Candidate for Washington State Senate - District 28 in 2020 Washington General Election.
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Get StartedAnd Senator O’Ban stands up for women’s health. He has worked for improved breast cancer screening and authored a law to reduce pregnancy-related deaths. He authored a new policy which extends health care to postpartum moms so they can get the care they need for up 12 months. This year he opposed a measure to reduce the penalty for someone who intentionally and knowingly infects a woman with HIV…from a felony to a misdemeanor. Sadly, a Seattle-centric majority voted for this law, but Steve will work next year to reverse this bad decision. Learn more
He supported education funding (additional $4.5 billion, a 30-year high) and the biggest college tuition cut ever – without raising taxes! There is still much to be done to ensure this money makes it to the classroom where it will improve student learning. But we are finally on the right track after decades of diverting revenues away from schools to lesser priorities. Learn more
Steve has tackled homelessness, mental health, and addiction. As the ranking member of the committee responsible for these issues, he has made this a top priority. He sponsored the CARE Act, a bill that would insist on help for chronic offenders who are incapable and unwilling of caring for themselves. He authored Joel’s Law that gives parents the right to seek mental health care for their children when the local bureaucrat refuses to provide care. Steve believes that we simply cannot allow people with addictions and mental health problems to go without care and turn to crime. Learn more
In only his first few years in the Senate, Senator O’Ban won funding to fix I-5 congestion at JBLM…helping to keep the base off the closure list, and protecting thousands of jobs. He is working to “exit” Pierce County from the Sound Transit property, car tabs and sales taxes (ST3) so our tax dollars go to fund transit and roads here, not trains in Seattle. And he is fighting to have your voice heard for $30 car tabs without raising taxes. Learn more
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