# Janice Zahn

Janice Zahn is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 41.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 41
- Serving since: 2025-01-22
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/25b3a4f1-c767-49db-9d8a-217592e5b3a0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/25b3a4f1-c767-49db-9d8a-217592e5b3a0 (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

47% of the 30 bills Zahn sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Washington House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.86 (standard error 0.05), from 160 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,201 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 99.4% (94.5%). 12 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 30 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 290. 46.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 10 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 4681: Recognizing the importance of reflecting on the history of Chinese American exclusion. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HR4681/
- HB 2702: Increasing the short plat threshold. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2702/
- HB 2566: Concerning local government procurement. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2566/
- HB 2571: Concerning evidence of medical, hospital, or similar expenses occasioned by an injury. (in committee, 2026-01-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2571/
- HB 2552: Allowing the use of multiple award task order contracting by the department of transportation and regional transit authorities. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2552/
- HJM 4011: Asking Congress to call a limited convention, authorized under Article V of the United States Constitution, for the purpose of proposing a free and fair… (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HJM4011/
- HB 2420: Increasing small works roster contract limits. (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2420/
- HB 2374: Concerning electric-assisted bicycle and electric motorcycle regulation. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2374/
- HB 2236: Concerning the housing finance commission. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2236/
- HB 2228: Concerning scissor stair regulations in the state building code. (became law, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2228/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $128.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/zahn/
- Campaign site: https://www.janicezahn.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votejanicezahn/?ref=embed_page
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janice-zahn-46604370/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/25b3a4f1-c767-49db-9d8a-217592e5b3a0