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ADVOCACY 101June 20, 2019
Linda Litzinger –Texas Parent to Parent, parent
Ellen Bauman –Governor’s committee (GCPD), parentGuests:
Amy Lou Fawell – MAMMA, parent
Thalia Seggelink – MAMMA, parent
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Introductions…
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● Name
● City
● Any advocacy experience?
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Today:
● The Texas Legislature
● Building Relationships
● Developing your advocacy game plan
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The Texas LegislatureSenate
• 31 members
• Lt Gov. Dan Patrick
-Elected via general election
-Assigns bills (16 committees).
• Committee chairs decide what bills get a hearing and a vote.
House of Representatives• 150 members
• Speaker Dennis Bonnen
-Representatives elect him
-Assigns bills (34 committees)
• Committee chairs decide what bills get a hearing and a vote.
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The two-year calendar
• 6 months ‘on’, 18 months ‘off’
• Specifically
(January – May 2019) 86th Legislative Session
(June) Governor signs/vetoes bills
Followed by an 18 month interim session
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The two-year calendar
18-month interim:
1. The Lt. Governor and Speaker publish interim charges (issues to study).
2. The Legislative Budget Board begins their budget for next session.
3. Citizens begin asking legislators to turn their idea into a bill.
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A typical legislative session…
7K bills
4.5K letters or studies
15K emails
2.5K phone calls
3.5K visitors with handouts
2.5K visits summarized by staff8
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Building
Relationships
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Making contactMaking Contact with Legislators
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Meeting your own legislator: Local Ofice
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…or attending their local events
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Meeting your own legislator: In the Capitol
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The Many Types of Contact
• Calling for an appointment
• Emailing an introduction.
• Attending the meeting.
• Thanking them.
• Getting back with requested information.
• Publishing photo with them. (Don’t cover the topic.)
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What makes the biggest difference
in a legislative session?
A lobbyist?
Data?
A conversation?
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A story?
Bringing your family?
Just plain showing up?
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What makes the biggest difference in
a legislative session?
A lobbyist
Data
A conversation
A story
Bringing the family
Just plain showing up
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Ranking methods of contact:
1. Face to Face Visits
2. Face to Face Group / Family
3. Telephone call
4. Letter
5. Resolution from organization
6. Petition
7. News report on the issue
8. Form letter (unedited)
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Getting started with your
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Someone sends you a hearing
announcement:
There’s a bill and a hearing…
We have several choices (after digesting the bill):
● Locals: Prepare testimony for the hearing. Bring kids!
● Out of towners who cannot travel: Call the author’s
staff to see if you can email your comments to them.
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“What if we have an Idea for a Bill?”
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Define your Issue
● Write 3 bullets.
● Or a ‘white paper’.
● Or use Senator Zaffirini’s format*:
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*Legislative Proposal (LP) Format
-Purpose of legislation
-Problem legislation
addresses
-Current law
-How to address the problem differently than current law.
-Legislative history
-Anticipated support
-Anticipated opposition
-Fiscal implications
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Converse with various groups to better
define the issue and the solutions.
● Non-profits (TCASE, Arc, CTD, ES, TxP2P, TAS)
● ISDs or Local governments.
● Professionals (education, medicine)
● Legislators and their staff
● Staff at Texas agencies (TEA, HHSC, TWC).
● Agency advisory committees*
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*Examples of Advisory Committees:
TEA: Continuing Advisory Council
Special Education Community Stakeholder Committee
HHSC: Behavioral Health Advisory Committee
Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee
IDD System Redesign Advisory Committee
Policy Council for Children and Families
StarKids Advisory Committee Texas Autism Council24
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• Typical committee:
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Developing your proposed idea:
1. Identify Partners and Opponents
2. Interview the other side.
Anticipate arguments.
Understand opposing viewpoints.
3. Make legislative appointments. (Reach out to
organizations to help you.)
