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1) The linked HB deals with education, and from 2015.
2) HB 1390 deals with LFOs. Maybe the right one?

Also, Relevant ACLU info
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@3 Thanks for catching. Link fixed.
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Washington Appleseed (upstream legal pro bono solutions) is all over this. Check them out.
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Thanks @4, I hadn't heard of them before.
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A serious issue given illumination. Thanks @Syd.
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Another thing that would help is for the Legislature to stop allowing courts/counties to add extra fees on top of the statutory fines for minor offenses, and stop doing so itself. A fine of a few hundred dollars can turn into much more than that after the plea paperwork is all said and done. As to the loss of a revenue source, as a practical matter many defendants can't pay their fines anyway so the state never collects.
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Yes, that's good.

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