[NFBWATlk] State and national legislative update

[Marci Carpenter]


Hi Rachael,

There are a few exceptions, including when there are “differences between the houses”. This bill wa amended in the Senate after the house passed it so I believe it is still alive. I have emailed one of my reps to verify that. 

Thanks,

Marci

> On Mar 5, 2022, at 5:51 PM, Rachael Ludwick <rachael at ilkjar.com> wrote:
> Marci,
> 
> I saw that they didn't bring ESHB 1852 to the floor yesterday before 5PM and I thought that one had to be voted on by then. Is it still alive then? I was sad they hadn't voted on it and thought that was it (this session).
> 
> Rachael
> 
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2022, at 13:09, Marci Carpenter via NFBWATlk wrote:
>> Greetings,
>> 
>> Below are some Legislative updates. We will be forming an NFB of 
>> Washington Legislative Committee this year. If you are interested in 
>> learning more about and working on local, state and national 
>> legislation please contact me at 206-604-5507 or mjc59 at comcast.net. 
>> Any member of our affiliate can serve on this committee. You don’t need 
>> a lot of knowledge about how legislation gets passed. We will be 
>> holding legislative seminars during the year and at our state 
>> convention in November.
>> 
>> State legislation:
>> Contact your state Senators now. ESHB 1852, the prescription drug label 
>> bill, was passed out of the Senate Rules Committee and is now on the 
>> list of bills to be voted on by the entire state Senate. They have not 
>> voted on it yet. The Senate meets again at 10 AM this Monday morning. 
>> We need everyone to contact your Senators and tell them you want them 
>> to vote on this bill and you want it to pass. The last day of this 
>> legislative session is this Thursday, March 10. Here is a link to the 
>> state Senate webpage where you can find your senator and their contact 
>> information: https://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Senators/Pages/default.aspx
>> Although bills are listed in a certain order they aren’t following that 
>> order so we do not know exactly when they will hold the vote on our 
>> bill. If you want to watch the Senate floor debate on Monday you can go 
>> to https://tvw.org/
>> 
>> National legislation:
>> We have made great progress on our national legislation. We have added 
>> cosponsors since Washington Seminar but we still need you to contact 
>> several members of Congress and ask them to cosponsor our legislation. 
>> Below is a list of our bills in Congress along with the names of 
>> Congresspeople and Senators from Washington state who are cosponsoring 
>> them. If your Congressperson is on this list please call or email them 
>> and thank them for cosponsoring our legislation. If they are not on the 
>> list please contact them and ask them to cosponsor our bills.
>> 
>> HR 431, Access Technology Affordability Act Cosponsors:
>> Suzan DelBene
>> Rick Larsen
>> Jaime Herrera Beutler
>> Cathy McMorris Rodgers
>> Derek Kilmer
>> 
>> S 212
>> Patty Murray
>> 
>> HR 4853, Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act cosponsors:
>> Jaime Herrera Beutler
>> Adam Smith
>> 
>> No Senate bill yet
>> 
>> HR 2373, Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act cosponsors:
>> Suzan DelBene,
>> Jaime Herrera Beutler
>> Cathy McMorris Rodgers
>> Derek Kilmer
>> 
>> S 3238, no Washington state cosponsors at this time
>> 
>> Twenty-First Century Websites and Applications Access Act:
>> We don’t have bills introduced yet but it’s still important to 
>> encourage members of Congress to support this when it gets introduced.
>> 
>> Congressional offices keep track of how many people contact them in 
>> support of bills.
>> 
>> Ways to contact your Senators and Representatives:
>> 1. Call the US Capitol switchboard at 202-225-3121 and they will 
>> connect you to the offices.
>> 2. Go to https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative 
>> to find your Representative and their contact information.
>> 
>> If you want to monitor our national legislation and find out how many 
>> cosponsors there are on a given bill go to https://www.congress.gov/
>> This website has a search box where you can type in any legislation, 
>> such as “HR 431“, and learn about the cosponsors and the bill’s 
>> progress.
>> 
>> Stay tuned for more updates.
>> 
>> Marci Carpenter
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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