OLYMPIA – Rep. Tarra Simmons (D-East Bremerton) was named a 2021 Behavioral Health Champion by the Washington branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Each year NAMI Washington…
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Simmons bills improving homecare and behavioral health system signed
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee put his signature Monday (May 10) on a pair of bills with the potential to improve the lives of Washingtonians in virtually every community in…
Rep. Simmons’ voting-rights bill signed into law
“A giant step for civil rights” OLYMPIA – In a remote ceremony required by COVID-19 safety measures, Gov. Jay Inslee today signed House Bill 1078, a measure sponsored by Rep….
Simmons bills gain bipartisan support in state House
OLYMPIA – State Rep. Tarra Simmons saw two of her prime-sponsored bills pass out of the House of Representatives Monday (Mar. 1) with bipartisan majority votes. Both bills will now…
Simmons’ voting-rights bill OK’d by House
OLYMPIA — The state House passed a key civil-rights bill Wednesday in virtual Olympia, opting to automatically restore voting rights to persons who have been released from full incarceration by…
23rd-District Legislative E-News: Week 5
Advocating for a safe reopening without unnecessary delays I’d like to see every business in the 23rd district thriving, every employee putting in solid hours and taking home a fair…
Rep. Simmons’ bill to restore voting rights advances in state House
OLYMPIA – The House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations on Thursday took a significant step toward automatically restoring the right to vote to formerly incarcerated citizens no longer…
23rd-District Legislative News
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Today I did something that for a long time I would not have thought possible. At noon Monday, January 11, 2021, I was privileged and humbled…