# Shelley Kloba

Shelley Kloba is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 1.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 1
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e802bd51-458a-4976-b7ad-25ba4ceb0581

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e802bd51-458a-4976-b7ad-25ba4ceb0581 (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

Kloba sits at −0.90 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 85% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.90 (standard error 0.03), from 217 donors and 1,191 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 99.8% (94.5%). 15 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 178. 14.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 76 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2677: Requiring coverage for seizure detection devices as durable medical equipment under certain circumstances. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2677/
- HB 2614: Legalizing the home cultivation of cannabis by persons who are 21 years of age and older. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2614/
- HB 2599: Protecting the integrity of therapy and psychotherapy services. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2599/
- HB 2483: Creating a data broker registry. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2483/
- HB 2152: Permitting the medical use of cannabis by qualifying patients in specified health care facilities. (became law, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2152/
- HB 2078: Expanding access to medical cannabis consultants and department of health compliant cannabis product. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2078/
- HB 1984: Concerning vehicle and operator requirements for autonomous vehicles. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1984/
- HB 1887: Creating a data broker registry for the purpose of imposing a data broker severance tax. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1887/
- HB 1789: Concerning the photovoltaic module stewardship and takeback program. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1789/
- HB 1790: Increasing defined benefit accrual for specified years of service in the state retirement systems. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1790/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $27.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/kloba/
- Campaign site: http://votekloba.com/
- X: https://x.com/repkloba
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepShelleyKloba/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KlobaforStateHouse/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shelley.kloba
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votekloba/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelleykloba/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e802bd51-458a-4976-b7ad-25ba4ceb0581