# Heather Simmons

Heather Simmons is a Democratic member of the New Jersey House for district 3.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 3
- Serving since: 2024-01-09
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5d619c98-5127-433c-99c6-adb888ab407b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5d619c98-5127-433c-99c6-adb888ab407b (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Simmons sits at −0.29 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.29 (standard error 0.02), from 69 donors and 319 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 136 bills: 136 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 66. 9.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 26 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 5670: Permits licensed hospitals to establish micro-hospitals under certain conditions. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5670/
- A 5630: Concerns school bus safety. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5630/
- A 5629: Provides same death benefits to SPRS members who die by suicide as those who die in performance of duty. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5629/
- A 5631: Exempts law enforcement body worn camera recordings from disclosure under State's open public records law under certain circumstances. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5631/
- A 5599: Requires Campus Sexual Assault Commission to host certain educational events; requires Office of Secretary of Higher Education to build capacity for… (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5599/
- A 5587: "Emergency Crop Loss Relief Act of 2026"; appropriates $60 million. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5587/
- AR 155: Recognizes loneliness as public health crisis. (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/AR155/
- A 5528: Expands eligibility of tuition benefits for eligible children and surviving spouses of certain public safety workers. (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5528/
- A 5529: Requires public school employee to be natural person. (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5529/
- A 5530: Requires substance use disorder treatment centers to provide opioid antidote to certain patients upon discharge. (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5530/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $298.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 72% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/460/assemblywoman-simmons
- X: https://x.com/Heathersimmons4
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AswHeatherSimmons
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heather.simmons.3323
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-simmons-b3288910/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5d619c98-5127-433c-99c6-adb888ab407b