentors to novice nurses in the beginning educator support team program. In Committee
- SB 6042 Requiring the creation and maintenance of school maps in safe school plans. In Committee
- SB 5189 Supporting the implementation of competency-based education. Signed
- SB 6261 Requiring signed declarations of intent of school enrollment or home-based instruction. In Committee
- SB 5593 Adjusting enrichment levies and local effort assistance. In Committee
- SB 5738 Permitting individuals retired from the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system additional opportunities to work for up to 1,040 hours per year while in receipt of pension benefits. Passed
- SB 5922 Authorizing transportation vehicle fund transfers. Signed
- SB 5759 Establishing the own your own art purchase program. In Committee
- SB 5187 Providing adequate and predictable student transportation. In Committee
- SB 6041 Updating personality rights protections. In Committee
Historical 144 bills
- SB 5017 Clarifying school district procurement requirements for personal service contracts for construction management, value engineering, constructibility review, and building commissioning. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Clarifying school district procurement requirements for service contracts for construction management, value engineering, constructibility review, and building commissioning.) Vetoed
- SB 5902 Concerning the implementation of high school graduation credit requirements. Died
- SB 5659 Establishing climate and labor standards for building materials used in state public works projects. Died
- SB 5563 Concerning enrollment stabilization funding to address enrollment declines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Died
- SB 6619 Concerning chemicals in drinking water. Died
- SB 5142 Increasing equitable gender representation on corporate boards. Died
- SB 5307 Adding the treasurer to the public works board. Died
- SB 5316 Concerning school district enrichment levies. Died
- SB 6244 Requiring sublimits to insurance coverage to be noted on the policy declarations page. Died
- SB 5448 Concerning career and technical education in alternative learning experience programs. Died
- SB 5105 Modifying education reporting requirements. Died
- SB 6102 Adjusting stop signal requirements for school buses. Signed
- SB 5090 Addressing wage and salary information. Died
- SB 6117 Concerning appropriations for special education programs. Died
- SB 5548 Providing multiple pathways to a meaningful high school diploma. Died
- SB 5465 Concerning basic education funding. Died
- SB 5511 Expanding affordable, resilient broadband service to enable economic development, public safety, health care, and education in Washington's communities. Signed
- SB 6101 Concerning statewide implementation of early screening for dyslexia. Died
- SB 5146 Concerning flexibility in high school graduation requirements. Died
- SB 5607 Concerning dual language learning in early learning and K-12 education. Died
- SB 5313 Concerning school levies. Signed
- SB 5801 Concerning teachers' postretirement employment options. Died
- SB 5091 Concerning state and federal special education funding. Signed
- SB 6189 Clarifying eligibility for school employees' benefits board coverage. Signed
- SB 5089 Increasing early learning access for children ages thirty months and older with developmental delays or disabilities. Signed
Co-sponsored
998 billsCurrent session 178 bills
- SB 6346 Establishing a tax on millionaires. Signed
- SB 5956 Addressing artificial intelligence, student discipline, and surveillance in public schools. Passed
- SB 6049 Protecting student and employee information from public disclosure. Passed
- SB 5496 Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities. Passed
- SB 5961 Transferring the imagination library program from the department of children, youth, and families to the office of the superintendent of public instruction. Passed
- SB 5185 Establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates. Signed
- SB 5068 Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law. Signed
- SB 5126 Establishing a statewide network for student mental and behavioral health. In Committee
- SR 8659 Honoring Senator Bill Ramos. Passed
- SR 8665 Recognizing February as Black History Month. Passed
- SR 8690 Recognizing the contributions of the Chinook tribal nation. Passed
- SR 8645 Honoring Northwest Center. Passed
- SB 5410 Concerning parking privileges for veterans. In Committee
- SB 5122 Enacting the uniform antitrust premerger notification act. Signed
- SR 8640 Honoring Karen Keiser. Passed
- SB 6074 Reinstituting parole. In Committee
- SB 5852 Concerning immigrant worker protections. Passed
- SB 6085 Concerning the transparency in expenditures from the institutional welfare account. Passed
- SB 5030 Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation. Signed
- SB 5778 Addressing maple syrup processing operations. In Committee
- SB 5007 Supporting students who are chronically absent and at risk for not graduating high school. Passed
- SB 5181 Amending the parents rights initiative to bring it into alignment with existing law. Passed
- SB 5008 Supporting the use of assessment, diagnostic, and learning tools in public schools. In Committee
- SJM 8001 Calling on Congress to exercise its authority under Article V of the United States Constitution to regulate money spent on elections. In Committee
- SB 5113 Concerning cost-of-living adjustments for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system. In Committee
Historical 820 bills
- SB 5890 Clarifying eligibility for the presumption for workers' compensation for all personnel working at a radiological hazardous waste facility. Signed
- SR 8661 Remembering the surviving children of Indian Boarding Schools. Died
- SR 8660 Recognizing Cole Baerlocher. Died
- SB 5755 Authorizing certain cities to establish a limited sales and use tax incentive program to encourage redevelopment of vacant lands in urban areas. Signed
- SB 5275 Enhancing opportunity in limited areas of more intense rural development. Signed
- SR 8658 Resolving to combat antisemitism. Died
- SB 5982 Concerning alcohol concentration. Died
- SB 5062 Concerning the management, oversight, and use of data. Died
- SB 5428 Concerning the application of the state environmental policy act to temporary shelters and transitional encampments. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning the application of the state environmental policy act to temporary shelters and transitional encampments to provide clarity and predictability to jurisdictions about categorical exemptions for temporary shelters and transitional encampments.) Died
- SR 8662 Recognizing and supporting Ukrainian Americans. Died
- SB 5761 Concerning employer requirements for providing wage and salary information to applicants for employment. Signed
- SR 8646 Recognizing April as National Donate Life Month. Died
- SR 8647 Honoring Phyllis Little-Epamynondas. Died
- SB 5903 Providing multimodal transportation options at drive-up services. Died
- SB 5741 Creating Patches pal special license plates. Signed
- SB 5878 Clarifying visual and performing arts instruction. Signed
- SB 5975 Concerning additive transportation funding and appropriations. Signed
- SB 5896 Requiring the department of enterprise services to report on the use of electricity to recharge vehicles at state office locations. Died
- SR 8634 Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Died
- SR 8632 Calling attention to Sickle Cell Awareness Week. Died
