Jessica Bateman
Born
1981
Contact
Email · jessica.bateman@leg.wa.gov
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28
Bills sponsored
this session · 62 all-time
166
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 612 all-time
10
Enacted into law
this session · 22 all-time
3849
Recorded votes
100%
Vote participation
voted in 100% of 3849 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2025-26 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
99.3%
based on 444 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
0.7%
based on 444 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
100%
based on 444 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
62 billsCurrent session 28 bills
- SB 5904 Concerning the use of nursing titles. Passed
- SB 5112 Establishing a prescribing psychologist certification in Washington state. Passed
- SB 6267 Concerning nursing education program standards. In Committee
- SB 5606 Providing sufficient funding for the Washington state long-term care ombuds program. In Committee
- SB 6153 Concerning senior independent housing protections. In Committee
- SB 6182 Establishing an abortion savings program. Signed
- SB 6189 Changing the deadline for forming a public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities. Signed
- SB 5184 Concerning minimum parking requirements. Signed
- SB 6001 Concerning scissor stair regulations in the state building code. In Committee
- SB 5477 Improving access to appropriate mental health and substance use disorder services. In Committee
- SB 5478 Concerning benefits authorized to be offered by the public employees' benefits board. Signed
- SB 5422 Allowing bargaining over matters related to the use of artificial intelligence. Passed
- SB 5591 Creating a sales and use tax remittance program for affordable housing. In Committee
- SB 6237 Concerning rental property disclosures of flooding history and flood risk. Signed
- SB 5100 Standardizing basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for their family members, including spouses or domestic partners. In Committee
- SB 5148 Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. Signed
- SB 5965 Reducing environmental impacts associated with bags provided to customers at retail establishments. Passed
- SB 6063 Correcting terminology to align the revised code of Washington with recent reorganization at the department of social and health services. In Committee
- SB 6232 Creating the Washington state board of licensed mental health counselors. In Committee
- SB 5917 Improving access to abortion medications. Signed
- SB 5964 Establishing an independent living ombuds to support seniors living in independent living facilities and the independent living portion of continuing care retirement communities. In Committee
- SB 6016 Considering critical aquifer recharge areas when revising an urban growth area. Passed
- SR 8602 Honoring Chief Brooks of the Lacey fire department. Passed
- SB 6015 Concerning permit-ready residential building plans. In Committee
- SB 5711 Defining the rental or lease of individual storage space at self-service storage facilities as a retail transaction for the imposition of business and occupation and sales and use taxes. In Committee
Historical 34 bills
- HR 4658 Honoring women in the military. Died
- HB 1646 Continuing the work of the dementia action collaborative. Signed
- HB 1853 Concerning the use and disclosure of toxic chemicals in cosmetic products. Died
- HB 1992 Concerning vacation leave accrual for public employees. Died
- HB 1252 Concerning impact fee deferrals. Died
- HB 1854 Protecting access to abortion medications by authorizing the department of corrections to acquire, sell, deliver, distribute, and dispense abortion medications. Died
- HB 1110 Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. Signed
- HB 1566 Concerning vacation leave accrual for state employees. Died
- HB 2248 Providing support to individuals with traumatic brain injuries. Died
- HB 2295 Concerning hospital at-home services. Signed
- HB 1528 Concerning adult protective services. Died
- HB 1127 Concerning adult protective services. Died
- HB 2113 Concerning compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. Died
- HB 1724 Increasing the trained behavioral health workforce. Signed
- HB 1115 Prohibiting cost sharing for abortion. Died
- HB 1041 Authorizing the prescriptive authority of psychologists. Died
- HB 2321 Modifying middle housing requirements and the definitions of transit stop. Signed
- HB 2247 Addressing behavioral health provider shortages. Signed
- HB 1128 Raising the residential personal needs allowance. Signed
- HB 2246 Concerning vacation leave accrual for state employees. Signed
- HB 2090 Modifying local board of health county commissioner membership. Died
- HB 1968 Requiring defibrillators at fitness centers. Died
- HB 1052 Concerning group insurance contract performance standards. Signed
- HB 1046 Concerning community solar programs. Died
