Greetings Friends,
SB306, the plastic bag bill, is moving in committee. We need your help contacting members of the Senate Environmental Preservation & Conservation Committee to ask for their support. The Committee will be voting on the bag bill on Wednesday, January 20th at 1:30pm.
Please call the members of this committee and ask them to vote YES on SB306, Disposable Plastic Bags.
Click here for talking points here.
Click here to view the bill.
Please contact the following committee members and voice your support for SB306:
Senator Dean, Chair: 850-487-5005 (please thank him for putting the bill on the agenda!)
Senator Simpson, Vice Chair: 850-487-5018
Senator Altman: 850-487-5016
Senator Evers: 850-487-5002
Senator Hays: 850-487-5011
Senator Hutson: 850-487-5006
Senator Simmons: 850-487-5010
Senator Smith: 850-487-5031
Senator Soto: 850-487-5014 (please thank him for co-sponsoring the bill)
You can also reach the committee members by email:
dean.charles.web@flsenate.gov, simpson.wilton.web@flsenate.gov, altman.thad.web@flsenate.gov, evers.greg.web@flsenate.gov, hays.alan.web@flsenate.gov, hutson.travis.web@flsenate.gov, simmons.david.web@flsenate.gov, smith.chris.web@flsenate.gov, soto.darren.web@flsenate.gov
Join us in Tallahassee!
Please consider joining us in Tallahassee to speak in support of this bill on Wednesday, January 20th at 1:30pm in the Mallory Horne Committee Room (37 Senate Office Building). If you're traveling to Tallahassee, sick around for Surfrider Foundation's Lobby Day on Thursday, January 21st. We'll be advocating for the bag bill, cigarette litter reform, and much more! Details and registration here.
Sincerely,
Holly Parker
Florida Regional Manager
Surfrider Foundation
