Washington Retail (WR) has released the 2025 Consumer Affordability Scorecard, tracking how lawmakers voted on key issues impacting retailers and the customers we serve.
This year’s scorecard includes 15 House votes, 17 Senate votes, and for the first time, a score for the Governor based on action he took on 15 bills.
These votes reflect WR’s priorities on public safety, labor, taxation, and business regulation—issues we actively engaged on through testimony, direct communication, and coalition work.
Some of the bills on the scorecard include:
- Public Safety Funding (ESHB 2015)
- Unemployment Insurance for Striking Workers (ESSB 5041)
- Significant B&O Tax Increases (ESHB 2081)
Retailers across Washington continue to face mounting challenges as the cost of doing business in the state increases. Significant tax increases, strains on safety net programs like unemployment insurance, and growing threats from private rights of action all contribute to an increasingly difficult environment. These policy choices ultimately affect consumer affordability, limiting the ability of retailers to keep prices down, hire and retain workers, and invest in communities.
Please feel free to use this scorecard as a guide to understand which lawmakers are championing policies that promote a competitive, safe, and affordable retail landscape in Washington.
To view the full 2025 Consumer Affordability Scorecard, click here.
To learn more about WR’s advocacy efforts, please contact Crystal Leatherman, WR’s Director of Government Affairs, at [email protected].
