100.0% passage rate
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Kirsten Harris-Talley
Former councilmember · 2017–2017
Total in available record · LegisRate points
13.72015–2026 records · source checked Oct 8, 2026
16 sponsored measures adopted in the available record.
Service: 2017–2017. Coverage is limited to 2015–2026.
How scoring worksOverview and record
Background and tenure
Former councilmember · recorded terms: 2017–2017. The legislative record shown here covers 2015–2026.
Kirsten Harris-Talley is a Seattle activist and politician who briefly served on the City Council in 2017 and later represented Washington’s 37th Legislative District in the state House. Her career has included nonprofit work, youth-jail and police-reform activism, and legislative work on reproductive access and police reform.
Harris-Talley served 51 days on the Seattle City Council in 2017 after Tim Burgess became mayor. She worked on an early version of the head tax before moving into state politics, where she became the first out, Black, queer femme in the Washington Legislature.
Background summary adapted from Wikipedia; it is separate from the LegisRate record and score.
Full available record · 2015–2026
Activity record
16 sponsored measures adopted; present or late in 8 of 8 Full Council attendance records.
Outcome, voting, and attendance describe the record; they do not add to or subtract from the LegisRate score.
0 opposed · 0 abstained
8 of 8 records
Sponsorship record6 prime · 10 co-sponsor · 16 early-recorded
Record details Outcome, voting, attendance, and sponsorship context
Sponsored outcomes0 unsuccessful · 0 pendingPending measures are not included in the passage rate.
Final voting choices49 recorded decisions0.0% opposed · 0.0% abstained · 0 not voting
Votes on contested matters6 recorded choices6 supported · 0 opposed
Attendance detail7 present · 1 late0 excused · 0 unexcused. Excused absences remain visible and are not treated as unexcused.
Sponsorship timing16 early · 0 after committee · 0 after passageFirst appearance in the official sponsor record.
Council-wide voting context93.4% without recorded opposition or abstention2912 of 3119 eligible final tallies; 207 contested.
Only the latest recorded legislative vote per matter is used; a missing structured tally is not counted as an absence.
Separate public records · non-scoring context
Financial information
Campaign contributions show money given to a campaign. Personal disclosure filings list reported income, investments and financial interests, often in broad ranges. These records do not estimate personal wealth or establish donor influence.
Campaign contributions
No identified campaignNo identified Seattle campaign
No actually contested Seattle candidate election was identified in the reviewed 2003–2026 SEEC indexes or Seattle PDC registry. Harris-Talley’s 2017 Council service was appointed; her state-legislature campaign is outside this Seattle donor scope.
Checked Oct 12, 2026
No Seattle candidate campaign was identified.
Sources and coverage
No actually contested Seattle candidate election was identified in the reviewed 2003–2026 SEEC indexes or Seattle PDC registry. Harris-Talley’s 2017 Council service was appointed; her state-legislature campaign is outside this Seattle donor scope.
Independent expenditures are not included in this donor list; this does not mean none were reported. Independent expenditures are outside this donor scope.
Personal financial disclosure
ReviewedLatest available publicly indexed PDC personal filing as of 2026-10-12; actual filing office: STATE REPRESENTATIVE — LEG DISTRICT 37 - HOUSE. Covers 2023-01-01 through 2023-01-09. Historical personal disclosure, not present wealth or necessarily income/assets during Seattle Council service.
Checked Oct 12, 2026
Washington PDC Personal Financial Affairs (F-1) · official statement viewer
Coverage year 2023 · Jan 1, 2023 to Jan 9, 2023 · received Jul 3, 2023
View 12 disclosed entries
Disclosed income · 2
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In the Works, LLC
Consultant Filer
- Reported income range$30,000.00 - $59,999.99
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State of Washington
STATE REPRESENTATIVE Filer
- Reported income rangeLess than $30,000.00
Financial assets and investment income · 4
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Voya
Life Insurance Filer
- Reported value range$200,000.00 - $499,999.99
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Capitol Group
Simple IRA Filer
- Reported value range$30,000.00 - $59,999.99
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Jackson
IRA Filer
- Reported value range$60,000.00 - $99,999.99
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WSECU
Checking Joint disclosure (whole source band; no inferred share)
- Reported value rangeLess than $30,000.00
Business and organizational interests · 2
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In The Works, LLC
owner Filer
Reported ownership: 50
An organizational role does not imply ownership or personal income. - State Innovation Exchange Board Member Filer An organizational role does not imply ownership or personal income.
