Washington House · District 23, Position 1
Tarra Simmons
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Tarra Simmons's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for Washington House District 23, Position 1.
Also on the ballot: Daria Ilgen (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Tarra Simmons.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Tarra Simmons.
Bills
The bills Tarra Simmons sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 26 |
| Passed both chambers | 5 |
| Became law | 5 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 27 of 98 in the House (tied with 10 others) · 24 of 59 Democrats (tied with 9 others)
A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor, the legislator who introduced it; co-sponsors aren't counted.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| HB 2339 Concerning the regulation of nursing. (CORRECTED COPY) |
Became law | March 23, 2026 |
| HB 2340 Applying substance use disorder monitoring program provisions to nursing assistants |
Became law | March 16, 2026 |
| HB 1432 Improving access to appropriate mental health and substance use disorder services |
Became law | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 1706 Aligning the implementation of application programming interfaces for prior authorization with federal guidelines |
Became law | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 1234 Concerning the mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers advisory committee |
Became law | April 7, 2025 |
Budget projects
Washington's budget acts don't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Washington legislators.
Contested votes where they split
19 against the Speaker; 14 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Tarra Simmons voted on each of the 1,201 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Speaker | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- leg.wa.gov
- tarra.simmons@leg.wa.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 429A, Legislative Building P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504
360-786-7934
Committees
- Community Safety Vice chair
- Health Care and Wellness
- Rules
- Technology, Economic Development and Veterans
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Washington State Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the Washington State Legislature's roll-call records, Jan. 24, 2025 to March 12, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections