http://apps. leg.wa.gov/ billinfo/ summary.aspx? bill=5234
Here's how you can help!
The following are the 1st steps that we can all take to let people know that we support shared parenting.
We have till Friday at 8 am to make an impact!
1) Pick up your telephone and call each and every one of the senators on the list below and also contact the committee hot line. Call their phone numbers, fax them and then click on the links by their names to send them an email.
If they ask you if you are a constituent, you can say, "that's not the issue here, the point is that this bill should have been passed out of committee last year and needs to be moved onto the floor for a vote
by ALL the legislature this year! This committee must take my comments and put this bill to a vote NOW!"
If you are from WA, then even if you are not that senators constituent, you have a right to be heard with your request that they pass this out of committee, so that your senator and rep can vote on it!
Human Services & Corrections Committee - Telephone:
1-800-562-6000
http://www.leg. wa.gov/Senate/ Committees/ HSC
James Hargrove - Chair (D) (360) 786-7646
http://www.leg. wa.gov/Senate/ hargrove
Debbie Regala - Vice Chair (D) (360) 786-7652
http://www.leg. wa.gov/Senate/ regala
Val Stevens - Ranking Minority Member (R) (360)
786-7676 http://www.leg. wa.gov/Senate/ stevens
Dale Brandland (R) (360) 786-7682
http://www.leg. wa.gov/Senate/ brandland
Mike Carrell (bill co-sponsor and major supporter,
tell this senator THANKS!!) (R) (360) 786-7654
http://www.leg. wa.gov/Senate/ carrell
Chris Marr (D) (360) 786-7610
http://www.leg. wa.gov/Senate/ marr
Rosemary McAuliffe (D) (360) 786-7600
http://www.leg. wa.gov/Senate/ mcauliffe
Then, you contact your rep and senator and ask them to pressure this committee to pass this bill to the floor....you can find your particular rep and senator here:
http://apps. leg.wa.gov/ DistrictFinder/ Default.aspx
THEN contact your friends and family and ask them to do the same!
The more calls, faxes and emails they get, the better they will hear our voices and understand the benefits shared parenting offers families in Washington state
(and the less chance that they will table this bill and not vote on it again this year.)!
Senate Bill 5234 is being heard on January 26 in Olympia at 8AM, in the Cherberg Senate Building. You can come to the capital and sit in the audience or you may choose to testify to tell your story to the legislators on how shared parenting could impact your family.
A companion bill in the house has yet to be introduced but is expected as early as next week, once that ball is in play, I will have you do the exact same steps for the House bill, to a different committee.
Please, now go tie up the phone lines!
Shared Parenting Works – Children Need Both Parents!