# Joe Timmons

Joe Timmons is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 42.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 42
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ea2c1a95-5b70-4068-8135-8166147bafa9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ea2c1a95-5b70-4068-8135-8166147bafa9 (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

Timmons voted against the majority of Washington House Democrats 162 times; party unity 73%, in the bottom 5% of the Washington House (average 94.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.31 (standard error 0.01), from 581 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 91% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 73% (94.5%). 162 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 117. 38.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 22 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2671: Concerning state financial aid. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2671/
- HB 2586: Modifying funding for the passport to careers program and eligibility for the Washington college grant. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2586/
- HB 2588: Concerning county ferry district authority. (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2588/
- HB 2532: Concerning the sale and distribution of nitrous oxide. (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2532/
- HB 2473: Authorizing the Washington state leadership board to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources. (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2473/
- HB 2467: Concerning fifth-wheel travel trailers. (became law, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2467/
- HB 2070: Providing state funding parity for Western Washington University. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2070/
- HB 1926: Regarding training and testing of home care aides. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1926/
- HB 1751: Establishing a sales and use tax exemption for required course materials at public institutions of higher education. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1751/
- HB 1659: Expanding the early childhood court program. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1659/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $181.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/timmons/
- Campaign site: https://votejoetimmons.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepJoeTimmons/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votejoetimmons/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joe.timmons.7543
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephatimmons/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ea2c1a95-5b70-4068-8135-8166147bafa9