Here’s an e-mail I just received from Hill Carmichael at http://www.gbm.org. Please take a moment and look it over and pass it on. Cheers.
GREAT NEWS!!! Yesterday, the Senate Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics and Elections Committee passed a substitute of Senate Bill 52 (Citizens Convention Bill) out of committee on a unanimous 10-0 vote. The substitute bill of SB52 is very similar with the following changes:
- Strengthened the Ballot question to include that the people would vote on any recommendation made by a Convention, Yes or No – this is already required by Amendment 714, passed in 2002
- Changed the age requirement for the delegate to18 years of age, rather than 21 years of age as currently required for Representatives.
- Removed the findings of Section 1 found in the original bill
- Senator Bedford amended the substitute bill to include several of the Findings in Section 1 that had been removed
To view the original SB52 and the substitute SB52, please visit www.constitutionalreform.org.
The bill now goes to the Senate Rules Committee for scheduling on the Senate floor. It is crucial that we contact the Senators on the Rules Committee TODAY and urge them to give Substitute SB52 priority! Below you will find the contact information for the members of the Senate Rules Committee.
Thanks to all of you for your extraordinary efforts! Now, let’s pick up those phones and call our Senators!
Hill
Senate Rules Committee:
Chair, Vice Chair & Ranking Minority Member
Jim Preuitt (D) District 11, Chair
H 256-362-5253 Talladega
S.H. Rm. 729-B, 334-242-7898
Pat Lindsey (D) District 22, Deputy Chair
O 251-459-2478
H 251-459-3508 Butler
S.H. Rm. 721, 334-242-7843
Roger Bedford (D) District 6, Vice Chair
O 256-332-2880
H 334-256-332-7709 Russelville
S.H. Rm. 730-B, 334-242-7862
Members
Lowell Barron (D) District 8
H 256-638-1982 Fyffe
S.H. Rm. 726-B, 334-242-7858
Jack Biddle (R) District 17
H 205-631-4591
O 205-945-6551
S.H. Rm. 722-B, 334-242-7846
Tom Butler (D) District 2
O 256-837-8374 Madison
S.H. Rm. 733-C, 334-242-7854
Gerald Dial (D) District 13
O 256-396-5600
H 256-396-5626 Lineville
S.R. Rm. 735-A, 334-242-7882
Larry Means (D) District 10
O 256-547-6386
H 256-538-2014 Gadsden
S.H. Rm. 729-A, 334-242-7857
Hap Myers (R) District 34
O 251-471-6549
O 251-342-5199 Mobile
S.H. Rm. 735-B, 334-242-7886
Tommy Robert (D) District 3
O 256-773-2854
H 256-776-3618 Hartselle
S.H. Rm. 534-C, 334-773-2854
Hank Sanders (D) District 23
O 334-875-9264
H 334-875-1395 Selma
S.H. Rm. 730-A, 334-242-7860
Roger Smitherman (D) District 18
O 205-322-0012
H 205-322-3768 Birmingham
S.H. Rm. 732-A, 334-242-7870
Zeb Little (D) District 4 Majority Leader
O 205-934-2693
H 256-734-6348
S.H. Rm. 736-A, 334-242-7855
Jabo Waggoner, Jr. (R) District 16
O 2O5-969-7524
H 205-822-7443
S.H. Rm. 7 37-C, 334-242-7892
