Jan 17, 2024
Greetings friends and neighbors! We will be holding five town halls over the next three months to answer your questions and keep you in the loop on what your state government is up to. Two will be virtual and three in-person. Please join us! All town halls will be...
Mar 30, 2022
Adjournment / Vetoes We were on the floor until midnight Friday when finally every bill had been voted on. I moved to adjourn sine die to end the session, but my motion was defeated on a near party-line vote as the GOP wanted to remain in session to potentially...
Mar 9, 2022
Librarians HB666 just passed the house on Monday. It provides that librarians, teachers and museum workers can face up to a year in jail for providing “material harmful to a minor.” It is not clear what this encompasses, but the statutory language would...
Feb 24, 2022
Voting There are at least three voting restriction bills coming through right now. HB547 makes it a crime to deliver someone else’s ballot if they are not in your family / household. I am very concerned about this bill, which was opposed by disability advocates,...
Feb 17, 2021
Power plays Much of the first half of session has centered around shifting power from the Governor to the Legislature, from health districts to the Legislature, from local government to the Legislature, and from voters to the Legislature. Noticing a pattern here?...
Feb 4, 2021
Cannabis legislation Yesterday the Senate passed a proposed constitutional amendment, SJR101, that would create a permanent ban on all cannabis, including for medical purposes. Unless we were to act fast to legalize it, this amendment would also put a permanent ban on...