- HB 1157 Increasing housing supply through the growth management act and housing density tax incentives for local governments. Died
Co-sponsored
612 billsCurrent session 166 bills
- SB 5892 Concerning protection of the voter registration database. Signed
- SB 6002 Concerning driver privacy protections. Signed
- SB 6026 Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones. Signed
- SB 6346 Establishing a tax on millionaires. Signed
- SB 6027 Modifying requirements and allowed uses for certain funding related to providing and maintaining affordable housing and related services. Signed
- SB 5847 Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation. Signed
- SB 5947 Establishing the Washington health care board. Passed
- SB 5496 Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities. Passed
- SB 5185 Establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates. Signed
- SB 5156 Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings. Signed
- SB 5126 Establishing a statewide network for student mental and behavioral health. In Committee
- SB 6018 Concerning the housing finance commission. Passed
- SR 8659 Honoring Senator Bill Ramos. Passed
- SR 8665 Recognizing February as Black History Month. Passed
- SB 6081 Protecting Washingtonians from invasion of privacy, including the unauthorized disclosure of sex designation information and historic sex designation changes in official government records. Signed
- SR 8640 Honoring Karen Keiser. Passed
- SB 5852 Concerning immigrant worker protections. Passed
- SB 5885 Expanding opportunities for affordable housing developments on properties owned by religious organizations. In Committee
- SB 5934 Reducing litigation costs by removing barriers to postconviction DNA testing. In Committee
- SB 5263 Concerning special education funding. Signed
- SB 5948 Establishing deadlines for the universal health care commission. In Committee
- SJM 8012 Requesting an investigation into the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi. In Committee
- SJR 8204 Amending the Constitution to address reproductive freedom and gender-affirming care. In Committee
- SB 6109 Prohibiting investment of funds under management by the state investment board in private detention facilities. In Committee
- SB 5862 Providing a cost-of-living adjustment for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system. Signed
Historical 446 bills
- HR 4670 Celebrating Representative Mike Sells. Died
- HR 4668 Honoring Representative Kirby. Died
- HB 1630 Establishing restrictions on the possession of weapons in certain locations. Signed
- HR 4666 Recognizing Representative Dufault's record of public service. Died
- HB 1701 Concerning law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system benefits. Signed
- HR 4650 Honoring Mark L. Doumit. Died
- HR 4660 Recognizing Ukrainian Americans. Died
- HB 2008 Eliminating the use of intelligence quotient scores in determining eligibility for programs and services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Signed
- HB 2124 Concerning extending collective bargaining to legislative employees. Signed
- HB 1172 Recognizing judicially affirmed and treaty-reserved fishing rights and promoting state-tribal cooperative agreements in the management of salmon, trout, and steelhead resources. Died
- HB 2010 Eliminating unnecessary homeless funding budget and auditing requirements. Died
- HB 1724 Ensuring oversight and coordination of permanent supportive housing resources to maximize the creation of high quality housing opportunities for people living with disabling conditions in communities across Washington. Signed
- HB 1756 Concerning solitary confinement. Died
- HB 1717 Concerning tribal participation in planning under the growth management act. Signed
- HB 1753 Concerning tribal consultation regarding the use of certain funding authorized by the climate commitment act. Signed
- HB 1684 Concerning public health and fluoridation of drinking water. Died
- HB 1099 Improving the state's climate response through updates to the state's comprehensive planning framework. Died
- HB 1838 Protecting, restoring, and maintaining habitat for salmon recovery. Died
- HB 1894 Concerning the period for juvenile diversion agreements. Signed
- HB 1793 Concerning electric vehicle charging stations in common interest communities. Signed
- HB 2068 Creating the imagination library of Washington program. Signed
- HB 1980 Removing the prohibition on providing employment services and community access services concurrently. Signed
- HB 2049 Encouraging construction of affordable housing by eliminating redundancies and streamlining the permitting process. Died
- HB 1100 Concerning the sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities and the property on which they sit. Died
- HB 1621 Creating programs to encourage sexual assault nurse examiner training. Died
Voting record
Historical 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
HB 2134
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium.
Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#4) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2024 |
|
SB 5180
Adopting the interstate teacher mobility compact. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Concerning the licensure and employment of out-of-state teachers.)
Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#3) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2024 |
|
HB 2357
Establishing a state patrol longevity bonus.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2024 |
|
SB 5950
Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations.
Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#1) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2024 |
|
SB 6194
Concerning state legislative employee collective bargaining.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2024 |
|
HB 2320
Concerning high THC cannabis products.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) |
Yea | pass | March 07, 2024 |
|
SB 6069
Improving retirement security for Washingtonians by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program, and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
SB 6087
Concerning the fire service training account.
Final Passage without House amendments (#11) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
SB 6194
Concerning state legislative employee collective bargaining.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
SB 5949
Concerning the capital budget.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
HB 1239
Establishing a simple and uniform system for complaints related to, and instituting a code of educator ethics for, conduct within or involving public elementary and secondary schools.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
SB 5811
Expanding the definition of family member for individual providers.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
HB 2454
Extending an existing hazardous substance tax exemption for certain agricultural crop protection products that are temporarily warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in the state of Washington.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
HB 1899
Facilitating reconstruction of communities damaged or destroyed by wildfires.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
SB 6098
Concerning accounts.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
SB 5796
Concerning common interest communities.
Final Passage without House amendments (#10) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
HB 1453
Providing a tax exemption for medical cannabis patients.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
SB 6316
Concerning the state route number 520 corridor.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
HB 2424
Updating cooperative agreements between the state and federally recognized tribes for the successful collaborative management of Washington's wildlife resources.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
SB 5906
Implementing a statewide drug overdose prevention and education campaign.
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
HB 1493
Concerning impaired driving.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2024 |
|
HB 2266
Concerning sanitary conditions for construction workers who menstruate or express milk.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#42) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2153
Deterring the theft of catalytic converters.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2384
Concerning automated traffic safety cameras.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#55) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 1377
Posting of approved courses and providers of continuing education.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 1551
Reducing lead in cookware.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2124
Supporting and expanding access to child care and early learning programs.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#50) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2180
Increasing the special education enrollment funding cap.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#59) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2213
Concerning defects and omissions in the laws that have been identified by the justices of the supreme court or judges of the superior courts pursuant to Article IV, section 25 of the state Constitution.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2180
Increasing the special education enrollment funding cap.
Concur in Senate amendments (#58) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 1870
Promoting economic development by increasing opportunities for local communities to secure federal funding.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#48) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2195
Strengthening the early learning facilities grant and loan program by revising criteria and providing resources to the Ruth LeCocq Kagi early learning facilities development account.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2441
Establishing a pilot program eliminating college in the high school fees for private not-for-profit four-year institutions.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#56) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2056
Concerning information sharing and limited investigative authority of supreme court bailiffs.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 1368
Requiring and funding the purchase of zero emission school buses.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 1012
Addressing the response to extreme weather events.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#1) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2482
Reinstating semiconductor tax incentives.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
SB 6038
Reducing the costs associated with providing child care.
1259 Ormsby Pg 2 Ln 25 (#25) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2000
Renewing Washington's international leadership.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#38) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2381
Increasing eligibility for economy and efficiency flexible school calendar waivers.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 1877
Improving the Washington state behavioral health system for better coordination and recognition with the Indian behavioral health system.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2396
Concerning fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#44) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 1248
Concerning pupil transportation.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#46) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2207
Providing tools designed to reduce the impacts of unlawful solid waste dumping.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#51) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 1272
Concerning publishing, formatting, and distribution of the state and local voters' pamphlets.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2135
Including federally recognized tribes as part of the Washington emergency management division emergency worker program.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#41) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2226
Concerning collecting data on the H-2A worker program and from certain hand harvesters.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2416
Changing the legal title for advanced practice nurses.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#45) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2099
Concerning state identification cards for persons in state custody or care.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#39) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |
|
HB 2007
Expanding time limit exemptions applicable to cash assistance programs.
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2024 |