URGENT ACTION ITEM: CAMPUS-CARRY

[Charles L. Cotton]

As others have posted, HB 1893 was voted favorably from the House Public Safety Committee on 5-3 vote. Voting "yes" were Chairman Merritt, Vice-chairman Frost and Representatives Driver (Bill Author), King and Lewis. Voting "no" were Representatives Burnam, Mallory-Caraway and Rodriquez. Representative Hubert Vo "walked" on the vote. Please contact those voting "yes" and thank them for their support. House Members.


Now HB1893 moves to the House Calendars Committee. This committee decides when, and IF, the bill will come to the floor for a vote by the full House of Representatives. Please call, fax and email members of the House Calendars Committee and urge them to set HB 1893 on the House Calendar for a vote! Yeah, I know I usually discourage emails, but not on this issue. Nevertheless, calls and faxes are much more effective.

Calendars Committee Members.

Thanks,
Chas.

[Purplehood]

Is it HB1863 or HB1893?

[Charles L. Cotton]

Is it HB1863 or HB1893?

HB1893. I fixed the typo in the last paragraph.

Thanks,
Chas.

[cowboymd]

Message sent to every member of the committee. Also added a request for their support in passing this bill when it comes to vote.

[Skiprr]

I find it very handy to have PC fax capability and one of those calling plans that has no domestic long-distance charges. So I've sent faxes rather than email.

To save a bit of time for folks who might want to call or fax, below are the Committee's telephone and fax numbers at their Austin offices:

House Calendars Committee

Chair: Brian Representative McCall, (512) 463-0594, (512) 474-7512 Fax

Vice Chair: Representative Eddie Lucio III, (512) 463-0606, (512) 463-0660 Fax

Members:

Norma Chavez, (512) 463-0622, (512) 478-6755 (Fax)

Garnet Coleman, (512) 463-0524, (512) 463-1260 Fax

Byron Cook, (512) 463-0730, (512) 463-2506 Fax

Brandon Creighton, (512) 463-0726, (512) 463-8428 Fax

Charlie Geren, (512) 463-0610, (512) 463-8310 Fax

Jim Keffer, (512) 463-0656, (512) 478-8805 Fax

Lois Kolkhorst, (512) 463-0600, (512) 463-5240 Fax

Edmund Kuempel, (512) 463-0602, (512) 480-0391 Fax

Jim McReynolds, (512) 463-0490, (512) 463-9059 Fax

Allan Ritter, (512) 463-0706, (512) 480-0744 Fax

Burt Solomons, (512) 463-0478, (512) 463-2089 Fax

[BrianSW99]

Thanks for posting the fax numbers for all the members. Faxes sent.

Brian

[artx]

Emails sent. Now to work on the faxes.

[Douva]

If you want to direct committee members to more detailed information on this issue, you can suggest that they review the "Students for Concealed Carry on Campus Handbook: Texas Edition." The handbook can be downloaded here: http://www.StudentsForConcealedCarryOnCampus.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (the address links directly to a PDF of the handbook).

[Seburiel]

Well, it certainly was in-depth, though (perhaps necessarily) a bit repetitive in places.
-S.

[Greybeard]

Fax sent this morning to all 13.
Edited to add: Queen of the Paperwork says the fax number (512-480-0744) for Allen Ritter was a "no go".