- SB 5869 Concerning photographs, digital photographs, microphotographs, videotapes, other recorded images, or other records identifying a specific instance of travel from toll systems and traffic safety cameras. Died
- SR 8633 Honoring Brad Hendrickson. Died
- SB 5735 Counting asynchronous instructional hours towards those required by the instructional program of basic education. Died
- SJM 8009 Calling for a national biodiversity strategy. Died
- SB 5262 Concerning special education. Died
Voting record
Historical 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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SB 6087
Modifying the Washington advanced college tuition payment and college savings programs.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 5746
Concerning the association of Washington generals.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 5987
Concerning pretrial release programs.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6340
Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 2519
Concerning concealed pistol license eligibility requirements.
Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#2) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 3003
Relating to law enforcement.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6095
Concerning the capital budget.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6106
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium.
Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#3) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 2269
Concerning tax relief for adaptive automotive equipment for veterans and service members with disabilities.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6032
Making supplemental operating appropriations.
Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#6) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 3003
Relating to law enforcement.
956 Padden Striker (#4) |
Nay | fail | March 08, 2018 |
|
HB 2444
Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for certain transfers of low-income housing.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6362
Modifying basic education provisions.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) |
Yea | pass | March 08, 2018 |
|
SB 6614
Concerning funding for the support of common schools.
943 Braun Pg 1 Ln 30 (#4) |
Nay | fail | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2334
Regulating the use of cannabinoid additives in marijuana products.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2580
Promoting renewable natural gas.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2750
Concerning quality in assisted living facilities.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6055
Creating a pilot program for outdoor burning for cities or towns located partially inside a quarantine area for apple maggot.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2998
Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for accountable communities of health.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6034
Authorizing limited retail telecommunications services for public utility districts that provide only sewer, water, and telecommunications on the effective date of this act.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2638
Creating a graduated reentry program of partial confinement for certain offenders.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2008
Addressing the budgeting process for core state services for children.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 5627
Concerning the sale of manufactured/mobile home communities.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6614
Concerning funding for the support of common schools.
941 Ericksen Pg 1 Ln 3 (#3) |
Nay | fail | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 3002
Relating to making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2271
Concerning the processes for reviewing sexually violent predators committed under chapter 71.09 RCW.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2448
Increasing the availability of housing for developmentally disabled persons.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6614
Concerning funding for the support of common schools.
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2408
Preserving access to individual market health care coverage throughout Washington state.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
HB 2990
Concerning the Tacoma Narrows bridge debt service payment plan.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2018 |
|
SB 6162
Defining dyslexia as a specific learning disability and requiring early screening for dyslexia.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6159
Concerning the reauthorization of the underground storage tank program.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6471
Developing model policies to create workplaces that are safe from sexual harassment.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6419
Concerning access to the Washington early childhood education and assistance program.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 5598
Granting relatives, including but not limited to grandparents, the right to seek visitation with a child through the courts.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6163
Extending the duration of the collaborative for the advancement of telemedicine.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6493
Increasing transparency and accountability for intercollegiate athletic programs.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6452
Expanding the activities of the children's mental health services consultation program.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#30) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6560
Ensuring that no youth is discharged from a public system of care into homelessness.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6175
Concerning the Washington uniform common interest ownership act.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6334
Concerning implementation of mandatory provisions of the federal rule on flexibility, efficiency, and modernization in child support enforcement programs regarding health care coverage.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2009
Providing higher education support for gold star families.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6388
Concerning paraeducators.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6245
Concerning spoken language interpreter services.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6313
Concerning an employee's right to file a complaint or cause of action for sexual harassment or sexual assault in mandatory employment contracts and agreements.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
SB 6491
Increasing the availability of assisted outpatient behavioral health treatment.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2595
Concerning procedures in order to automatically register citizens to vote.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#36) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2610
Creating the hunger-free students' bill of rights act.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 1896
Expanding civics education in public schools.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |
|
HB 2367
Establishing a child care collaborative task force.
Final Passage without Senate Amendments (#33) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2018 |