Washington real estate · 1
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Washington real estate
Reported property; location omitted Joint disclosure (whole source band; no inferred share)
- Reported value range$500,000.00 - $749,999.99
Disclosed creditors · 3
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WSECU
Real-estate creditor Joint disclosure (whole source band; no inferred share)
- Original debt range$200,000.00 - $499,999.99
- Current debt range$500,000.00 - $749,999.99
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WSECU
Reported creditor Joint disclosure (whole source band; no inferred share)
- Original debt range$30,000.00 - $59,999.99
- Ending debt rangeLess than $30,000.00
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WSECU
Reported creditor Joint disclosure (whole source band; no inferred share)
- Original debt rangeLess than $30,000.00
- Ending debt rangeLess than $30,000.00
Sources and coverage
Latest available publicly indexed PDC personal filing as of 2026-10-12; actual filing office: STATE REPRESENTATIVE — LEG DISTRICT 37 - HOUSE. Covers 2023-01-01 through 2023-01-09. Historical personal disclosure, not present wealth or necessarily income/assets during Seattle Council service.
Self-reported personal disclosure, separate from campaign contributions, government finance and LegisRate scores. Bands are not exact income or net worth. Asset values describe the reporting period, not present holdings. An entry does not establish a conflict, misconduct or donor influence. Blank amount fields remain unspecified.
Includes filer and explicitly joint entries only. Family-only entries, all addresses, parcel identifiers, contacts, signatures, account identifiers, loan terms/security and unnecessary personal descriptions are omitted. Joint bands are not divided into a personal share.
Manual category/identity review of actual official source JSON; no net-worth calculation.
No included row is not evidence of no income, no assets, no liabilities or no business role.
Mortgages are drawn from the real-estate section as well as the separate debt section.
Repeated source rows are preserved; account labels or repeated bands are not deduplicated.
Selected state-house filing covers only January 1–9, 2023. It is not a full 2023 annual statement or a 2017 Seattle Council financial snapshot.
SEEC separate local F-1 statements · checked Oct 12, 2026: SEEC directs readers to contact its office for statement copies. No request made. Source
What the work concerns
Policy-area mix
Government Operations & Finance accounts for the largest share of points in the full 2015–2026 record: 6.2 points (45.3%).
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Government Operations & Finance
6.2 points · 45.3%Public Safety & Justice
4.6 points · 33.8%Environment, Climate & Parks
1.2 points · 8.8%Civil Rights & Democracy
0.8 points · 5.8%Health & Human Services
0.7 points · 4.9%Transportation & Infrastructure
0.2 points · 1.5%By year
Annual work
In 2017, 16 sponsored measures were adopted, contributing 13.7 points.
Full annual history · 2015–2026. Points use the measure’s introduction year.
| Year | Points | Sponsored measures adopted |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13.7 | 16 |
| Total in available record | 13.7 | 16 |
Year-by-year participation and sponsorship details
| Year | Points | Passed | Pass rate | Original | Co-sponsored | Opposed | Abstained | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13.7 | 16 | 100.0 | 16 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| Total in available record | 13.7 | 16 | 100.0 | 16 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
Rates are shown only when the relevant official record exists. Vote and attendance measures describe participation; they do not affect points.
Council roles
Committees & positions
2 committee assignments available for recorded service.
- MemberSelect Budget Committee
- MemberSelect Committee on Civic Arenas
Point-by-point audit
Contributing bills
16 adopted measures contribute to the full 2015–2026 total. Bills are listed by credited points.
