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House Passes Simmons Bill to Provide Relief from Legal Financial Obligations for Low-Income People | February 10, 2022
OLYMPIA – Legislation to allow judges to waive legal financial obligations for those unable to pay them passed the Washington House of Representatives today with a vote of 70-24. Legal…
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House gives bipartisan OK to legislation standardizing charity hospital billing practices throughout the state | February 5, 2022
Lawmakers in Olympia are considering legislation to level the playing field for hospital patients throughout the state. SIMMONS: “Two point two million Washingtonians, the constituents, the people that we are…
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Simmons Named 2021 Legislator of the Year by the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Washington | December 13, 2021
OLYMPIA – Rep. Tarra Simmons (D-East Bremerton) was named the 2021 Legislator of the Year by the Washington chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Each year NAMI…
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Simmons Named a 2021 Behavioral Health Champion by the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Washington | August 17, 2021
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 | May 11, 2021
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…
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Rep. Simmons’ voting-rights bill signed into law | April 8, 2021
“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….
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Simmons bills gain bipartisan support in state House | March 2, 2021
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…
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Simmons’ voting-rights bill OK’d by House | February 24, 2021
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…
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Rep. Simmons’ bill to restore voting rights advances in state House | January 22, 2021
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…
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