Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Washington
Democratic
· Senator
Claudia Kauffman
Represents District 47 in the State Senate.
Votes with Democrats
95%
on 506 party-line votes · Senate Democrats median 99%
Cast a vote
97%
Yea or Nay on 1,510 of 1,560 roll calls · Senate median 97%
Their bills that became law
9 of 26
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 9
Roll calls on record
1,560
2025-2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 6, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2025-2026 Regular Session.
How Claudia Kauffman votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Claudia Kauffman sits in the Senate
Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Claudia Kauffman is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
27 of 506 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
SB6355 · Concerning the electric transmission system.
Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House · 2026-03-12 · Passed 32–17 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1210 · Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-03-06 · Passed 28–20 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB2105 · Concerning immigrant worker protections.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · 2026-03-05 · Passed 27–21 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB2266 · Encouraging permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · 2026-03-04 · Passed 29–20 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB5808 · Revised for 1st substitute: Addressing funding for health insurance premium assistance.
Senate Committee on Ways & Means: 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2026-03-02 · Passed 13–9 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB2521 · Concerning firearms background check.
Senate Committee on Ways & Means: do pass · 2026-03-02 · Passed 14–10 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB6129 · Revised for engrossed: Concerning the taxation of cigarettes, vapor products, and other products containing tobacco or nicotine.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-02-28 · Passed 26–22 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB6129 · Revised for engrossed: Concerning the taxation of cigarettes, vapor products, and other products containing tobacco or nicotine.
Senate Committee on Ways & Means: 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2026-02-19 · Passed 13–10 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB5949 · Concerning taxes imposed on insurers operating within the state.
Senate Committee on Ways & Means: 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2026-02-19 · Passed 14–9 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB6114 · Defining the terms "fixture" and "affixed" for excise tax purposes.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-02-16 · Passed 27–21 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SB6260 · Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education.
Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2026-03-03 · Passed 25–24
HB2632 · Modernizing terminology when referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States.
Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections: do pass · 2026-02-24 · Passed 4–3
HB2411 · Modifying shared leave provisions to authorize shared leave for victims of a hate crime and those whose absence is due to immigration enforcement actions against the employee or the employee's relative.
Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections: do pass · 2026-02-24 · Passed 4–3
HB1710 · Concerning compliance with the Washington voting rights act of 2018.
Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections: do pass with amendment(s) · 2026-02-24 · Passed 4–3
SB5892 · Concerning protection of the voter registration database.
Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections: do pass · 2026-01-23 · Passed 4–3
Republicans they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Paul HarrisRepublican · District 17 · 428 shared contested votes
38%
Jeff HolyRepublican · District 6 · 405 shared contested votes
35%
Curtis KingRepublican · District 14 · 428 shared contested votes
35%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (50 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
← Washington Delegation
YeaNayYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Claudia Kauffman was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced26
Out of committee24
Passed one chamber18
Passed both chambers9
Became law9
Never left committee2
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the Senate has 9 bills that became law this session.
Concerning statutory establishment of the governor's office of Indian affairs.
Became lawEffective date 6/11/2026. · 2026-03-30
Ensuring access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters.
Became lawEffective date 6/11/2026. · 2026-03-25
Revised for engrossed: Undoing certain changes to the estate tax.
Became lawEffective date 6/11/2026. · 2026-03-24
Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records.
Became lawEffective date 6/11/2026. · 2026-03-24
Creating a statewide economic development and competitiveness strategic plan.
Passed one chamberBy resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. · 2026-03-12
Exempting certain former foster care providers from adult family home licensure.
Passed one chamberBy resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. · 2026-03-12
Revised for engrossed: Adding tribal representation to the board of natural resources.
Passed one chamberBy resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. · 2026-03-12
Including tribal representation in certain transportation activities.
Passed one chamberBy resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. · 2026-03-12
Protecting consumers of virtual currency kiosks.
Passed one chamberBy resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. · 2026-03-12
Concerning the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account.
Passed one chamberBy resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. · 2026-03-12
Acknowledging March as developmental disabilities awareness month.
Became lawAdopted. · 2026-03-10
Concerning the maximum principal amount of small loans.
Out of committeeSenate Rules "X" file. · 2026-02-26
Regarding cultural resource protection for certain land use activities that are categorically exempt from the state environmental policy act.
Out of committeeSenate Rules "X" file. · 2026-02-26
Extending the naming of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way.
Passed one chamberSenate Rules "X" file. · 2026-02-26
Concerning retroactively applying the requirement to exclude certain juvenile convictions from an offender score regardless of the date of the offense.