Open filtered explorerAdding a new Chapter 3.93, consisting of Section 3.93.010, to the Seattle Municipal Code.CB 119138 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2017 · Government Operations & Finance +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to procedures for filling Council vacancies; adding a new Chapter 3.93, consisting of Section 3.93.010, to the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 2: the measure creates a lasting regulatory, charter, or voter-approved structure. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(4 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share7 in favor · 0 opposedhistorical financial, property, debt, or administrative actionSigned ordinance 125479
SFD and SPD report on building first responder partnerships with social and health service providers or other resources.SLI 195-1-A-1-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Public Safety & Justice +1.2 pts
Official titleSFD and SPD report on building first responder partnerships with social and health service providers or other resources
Police
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 60%Original sponsor · primary shareaffected service or requested subjectOfficial record
Create and outline an inclusive role of Boards and Commissions in the City Council Budget Review Process.SLI 296-1-A-1-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Government Operations & Finance +1.2 pts
Official titleCreate and outline an inclusive role of Boards and Commissions in the City Council Budget Review Process
Budget & Appropriations
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 60%Original sponsor · primary shareinternal governance or general financial administrationOfficial record
SPD Overtime Overexpenditure Workgroup.SLI 203-1-A-2-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Public Safety & Justice +1.2 pts
Official titleSPD Overtime Overexpenditure Workgroup
Police
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 60%Original sponsor · primary shareaffected service or requested subjectOfficial record
P-Patch program report by DON.SLI 79-2-B-1-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Environment, Climate & Parks +1.2 pts
Official titleP-Patch program report by DON
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 60%Original sponsor · primary sharehistorical conservation, pollution, climate, or parks actionOfficial record
SPD Report on Overtime Policy Implementation.SLI 202-1-A-3-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Public Safety & Justice +1.2 pts
Official titleSPD Report on Overtime Policy Implementation
Police
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 60%Original sponsor · primary shareaffected service or requested subjectOfficial record
Report regarding how the Executive plans to implement Resolution 31775, strengthening public safety by affirming the City's support for immigrant and refugee….SLI 270-1-B-2-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Civil Rights & Democracy +0.4 pts
Official titleReport regarding how the Executive plans to implement Resolution 31775, strengthening public safety by affirming the City's support for immigrant and refugee witnesses, survivors, and victims of crime
Immigrant, Refugee & Tribal Affairs
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 20%Original sponsor · co-sponsor sharecivil-rights or democratic-process actionOfficial record
SPD Training Report.SLI 206-1-B-1-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Public Safety & Justice +0.4 pts
Official titleSPD Training Report
Police
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 20%Original sponsor · co-sponsor shareaffected service or requested subjectOfficial record
Report regarding how the Executive plans to implement Resolution 31775, strengthening public safety by affirming the City's support for immigrant and refugee….SLI 270-1-C-1-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Civil Rights & Democracy +0.4 pts
Official titleReport regarding how the Executive plans to implement Resolution 31775, strengthening public safety by affirming the City's support for immigrant and refugee witnesses, survivors, and victims of crime
Immigrant, Refugee & Tribal Affairs
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 20%Original sponsor · co-sponsor sharecivil-rights or democratic-process actionOfficial record
Report on including K-12 education programs funded by the Sweetened Beverage Tax in future Families and Education Levy.SLI 163-1-A-1-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Health & Human Services +0.3 pts
Official titleReport on including K-12 education programs funded by the Sweetened Beverage Tax in future Families and Education Levy
Youth & EducationTaxes, Revenue & Debt
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 13%Original sponsor · co-sponsor shareaffected service or requested subjectOfficial record
Creation of Georgetown Public Safety Task Force.SLI 213-1-B-1-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Public Safety & Justice +0.3 pts
Official titleCreation of Georgetown Public Safety Task Force
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 13%Original sponsor · co-sponsor shareaffected service or requested subjectOfficial record
Feasibility study for siting a safe consumption site in Seattle.SLI 261-1-A-1-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Health & Human Services +0.2 pts
Official titleFeasibility study for siting a safe consumption site in Seattle
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 10%Original sponsor · co-sponsor sharehistorical health, education, family-service, or animal-welfare actionOfficial record
SDOT and OSE food access pilot.SLI 31-1-B-2-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Transportation & Infrastructure +0.2 pts
Official titleSDOT and OSE food access pilot
Human Services & Food Security
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 10%Original sponsor · co-sponsor shareaffected service or requested subjectOfficial record
Report by HSD and SDHR on disparities between internal and contracted human service provider wages.SLI 281-1-B-2-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Health & Human Services +0.2 pts
Official titleReport by HSD and SDHR on disparities between internal and contracted human service provider wages
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 10%Original sponsor · co-sponsor shareaffected service or requested subjectOfficial record
SPD Records Management System monthly capital project oversight reports.SLI 26-1-A-1-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Public Safety & Justice +0.2 pts
Official titleSPD Records Management System monthly capital project oversight reports
PoliceGovernment Accountability
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 10%Original sponsor · co-sponsor shareaffected service or requested subjectOfficial record
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) expansion.SLI 260-1-A-1-2018 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2017 · Public Safety & Justice +0.2 pts
Official titleLaw Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) expansion
Police
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 8%Original sponsor · co-sponsor shareaffected service or requested subjectOfficial record