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Republican
· Representative
Jim Walsh
Represents District 19 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
98%
on 405 party-line votes · House Republicans median 93%
Cast a vote
96%
Yea or Nay on 1,121 of 1,166 roll calls · House median 98%
Their bills that became law
1 of 21
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 2.5
Roll calls on record
1,166
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 Jim Walsh 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 Jim Walsh sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Jim Walsh is circled.
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Times they broke with their party
8 of 405 party-line votes.
HB2588 · Concerning county ferry district authority.
House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · 2026-03-11 · Passed 56–40 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB5981 · Revised for 2nd substitute: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program.
House Final Passage as Amended by the House · 2026-03-06 · Passed 67–30 · most Republicans voted the other way
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.
House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations: 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2026-01-16 · Passed 5–2 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB5161 · Revised for 1st substitute: Addressing transportation fiscal matters.
House Final Passage as Amended by the House · 2025-04-02 · Passed 66–30 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1355 · Modifying retail taxes compacts between the state of Washington and federally recognized tribes located in Washington state by increasing the revenue-sharing percentages when a compacting tribe has completed a qualified capital investment.
House Final Passage on Reconsideration · 2025-03-20 · Passed 72–23 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1355 · Modifying retail taxes compacts between the state of Washington and federally recognized tribes located in Washington state by increasing the revenue-sharing percentages when a compacting tribe has completed a qualified capital investment.
House 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2025-03-20 · Passed 71–24 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1332 · Concerning transportation network companies.
House 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2025-03-11 · Passed 59–36 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1068 · Removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections.
House 3rd Reading & Final Passage · 2025-03-03 · Passed 72–25 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB2206 · Adopting national standards for uniformed and overseas civilian voting, including conforming amendments to existing statute.
House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations: 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2026-02-04 · Passed 4–3
HB2475 · Concerning language accessible public programs, activities, and services conducted, operated, or administered by state agencies.
House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations: 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2026-02-04 · Passed 4–3
HB2632 · Modernizing terminology when referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States.
House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations: do pass · 2026-02-03 · Passed 4–3
HB2637 · Safeguarding personal information entrusted to agencies that is of no legitimate concern to the public.
House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations: 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2026-02-03 · Passed 4–3
HB2499 · Modernizing conservation district election procedures and requiring financial disclosures from district supervisors and candidates for district supervisor.
House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations: 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass · 2026-02-03 · Passed 4–3
Democrats 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.
Adison RichardsDemocrat · District 26 · 424 shared contested votes
29%
Alicia RuleDemocrat · District 42 · 415 shared contested votes
27%
Clyde ShaversDemocrat · District 10 · 424 shared contested votes
24%
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 (45 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Jim Walsh 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.
Introduced21
Out of committee3
Passed one chamber2
Passed both chambers1
Became law1
Never left committee18
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 2.5 bills that became law this session.
Concerning public records act exemptions regarding concealed pistol licenses, permits to purchase firearms, and firearms purchases or transfers.
Passed one chamberBy resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. · 2026-03-12
Requiring a demonstration of support before a legislative bill is filed.
Not out of committeeFirst reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. · 2026-01-20
Concerning the involuntary treatment act.
Not out of committeeFirst reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. · 2026-01-12
Establishing a public counsel integrity act.
Not out of committeeFirst reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. · 2026-01-12
Addressing increased school utility costs due to the climate commitment act.
Not out of committeeFirst reading, referred to Appropriations. · 2026-01-12
Exempting nonprofits and schools from certain sales and use taxes on services.
Not out of committeeFirst reading, referred to Finance. · 2026-01-12
Concerning the transfer of the juvenile justice functions.
Not out of committeeFirst reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. · 2026-01-12
Creating the Washington department of government efficiency.
Not out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Requesting that the attorney general of the United States audit and review the state department of licensing's implementation of the "motor voter law."
Not out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Preserving Washington farmland by limiting purchases by certain entities.
Not out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Making a required school director governance training program available at no cost and virtually.
Not out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Directing revenues from fees, charges, or taxes assessed on motor vehicles based on miles traveled on the highways to be used for highway purposes in accordance with the state Constitution.
Not out of committeeBy resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. · 2026-01-12
Concerning spring blade knives.
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.
