FYI ----- Forwarded message from Sen Boquist <[email protected]> ----- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 00:31:23 +0000 From: Sen Boquist <[email protected]> Subject: your legislative request To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Dear Mr. Pearl As you are aware, Senator Boquist has introduced your bill request in the Oregon State Senate. The bill number is SB 166 and has been assigned to the Rules Committee. Senator Boquist urges you to contact the committee chairman and the committee members requesting a hearing on the bill. When the hearing is scheduled, you will be expected to come to Salem to testify and he would urge you to have friends and others who support your concept to also contact the committee chairman for the hearing as well as to testify either in person or by letter (email correspondence is very acceptable). Written support for the bill can be submitted to the committee administrator. The Oregon legislation Information system (OLIS) which you can access on the Oregon Legislatures home page or at https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1 categorizes a wealth of information on the legislature, the bills, the committees and legislator contact information in four areas: Session Day- clicking on this icon, you have the choice of choosing which legislative session you wish to look at. For this legislative session click on the 2015 session. The page will show you the calendar for the current day, which committees are meeting, where they are meeting and the agenda. Bill- this icon allows you to look up bills by its number, topic areas or by sponsor. When you click on the bill, the specific information on the bill will appear including an overview, current status, scheduled events, proposed amendments and a history of the bill including where it currently resides. Committee- clicking on this icon allows you to look at each legislative committee, the members of the committee, the committee administrator, committee meeting times and locations, the bills that are assigned to the committee and the agenda(s). To contact a committee member, click on the name and the address, phone number and email address will be shown. Reports- this area provides information on status reports, measure indexes and floor letters. Make sure you sign up for email notification to receive an email any time the status of your bill changes. Your involvement with the bill is critical to its success. If you have questions, please call. Jim Williams Legislative Assistant Senator Brian Boquist Oregon Senate District 12 503 986 1712 [email protected] ----- End forwarded message -----
