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Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Rush on June 08, 2022, 04:40:15 AM

Title: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Rush on June 08, 2022, 04:40:15 AM
If you have a complaint about a state law, who do you write to besides your state representative?  Is there any point to writing to the AG?  The governor?
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on June 08, 2022, 04:44:38 AM
know any people at newspapers... people that you would trust?


I know, I know.... I crack myself up.
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Rush on June 08, 2022, 05:05:41 AM
know any people at newspapers... people that you would trust?


I know, I know.... I crack myself up.

Hahahaha!  Good one!  No, I wouldn’t get media involved anyway. It would just be a politcial sling fest.
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Anthony on June 08, 2022, 05:38:20 AM
If you have a complaint about a state law, who do you write to besides your state representative?  Is there any point to writing to the AG?  The governor?

There may be some type of advocacy or lobbying group you can go to depending on the issue(s).
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Rush on June 08, 2022, 05:41:43 AM
There may be some type of advocacy or lobbying group you can go to depending on the issue(s).

Nope. There are none that aren’t extreme partisan one way or the other.  I need to communicate intelligent facts.
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Anthony on June 08, 2022, 06:05:13 AM
Nope. There are none that aren’t extreme partisan one way or the other.  I need to communicate intelligent facts.

Sorry.  State Rep then. 
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Number7 on June 08, 2022, 06:48:12 AM
If you have a complaint about a state law, who do you write to besides your state representative?  Is there any point to writing to the AG?  The governor?

Every state legislature has a speaker of the house.
The speaker usually has someone on their staff that handles writing laws to be discussed in the forthcoming legislative session.
That person answers to the speaker and the party in control of the house.
Thru the speaker's office is often the fastest way to propose a new law.
The second fastest route is usually the appropriate committee chairman for that bill.
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Rush on June 08, 2022, 06:48:49 AM
Sorry.  State Rep then.

That’s what I figure but I looked up all the authors and sponsors of the bill.  I suppose I could snail mail them all, even the ones that don’t represent me, just to tell them what stupid idiots they are.  It’s hard to email any that aren’t your rep, at least I’ve had trouble.  I can’t find an email address and to email from the web form they make you type in your physical address.  If they don’t represent you they don’t want to hear from you. Fuck them.  I’m going to make them open a paper letter.
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Rush on June 08, 2022, 06:49:13 AM
Every state legislature has a speaker of the house.
The speaker usually has someone on their staff that handles writing laws to be discussed in the forthcoming legislative session.
That person answers to the speaker and the party in control of the house.
Thru the speaker's office is often the fastest way to propose a new law.
The second fastest route is usually the appropriate committee chairman for that bill.

Good info.  Thanks! 

Edit:  this is a bill that’s already passed though.
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Anthony on June 08, 2022, 06:55:33 AM
Every state legislature has a speaker of the house.
The speaker usually has someone on their staff that handles writing laws to be discussed in the forthcoming legislative session.
That person answers to the speaker and the party in control of the house.
Thru the speaker's office is often the fastest way to propose a new law.
The second fastest route is usually the appropriate committee chairman for that bill.

Senate President Pro Tempore's office (Pro Tem) as well. 
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Rush on June 08, 2022, 07:00:20 AM
Senate President Pro Tempore's office (Pro Tem) as well.

Interesting.  I know nothing of that office but look at wiki.  Go down the list.  Texas indeed seems to be shifting more red according to this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_pro_tempore_of_the_Texas_Senate
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Number7 on June 08, 2022, 07:22:02 AM
Senate President Pro Tempore's office (Pro Tem) as well.
In Florida the Senate President Pro Tempore is mostly ceremonial as far as pushing or amending legislation.
Don't know about Texas.
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Rush on June 08, 2022, 07:37:40 AM
In Florida the Senate President Pro Tempore is mostly ceremonial as far as pushing or amending legislation.
Don't know about Texas.

Amending.  That’s what I want.  I’m not going to get into details, something personal came up that made me realize a recent law is very flawed and needs to change.  Suffice to say there are massively stupid fucks in both main parties.  Probably the Libertarian party too but I’m ignoring them for now.  I’m sick of them all.
Title: Re: Who to contact about a law?
Post by: Anthony on June 08, 2022, 11:09:39 AM
In Florida the Senate President Pro Tempore is mostly ceremonial as far as pushing or amending legislation.
Don't know about Texas.

Not in PA.   But yeah,  check your state.