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If you are in the Senator's district, and/or if you heard his position from a radio broadcast or from his office, then there's nothing to worry about.

Chas.

PLEASE do not contact Senator Duncan about campus-carry!

Chas.

ScubaSigGuy wrote:I just hung up with Sen. Shapiro's office in Austin (her local Allen office directed me there) and I was told that they "cannot speak to toward the senator's position on either bill". I was then told that they are taking comments from constituents and compiling a database on both bills for the senator's use considering her position.

I left my contact info and he noted my support and comments.

If you are in Shapiro's district please call her office in Austin at 512-463-0108 and express your support.

She is a former public school teacher so she may be sensitive to 1164. It might be a good idea to script your comments before calling if you are not used to being quoted.

A lot of people are doing just this. This is why it is so important to keep calling on a weekly basis, until your Senator and Representative sign-on. I probably shouldn't say this, but we do have commitments from some people to vote for the bills, but they won't sign-on. Regardless, we need to keep calling because it gives them cover when the opposition really puts on the pressure. This is especially true with the parking lot bills, since the business and chemical industry lobby is throwing so much money around. The only way we win this battle is to put more votes on the line than they can put money.

Chas.

Rep. Joe Driver, author of campus-security (a/k/a campus-carry) is really working that bill. He now has 51 co-authors!! That's up 8 from Wednesday. That doesn't include the 4 joint authors (that's the limit).

Chas.

We picked up one more House co-author on HB1301 (parking lots) and twelve more co-authors on HB1893 (campus-carry). Great job Rep. Joe Driver!!!

I'm going to include the dates each Senator and Representative signed-on to the bill, but I'll add this only as changes are made.

Chas.

Purplehood wrote:How do you tell which Senators and Representatives have signed onto a particular piece of legislation?

The most accurate way is to click on the bill number, as I have made them links to the bill on the legislative website. I've also added a list of people who have signed-on to each bill, but I can only update it once or twice a day. So it's possible additional people have signed-on that are not on my list. For this reason, I strongly suggest that check the official list before contacting your Senator or Representative.

Chas.

It's time for us to get to work! I get a lot of PMs and emails every session asking how people can help get our bills passed. The power of the NRA and TSRA lies in our ability to get our members to respond to calls for action with phone calls and faxes at the right time. This will happen periodically throughout the session.

Well, we need your help now. The House and Senate bill authors for both the employer parking lots and campus-carry bills are working hard to get co-authors. Below are links to each bill's authors/ co-authors. Please check to see if your Senator and Representative has "sign-on" to the bill and call to thank them if they have and ask them to do so if they have not. The Senate parking lot bill SB730 needs a lot of help, we have only one co-author. I will include my standard request to be nice and respectful, that's the Texas way. (Hint to foreigners.)

You can identify your Senator and Representative and get their phone numbers from this link. Just fill in the information on the "Who Represents Me?" section. If you already know your Senator and Representative, you can get their phone numbers by clicking here for House Members and here for Senators and clicking on the appropriate name.

Please get your friends and family members to do likewise. For those of you who frequent other forums, it would be helpful if you would post something referring those folks to this post, or copy it in total with a link to this thread. I'll be updating it periodically. I don't have time to go to a lot of other boards now and I need your help so we can get the biggest response possible.

Thanks,
Chas.

Employer Parking Lots

• SB730 (Hegar, R, A+)
  HB1301 (Frost, D, A+)

Campus Security (a/k/a campus-carry)

• SB1164 (Wentworth, A+)
  HB1893 (Driver, A+)

Here are the authors and co-authors signed-on to each bill as of 3/2/09 @ 14:43 This information is provided as a quick reference, but it is strongly suggested that you check the link above to verify your Senator or Representative hasn't signed-on before you contact their offices. I will update this list as often as possible, but I cannot guarantee it is not outdated.

Employer Parking Lot Bills

SB730 Authors/Co-authors

• Primary Author Hegar
  
  Coauthors (1)
  Eltife 02/17/2009

HB1301 Authors/Co-authors

• Primary Author - Frost
  
  Joint Authors
  • Farabee
    Lucio III
    McReynolds
    Driver
  Coauthors (27)
  • Anderson
    Berman
    Bonnen
    Brown, Betty
    Christian
    Crabb
    Davis, John
    Eiland
    Eissler
    Elkins
    England
    Fletcher
    Flynn
    Gattis
    Hardcastle
    Harper-Brown
    Howard, Charlie
    Hughes
    Jackson, Jim
    Kleinschmidt
    Kuempel
    Laubenberg
    Orr
    Riddle
    Sheffield
    Smith, Wayne
    Swinford

Campus-Security Bills (a/k/a campus-carry)

SB1164

• Primary Authors
  • Wentworth
    Deuell
    Eltife
    Estes
    Fraser
    Harris
    Hegar
    Hinojosa
    Lucio
    Patrick, Dan
    Williams

HB1893

• Primary Author - Driver
  
  Joint Authors
  • McReynolds
    Kolkhorst
    Ortiz, Jr.
    Merritt
  
  Coauthors (51)
  • Anderson - 03/02/2009
    Berman - 03/02/2009
    Bohac - 03/03/2009
    Brown, Betty - 03/02/2009
    Button - 03/04/2009
    Callegari - 03/03/2009
    Chisum - 03/02/2009
    Corte - 03/03/2009
    Crabb - 03/03/2009
    Darby - 03/04/2009
    Davis, John - 03/03/2009
    Eissler - 03/04/2009
    England - 03/03/2009
    Fletcher - 03/04/2009
    Flores - 03/03/2009
    Flynn - 03/02/2009
    Frost - 03/04/2009
    Geren - 03/03/2009
    Guillen - 03/04/2009
    Hamilton - 03/04/2009
    Herrero - 03/04/2009
    Hopson - 03/02/2009
    Howard, Charlie - 03/03/2009
    Hunter - 03/05/2009
    Isett - 03/04/2009
    Jackson, Jim - 03/03/2009
    Keffer - 03/05/2009
    King, Phil - 03/02/2009
    King, Tracy O. - 03/02/2009
    Kleinschmidt - 03/03/2009
    Kuempel - 03/03/2009
    Laubenberg - 03/04/2009
    Legler - 03/05/2009
    Lucio III - 03/04/2009
    Madden - 03/02/2009
    Martinez, "Mando" - 03/03/2009
    Miller, Doug - 03/03/2009
    Miller, Sid - 03/05/2009
    Orr - 03/05/2009
    Otto - 03/03/2009
    Paxton - 03/04/2009
    Pena - 03/02/2009
    Phillips - 03/05/2009
    Quintanilla - 03/02/2009
    Riddle - 03/05/2009
    Sheffield - 03/02/2009
    Smith, Wayne - 03/03/2009
    Swinford - 03/05/2009
    Taylor - 03/02/2009
    Truitt - 03/02/2009
    Weber - 03/03/2009