# Adam Bernbaum

Adam Bernbaum is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 24.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 24
- Serving since: 2024-12-06
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9eddb3cd-868e-42ba-831a-b415fd7ed445

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9eddb3cd-868e-42ba-831a-b415fd7ed445 (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

Bernbaum has served since 2024.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.55 (standard error 0.03), from 209 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,201 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 94.6% (94.5%). 35 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 144. 25.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 53 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2741: Concerning the electric transmission system. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2741/
- HB 2737: Concerning commercial shellfish fees. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2737/
- HB 2509: Improving the efficiency of the review of applications by the energy facility site evaluation council. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2509/
- HB 2426: Improving efficiency in appeals to the pollution control hearings board. (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2426/
- HB 2282: Supporting the implementation of transition to kindergarten programs. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2282/
- HB 2269: Concerning middle housing in unincorporated areas. (became law, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2269/
- HB 2270: Providing specified flexibility for use of lodging tax revenues for small cities. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2270/
- HB 2268: Concerning residential mortgage loan escrow accounts. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2268/
- HB 2253: Concerning updates to the licensing division of the department of children, youth, and families. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2253/
- HB 2172: Concerning route jurisdiction transfer and abandonment. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2172/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $90.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/bernbaum/
- Campaign site: https://www.electadambernbaum.com
- X: https://x.com/ab09128734
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554406055934
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/electbernbaum/?igsh=ZG4wdmZraXUydGtk
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-bernbaum-76362253/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9eddb3cd-868e-42ba-831a-b415fd7ed445