STATE GOVERNMENT
Tell your senator: Stop punishing the poor for their poverty!
TAKE A STAND! Senators in Olympia need to hear from you! Click here to send an email to your State Senator urging him or her to vote on HB 1390 and to vote YES. Right now, less than half of restitution is collected by victims. HB 1390 reforms this ineffective system to promote the successful re-entry of people who have committed crimes and enables them to become productive citizens who will pay victims’ restitution.
HB 1390 is supported by dozens of groups representing unions, community, legal, faith, social and racial justice. Every State Representative from both parties voted YES on it, and HB 1390 has now passed two different Senate committees. But it has only until Friday, March 4 to pass the full Senate, or it will die — as it did last year — due to inaction. Don’t let that happen! Send this email TODAY urging a vote on HB 1390 and your Senator’s support of this important legislation!