Karen M. Peterson

Republican · House District 13 · House Rules Vice Chair

6bills written, 6 passedTypical House member: 7 written, 4 passed 0budget requests funded, of 1Typical House member: 0 of 1 8Senate bills carriedTypical House member: 3 10%of floor votes missedTypical House member: 7%5%of votes against their partyTypical House member: 4%152times on the record

“Typical” is the median of all 74 House members in the 2026 General Session.

Bills they wrote

Bills where Rep. Karen M. Peterson is the main sponsor: they brought the bill and presented it.

H.B. 143 Special Education Amendments · Became law
H.B. 236 Truth in Taxation Amendments · Became law
H.B. 242 Initiative and Referendum Signature Gathering and Removal Amendments · Became law
H.B. 352 Higher Education Alignment · Became law
H.B. 373 Higher Education Innovation · Became law
H.B. 425 Local Government Fees Amendments · Became law

Bills they carried in the House

Bills written by a member of the Senate that Karen M. Peterson sponsored and presented once they reached the House (the “floor sponsor”).

S.B. 1 Higher Education Base Budget · Became law
S.B. 195 Workforce Development · Became law
S.B. 216 Higher Education Performance and Enrollment Funding · Became law
S.B. 241 Early Literacy · Became law
S.B. 244 Cardiac Emergency Response Plans in Schools · Became law
S.B. 251 Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination · Became law
S.B. 258 Infant at Work Amendments · Did not pass
S.B. 324 Outcome-based Investment Grant Pilot Framework · Became law

Budget requests (RFAs)

Besides writing bills, legislators can ask the budget committees to fund a program or project with a Request for Appropriation. Here is each one Rep. Karen M. Peterson sponsored in the 2026 General Session, and what the final budget gave it.

Proxima Career Access Support Not funded
Higher Education · asked for $475,000 · official request

From the Legislature's budget system (COBI) and the RFA forms filed with each budget subcommittee.