Timothy Sean Ormsby (born June 17, 1959) is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the

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, and represents Washington's third district since 2003. Ormsby went to North Central High School in

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. His brother, Michael C. Ormsby, was the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington. In 2018, Ormsby was charged with a

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after rolling his Jeep, however that charge was dropped in exchange for his guilty plea to reckless driving. The next year he blocked a bill that would have made receiving four (4) DUIs in a fifteen (15) year period a felony offense. In 2025, Ormsby, along with Rep. Mia Gregerson(D-Seatac), sponsored House Bill 1475 proposing to cut the bonuses for certified Washington state teachers.

Awards and honors

Ormsby was one of four recipients of the 2009 Fuse "Sizzle" Awards Mother Jones Award. The award honored the lawmakers for their leadership of a coalition of conservation and labor legislators.

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* Living people Democratic Party members of the Washington House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Washington State Legislature 1959 births {{Washington-WARepresentative-stub