4. Prepare for your visits, how you will navigate any barriers.
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Leslie and
Zach’s plan
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They decided to
make visits in this
order:
1. Committee members:
Public Health, Human Services, State
Affairs, Criminal Justice, Agriculture,
Finance/Appropriations.
1. Speaker, Lt. Governor, Governor.
2. Remaining Legislators.
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They built a relationship with each office
● Challenge yourself to connect.
● Make yourself a resource, follow up.
● Bring new faces.
● Be aware of their schedule.
● Don’t speak for another organization or individual without
authorization.
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Told
their
story!
1. Divide tasks with others to maximize time and hit all points.
2. Listen and respond.
3. Be organized, assign one person to watch the clock.
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A legislator then files the bill and it has a number.
Go to Texas Legislature Online to sign up for alerts on that specific bill.
As it travels, you will receive emails or texts.
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Lucky bills
1. Each bill will be assigned to a committee
2. The committee might decide to hear it.
3. It might get voted out of committee
4. It might get to the whole House or Senate for a floor vote.
5. If it passes, it will travel to the other half of the Legislature.
6. Repeat the first four steps.
7. Once the bill has passed both houses, the Governor will
then sign or veto it.
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Telling your story through testimony
● Begin with your name, who you
represent, and your position on the bill.
Then tell your story. (Usually one page
at 12-font equals three minutes).
● In the hearing, try to chat about your issue and not
read your paper aloud.
● Include or attach data. Pull from the work others have
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Also…
● Write it early and send it to bill author, and to
friendly committee members.
● Staff will place your testimony in their bosses’
hearing binder and will plan questions to ask you,
which will give you additional time.
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Provide your issue to the media
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Are people less likely to be
mis-quoted on camera than in the paper? YES!
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Take Advantage of Social Media
‘Add’ legislators and track what’s going on on both
sides; what’s important to them, what they oppose.
a. Document your advocacy activities.
b. Use Hootsuite, posting to all accounts at once
c. Share/retweet things.
d. Read statewide news.
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Addressing the Challenges
1 2 3 4 5 6 7Seven bill experiences, all were unique…
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Automatic test at birth for velocardiofacial syndrome
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One-mom advocacy
Her bill passed in one session.
Carried a fiscal note
Knew attorneys in the Capitol.
Did not visit every single office
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Eliminating the ‘R’ word in state statute
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Passed in two sessions.
No fiscal note
Key organizations worked together
Did not visit every single office
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Cannabidiol oil (CBD) for intractable epilepsy
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Passed in one session.
Carried a fiscal note
One family made 400+ visits.
2 bill hearings/ 2 family days.
Epilepsy Foundation hired a
lobbyist
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Safety Cameras in SpEd Classrooms
Individuals and a few advocacy
organizations
A lobbyist, hired by a mom
Push-back from ISDs and their attorneys
The committee didn’t schedule the bill,
meaning the bill would die.
The lobbyist (a former legislator) knew
the rules of the House. Was able to use
an obscure rule to request a hearing.
After passage, Maggie Suter tracked
the progress of camera installations
across Texas, as a favor to Senator
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Improving Teacher Prep for Regular Educators
Christine Broughal, plus TxP2P, CTD, ES, TxSER.
Held numerous meetings with educators to gain buy-in.
The Senate loves it. House Education loves it. House
calendars has twice caused it to never gain a floor vote.
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Individual Drug Formularies for the MCOs
Protecting Texas Fragile Kids,
an organization of parents,
made certain that the MCOs
were not allowed to develop
their own individual drug
formularies, by advocating
against the MCO’s bill.
This past session they got two
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Cannabidiol oil (CBD) with trace THC for Autism
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Thalia and AmyLou were able to
add autism to the original bill
that covered other conditions.
Passed a few days ago.
Carried a fiscal note
More about their story…
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Two sessions ago….
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One sessionago…
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This session…
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Questions?