# Kevin Waters

Kevin Waters is a Republican member of the Washington House for district 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington House, district 17
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8310a7ed-ce79-4b0e-b13a-7857230bfcde

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8310a7ed-ce79-4b0e-b13a-7857230bfcde (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

Waters reported $311.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.02), from 143 donors and 596 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 89% (94.5%). 75 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 68. 40.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 20 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2653: Granting counties authority to enter into a shared stewardship agreement. (in committee, 2026-01-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2653/
- HB 1993: Exempting child care providers from the business and occupation tax. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1993/
- HB 1884: Concerning cannabis regulation. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1884/
- HB 1731: Regarding unclaimed property held by a museum or historical society. (became law, 2025-05-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1731/
- HB 1726: Prioritizing lumber procured from Washington state lumber mills for the purpose of public works projects. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1726/
- HB 1712: Allowing the use of electricity generated by qualified biomass facilities in the Pacific Northwest to meet renewable resource requirements. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1712/
- HB 1698: Updating liquor permit and licensing provisions. (became law, 2025-04-25) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1698/
- HB 1658: Ensuring dedicated funding for history and heritage museums and county historic preservation programs. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1658/
- HB 1609: Promoting efficient administration of state education agencies. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1609/
- HB 1602: Addressing food service options for liquor licensees. (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1602/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $311.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: http://kevinwaters.houserepublicans.wa.gov/
- Campaign site: https://watersforhouse.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watersforhouse/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinwaters509/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-waters-08172560

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8310a7ed-ce79-4b0e-b13a-7857230bfcde