# Lillian Ortiz-Self

Lillian Ortiz-Self is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 21.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 21
- Serving since: 2014-01-21
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/09d83bae-b84b-436e-8d7f-5cebc05e74a3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/09d83bae-b84b-436e-8d7f-5cebc05e74a3 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

50% of the 14 bills Ortiz-Self sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Washington House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.98 (standard error 0.04), from 116 donors and 1,151 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 99.6% (94.5%). 6 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 65. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 8 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2660: Authorizing the court to order certain conditions during child welfare shelter care hearings. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2660/
- HB 2497: Addressing the rise in maltreatment-related child fatalities or near fatalities by supporting families that have received a child welfare response. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2497/
- HB 2475: Concerning language accessible public programs, activities, and services conducted, operated, or administered by state agencies. (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2475/
- HB 2464: Concerning reporting requirements and law enforcement responses for incidents at private detention facilities. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2464/
- HB 2219: Enhancing the operational efficiency of child care providers. (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2219/
- HB 2218: Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2218/
- HB 2105: Concerning immigrant worker protections. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2105/
- HB 1747: Expanding protections for applicants and employees under the Washington fair chance act. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1747/
- HB 1682: Concerning part-time workers in the unemployment insurance system. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1682/
- HB 1683: Adjusting school director districts. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1683/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $32.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/ortiz-self/
- Campaign site: https://www.electlillian.com/
- X: https://x.com/reportizself
- X: https://x.com/electlillian
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepOrtizSelf21/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectLillian/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lillianortizself
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendsoflillianortizself/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ortiz-self-lillian-b1b65a35/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/09d83bae-b84b-436e-8d7f-5cebc05e74a3