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HB1526 · 2026-03-12
Modifying the snack bar liquor license. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1701 · 2026-03-12
Authorizing multiple liquor licensees to have licensed premises within a facility owned and leased out by another liquor licensee or person. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6005 · 2026-03-12
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. (House Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee)
SB6170 · 2026-03-12
Adjusting monetary limits regarding contracting rules for state highway construction work and procurement. (House 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
HB2034 · 2026-03-12
Concerning termination and restatement of plan 1 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1795 · 2026-03-12
Addressing restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2114 · 2026-03-12
Concerning defective license plates issued by the department of licensing. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1376 · 2026-03-12
Concerning the prepayment of capital gains taxes six months prior to the due date. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1941 · 2026-03-12
Authorizing agricultural cooperatives for cannabis producers. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2215 · 2026-03-12
Concerning climate commitment act compliance obligations for fuels supplied or otherwise sold into Washington. (House 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. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2239 · 2026-03-12
Providing Washingtonians and their loved ones with location choices for interment of remains. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB5998 · 2026-03-12
Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations. (House Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee)
SB6231 · 2026-03-12
Revised for engrossed: Removing a tax exemption for the replacement of equipment for data centers. (House 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
SB6003 · 2026-03-12
Concerning the capital budget. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB2179 · 2026-03-12
Revised for engrossed: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6244 · 2026-03-12
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. (House 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
HB2548 · 2026-03-11
Strengthening health care market standards. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1170 · 2026-03-11
Informing users when content is developed or modified by artificial intelligence. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2320 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the regulation of firearm manufacturing. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2251 · 2026-03-11
Concerning climate commitment act accounts. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1500 · 2026-03-11
Concerning resale certificates for units in common interest communities. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2156 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2156 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate on Reconsideration)
HB1960 · 2026-03-11
Encouraging renewable energy in Washington through tax policy and investment in local communities. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2334 · 2026-03-11
Adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2445 · 2026-03-11
Ending probates for profit. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2539 · 2026-03-11
Concerning inmate funds. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2296 · 2026-03-11
Expanding the use of distributed energy resources. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1750 · 2026-03-11
Creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2325 · 2026-03-11
Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1909 · 2026-03-11
Establishing the court unification task force. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2588 · 2026-03-11
Concerning county ferry district authority. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6260 · 2026-03-11
Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB1903 · 2026-03-11
Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1796 · 2026-03-11
Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2418 · 2026-03-11
Concerning permit review processes. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2211 · 2026-03-11
Concerning medically tailored meals. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2442 · 2026-03-11
Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1710 · 2026-03-11
Concerning compliance with the Washington voting rights act of 2018. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1974 · 2026-03-11
Establishing land banking authorities. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6225 · 2026-03-11
Authorizing bonds for transportation funding. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB1906 · 2026-03-11
Increasing transparency and consumer protection in water system rates. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2594 · 2026-03-11
Ensuring that unhoused children and youths in Washington have equal access to free, appropriate public education. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2247 · 2026-03-11
Concerning veterinarian-client-patient relationships. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2532 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the sale and distribution of nitrous oxide. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2105 · 2026-03-11
Concerning immigrant worker protections. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB1916 · 2026-03-11
Amending voter registration challenges and managing voter registration lists. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2416 · 2026-03-11
Concerning fair treatment of waste to energy facilities under the climate commitment act. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2624 · 2026-03-11
Clarifying consumer protections regarding unsolicited real estate transactions for public purposes or by nonprofit land conservancies. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2225 · 2026-03-11
Revised for 1st substitute: Regulating artificial intelligence companion chatbots. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2711 · 2026-03-11
Concerning transportation resources. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2689 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the working connections child care program. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
SB6228 · 2026-03-11
Revised for engrossed: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs and providing tax relief for critical access pharmacies. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6347 · 2026-03-11
Revised for engrossed: Undoing certain changes to the estate tax. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6354 · 2026-03-11
Advancing transportation electrification by expanding access to electric vehicles already being sold in Washington and increasing associated funding. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
SB6182 · 2026-03-11
Establishing an abortion savings program. (House 3rd Reading & Final Passage)
SB6355 · 2026-03-11
Concerning the electric transmission system. (House Final Passage as Amended by the House)
HB1155 · 2026-03-09
Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
HB2219 · 2026-03-09
Enhancing the operational efficiency of child care providers. (House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1166 total roll-call votes this session).
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