Patricia Eileen Kuderer[1] (born 1958)[2] is an American politician and attorney who is serving as the 9th Insurance Commissioner of Washington since 2025.

[4] The King County Council appointed Kuderer to the Washington House of Representatives in 2015, following the resignation of Ross Hunter.

[7] In 2019, Kuderer sponsored a bill to require presidential candidates to release five years of tax returns to qualify for the Washington state primary and general election ballots.

[11] Kuderer sponsored a bill to prohibit open carry of weapons around the state Capitol and around permitted public demonstrations,[12] that was signed into law on May 12, 2021.

[13] In April 2023 Kuderer supported a bill that would ban the import, manufacture and sale of guns defined as assault weapons.