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SB 354 has been put on the intent calendar for Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 6th.

Please call your local senator and ask them to please suspend the rules and hear SB 354 on the floor for a full vote. 2/3 of the senate must vote to hear our bill before it can be sent to the floor for a full vote.

You can look up your senator here: http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

All they will ask is your home address. Please call them as soon as possible and leave a message with the above info if you call after hours.

Thank you for your support. With your help, we will legalize self defense on campus.

Chase Jennings
TXSCCC State Director

CALL CALL CALL

Lets get this passed! Im tired of all the Woodheads coming out of the woodwork! Its time to prove them all wrong! I wonder if any of them will apologize for their paranoia in a few years when campus crime drops!?!?

-Smily

I wonder what the average Texas university crime rate is compared to Colorado or Utah where they can legally carry?

-Smily

In addition to the above, here's John Woods post, just do the opposite
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=211 ... 183b84d350" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
He lists additional Senators to call there

Senate District 5--Senator Steve Ogden
Capitol Office: CAP GE.4
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0105
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 12068, Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
District Address: 309 W. Main St., Suite 115
Round Rock TX 78664
Phone: (512) 828-5224

I called 463-0105 and it just rang and rang and rang. This was at 735pm

uthornsfan wrote:Senate District 5--Senator Steve Ogden
Capitol Office: CAP GE.4
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0105
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 12068, Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
District Address: 309 W. Main St., Suite 115
Round Rock TX 78664
Phone: (512) 828-5224

I called 512-463-0105 and it just rang and rang and rang. This was at 735pm

Might fax and e-mail, so they are on the machine in the morning, and call tomorrow
(512) 463-5713 (fax)
e-mail:
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senat ... /dist5.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There are 14 Senators who co-authored the bill - Wentworth (512) 463-0125, Birdwell (512) 463-0122, Carona (512) 463-0116, Deuell (512) 463-0102, Eltife (512) 463-0101, Estes (512) 463-0130, Fraser (512) 463-0124, Harris (512) 463-0109, Hegar (512) 463-0118, Jackson (512) 463-0111, Nelson (512) 463-0112, Patrick (512) 463-0107, Seliger (512) 463-0131 and Williams (512) 463-0104. Please call each of these Senators and ask them to vote to suspend the rules and to encourage their colleagues to vote as well. We need to make sure that each of the co-authors votes so there's no chance of someone think that even the authors are wavering.

Smily wrote:

CALL CALL CALL

Lets get this passed!

+1MIL

Being on the intent calendar just means it's eligible to be brought to the floor, so don't bet worried if it's not up tomorrow. Senator Wentworth won't make the attempt until/unless he has 21 Senators committed to vote to suspend the rules.

Keep making the calls. If it gets to the floor, it will pass the Senate.

Chas.

If I understand correctly, it can't hit the floor the first day it's on Intent calendar anyway, so Thurs would be the soonest it could possibly hit the floor.

The list, called the Intent Calendar, must be made available to each senator and to the press not later than 6:30 p.m. on the day the notice is filed. No bill or resolution may be considered on its first day on the Intent Calendar, and a vote of two-thirds of the senators present is required before any of the measures listed on the Intent Calendar may be debated.

Soo tomorrow is the day to call, fax, e-mail Senators, and maybe peep in on House Calendar committee

RPB wrote:If I understand correctly, it can't hit the floor the first day it's on Intent calendar anyway, so Thurs would be the soonest it could possibly hit the floor.

The list, called the Intent Calendar, must be made available to each senator and to the press not later than 6:30 p.m. on the day the notice is filed. No bill or resolution may be considered on its first day on the Intent Calendar, and a vote of two-thirds of the senators present is required before any of the measures listed on the Intent Calendar may be debated.

Soo tomorrow is the day to call, fax, e-mail Senators, and maybe peep in on House Calendar committee

Why? (calendar committee)

I called my state senator and asked for
1. a vote to suspend the rules and bring SB 354 for consideration, and
2. a vote for SB 354 on the floor.

I also called Senator 'Chuy' Hinojosa's office and politely asked for the senator to vote to suspend the rules to bring SB 354 up for consideration in the senate, even if he ends up voting against the bill because it doesn't have opt out for the district 20 schools. The nice lady says he's in favor of debating it in the senate so I think that's a good sign.

Tamie wrote:

RPB wrote:Soo tomorrow is the day to call, fax, e-mail Senators, and maybe peep in on House Calendar committee

Why? (calendar committee)

House calendar committee is the last bug obstacle for HB750 (the companion to SB354). If HB750 gets scheduled for a floor vote it will pass, but it only takes a couple of reps to hang up a bill long enough in the calendar committee long enough to kill it.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:If it gets to the floor, it will pass the Senate.

I hope you're right but today's circus shakes my confidence.

¿Qué? wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:If it gets to the floor, it will pass the Senate.

I hope you're right but today's circus shakes my confidence.

The problem is getting it to the floor, not passing it once it gets there.

Chas.

¿Qué? wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:If it gets to the floor, it will pass the Senate.

I hope you're right but today's circus shakes my confidence.

It takes a 2/3rds majority (21) to suspend the rules to bring a bill up for a vote out of order, but it only takes a simple majority (16) to pass a bill once it gets to the Senate floor.