Margarita Lopez Prentice was a Washington state legislator.
16 Facts About Margarita Prentice
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Margarita Prentice was trained at St Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing in Phoenix, Arizona and attended the University of Washington.
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Margarita Prentice was elected to the Washington House of Representatives in 1988, taking office the following January.
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Margarita Prentice served until 1992, when she was elected to the Washington State Senate, taking office in January 1993.
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Margarita Prentice was the current Chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
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Margarita Prentice was the former chair and current member of the Senate Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee and serves on the Labor, Commerce, Research and Development Committee.
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Margarita Prentice served as an ex-officio member of the Washington State Gambling Commission.
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On June 7,2006, legislation that Margarita Prentice pushed through made it illegal to gamble on-line in Washington state.
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In 1995, Margarita Prentice was a sponsor of SB 5503 which directed the Washington Department of Housing to begin reporting on the status of temporary worker housing conditions and to develop livable and decent temporary worker housing in Washington State.
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Margarita Prentice was the prime sponsor of a bill providing for the exclusion of veterans benefits from the income calculation for the retired person property tax relief program.
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Margarita Prentice sponsored legislation transitioning credit unions to federal share insurance while serving as the chair of the Senate Financial Institutions Committee.
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Margarita Prentice is a fund raising heavy hitter for herself and for the State Democratic party.
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August 2008 Washington Public Disclosure Commission records show that Margarita Prentice raised more than $231,000 in the 2008 election year reporting period.
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Margarita Prentice attended Phoenix College; Youngstown State University, St Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing in Phoenix and the University of Washington.
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Margarita Prentice served as a member of the Renton school board.
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Margarita Prentice died at the age of 88 at her home in Bryn Mawr on April 2,2019.