Leg-alerts 1-29-2000


BILL UPDATES  (See http://www.utguns.freeservers.com/bills

SB 37 - School Surveys (Montgomery) has passed the Senate, and is now in the House.  No voting list is yet available.  Please ask YOUR OWN Representative to OPPOSE this bill.

HB 199 - Prohibition of Gun Suits (Throckmorton)  Victory in the House!  This bill passed the House and is now in the Senate.
Those voting AGAINST this good and necessary bill were: Representatives S. Allen Arent Baca Beck Becker Bigelow Biskupski Bourdeaux Bradshaw Buffmire Carlson G. Cox Fife Frandsen Goodfellow Hansen Hendrickson Jones Morgan Siddoway G. Snow Tyler  (voting list provided by Code-Co, http://www.code-co.com)
If your Representative is on this list, please let him/her know that you don't appreciate the ANTI-GUN vote, and that s/he has permanently lost your vote.
Please ask YOUR SENATOR to SUPPORT HB 199.
 

COMMITTEE HEARINGS  (Bill analyses at http://www.utguns.freeservers.com/bills)

MONDAY JAN. 31
8 AM - House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee, Rm. 225
HB 176S2 - Weapons Restriction for Mentally Ill (G. Cox) - Please ask committee members to approve this bill ONLY if it is amended to provide that rights are revoked only during a CURRENT order of civil commitment (not for life!), and for those pleading guilty but mentally ill for FELONY offenses (no revocation of rights for misdemeanors!)
Members are:
Bud Bowman, Chair <dbowman@le.state.ut.us> 435-586-8174
Jack A. Seitz, Vice Chair <jseitz@le.state.ut.us> 435-789-0650
Loraine Pace <lpace@le.state.ut.us> 435-753-6154
Blake D. Chard, <bchard@le.state.ut.us> 801-773-7474
Carl Saunders, <csaunder@le.state.ut.us> 801-476-1110
Nora Stephens, <nstephen@le.state.ut.us> 801-825-3792
Susan Koehn, <skoehn@le.state.ut.us> 801-296-1761
David L. Hogue, <dhogue@le.state.ut.us> 801-254-1668
Perry L. Buckner, <pbuckner@le.state.ut.us> 801-964-8215
Duane Bourdeaux, <dbourdea@le.state.ut.us> 801-596-8784
Trisha Beck, <tbeck@le.state.ut.us> 801-572-2325
All can be contacted at: 801-538-1029  (Some of these legislators from outside the SL area will not be at home, but you can leave messages!)

8 AM House Judiciary Committee Rm. 223
HB 245 - Safety in Public Schools (Wright)  Please ask committee members to AMEND this bill so that its provisions apply to ALL violent crimes committed in schools, and not just "gun-related offenses".
Committee members are:
A. Lamont Tyler, Chair <atyler@le.state.ut.us> 801-272-1218
Glenn L. Way, Vice Chair <gway@le.state.ut.us> 801-798-2295
John Swallow <law@silversage.com> 801-572-8201
Katherine Bryson <kbryson@le.state.ut.us> 801-226-2061
Martin Stephens  <mstephen@le.state.ut.us>  801-731-5346
Bill Hickman <bhickman@le.state.ut.us> 435-673-2671
Chad Bennion <cbennion@le.state.ut.us> 801-281-1607
Greg Curtis  <gcurtis@le.state.ut.us> 801-943-3091
Patrice Arent <parent@le.state.ut.us> 801-272-1956
Neal Hendrickson <nhendric@le.state.ut.us> 801-969-8920
Gary Cox <gcox@le.state.ut.us> 801-967-6790
 

TUESDAY FEB. 1
3 PM - House Education Committee, Rm. 303
HB 248 - Gun Ban Schools, Churches, Residences (Jones) - PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND!
Please call committee members and ask them to OPPOSE HB 248.  Concealed carry permittees are NOT a problem.
Committee members are:
Lloyd Frandsen, Chair lfrandse@le.state.ut.us  801-254-4940
Ron Bigelow, Vice Chair, rbigelow@le.state.ut.us  801-968-4188
Jeff Alexander, jalexand@le.state.ut.us  801-375-1092
Duane Bourdeaux, dbourdea@le.state.ut.us  801-596-8784
Judy Ann Buffmire, jbuffmir@le.state.ut.us  801-266-1862
Fred J. Fife, III, ffife@le.state.ut.us,  801-521-7383
David L. Hogue, dhogue@le.state.ut.us,  801-254-1668
Bradley T. Johnson, bjohnson@le.state.ut.us  435-529-3227
Keele Johnson, kjohnson@le.state.ut.us  435-678-2077
Tammy J. Rowan, trowan@le.state.ut.us  801-224-6141
LaWanna Shurtliff, lshurtli@le.state.ut.us  801-479-0289, 801-391-7387
Matt Throckmorton, mthrockm@le.state.ut.us  801-489-8342
Bill Wright, wwright@le.state.ut.us  801-667-3333
It's especially important to call Rep. Frandsen!

No committee agendas are available for later in the week.  Stay tuned!

Thanks, as always, for your support!

Sarah
 

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