Not out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
Loading committees…
HB1408 · 2026-03-12
Establishing funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060. (Senate Final Passage without Senate Amendments)
SB6355 · 2026-03-12
Concerning the electric transmission system. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2215 · 2026-03-12
Concerning climate commitment act compliance obligations for fuels supplied or otherwise sold into Washington. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1295 · 2026-03-12
Using evidence-based instructional practices in reading and writing literacy for public elementary students. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6260 · 2026-03-12
Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6347 · 2026-03-12
Revised for engrossed: Undoing certain changes to the estate tax. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6354 · 2026-03-12
Advancing transportation electrification by expanding access to electric vehicles already being sold in Washington and increasing associated funding. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6225 · 2026-03-12
Authorizing bonds for transportation funding. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6228 · 2026-03-12
Revised for engrossed: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs and providing tax relief for critical access pharmacies. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5998 · 2026-03-12
Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations. (Senate Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee)
SB6005 · 2026-03-12
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. (Senate Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee)
SB6003 · 2026-03-12
Concerning the capital budget. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2711 · 2026-03-11
Concerning transportation resources. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2689 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the working connections child care program. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2681 · 2026-03-11
Revised for engrossed: Concerning cannabis license fees. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
HB2487 · 2026-03-11
Concerning taxes imposed on insurers operating within the state. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
HB2089 · 2026-03-11
Supporting wildfire mitigation by modifying RCW 82.04.29005, concerning taxes on loan interest. (Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
SB6346 · 2026-03-11
Establishing a tax on millionaires. (Senate Final Passage As Amended by the House)
SB6002 · 2026-03-10
Concerning driver privacy protections. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6110 · 2026-03-10
Addressing electric-assisted bicycles and electric motorcycles. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5982 · 2026-03-10
Updating provisions for consumer-owned utilities, including port districts, and affected market customers under the clean energy transformation act. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6035 · 2026-03-10
Ensuring access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6113 · 2026-03-10
Concerning taxes administered by the department of revenue. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6054 · 2026-03-10
Concerning unreasonable restrictions on wildfire home hardening practices in common interest communities. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6309 · 2026-03-10
Providing for enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6137 · 2026-03-10
Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6246 · 2026-03-10
Concerning emissions from emissions-intensive, trade-exposed facilities under the climate commitment act. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6027 · 2026-03-10
Revised for 2nd substitute: Modifying certain funding and exemptions related to providing and maintaining affordable housing and related services. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6076 · 2026-03-10
Streamlining consumer-owned utility procurement requirements for clean energy generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution projects. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6194 · 2026-03-10
Revised for engrossed: Allowing payments to be made for services provided by any rural hospital that is located on a federally recognized Indian reservation. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2689 · 2026-03-10
Concerning the working connections child care program. (Senate Committee on Ways & Means: do pass with amendment(s))
SB6269 · 2026-03-10
Modernizing the definition of motor fuel in the motor fuel quality act. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2681 · 2026-03-10
Revised for engrossed: Concerning cannabis license fees. (Senate Committee on Ways & Means: do pass)
SB6026 · 2026-03-10
Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6226 · 2026-03-10
Protecting the clinical autonomy of audiologists. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2487 · 2026-03-10
Concerning taxes imposed on insurers operating within the state. (Senate Committee on Ways & Means: do pass)
SB6034 · 2026-03-10
Concerning statutory establishment of the governor's office of Indian affairs. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6162 · 2026-03-10
Concerning property tax reform. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6200 · 2026-03-10
Concerning renters' and mobile home occupants' ability to install portable cooling devices. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5847 · 2026-03-10
Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6065 · 2026-03-10
Concerning school district transportation vehicle funds. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2325 · 2026-03-10
Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6058 · 2026-03-10
Adding discretion to wage enforcement actions. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6066 · 2026-03-10
Revised for 2nd substitute: Establishing crash prevention zones. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6188 · 2026-03-10
Concerning the department of labor and industries' authority to enact rules related to regulating asbestos training. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6291 · 2026-03-10
Concerning on-site wastewater treatment system inspections. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5346 · 2026-03-09
Revised for 1st substitute: Addressing student use of mobile devices in public schools. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5068 · 2026-03-09
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. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5841 · 2026-03-09
Concerning the completion of postsecondary financial aid applications. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5420 · 2026-03-09
Ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5892 · 2026-03-09
Concerning protection of the voter registration database. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5938 · 2026-03-09
Concerning the foreclosure prevention fee. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5981 · 2026-03-09
Revised for 2nd substitute: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5925 · 2026-03-09
Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5156 · 2026-03-09
Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5395 · 2026-03-09
Making improvements to transparency and accountability in the prior authorization determination process. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5969 · 2026-03-09
Revised for 2nd substitute: Reducing duplication between high school and beyond plans and individualized education program transition plans. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5855 · 2026-03-09
Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5272 · 2026-03-09
Improving school safety by extending penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and extracurricular activities and requiring schools to notify the public of such penalties. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB5845 · 2026-03-09
Modernizing and clarifying timely payment requirements for health carriers. (Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1560 total roll-call votes this session).
Follow Claudia Kauffman
One email a week, only when there’s something: every time they broke with their party, and the closest votes they cast. Free, and you can stop any time.