Campaigns for the week of March 6, 2023

Some bills have stalled thanks to your efforts while others continue to moved ahead. Take action with the campaigns below. More will be added as the calendar fills out.

ANY DAY

CALL: Call the Governor and tell him signing SB1 and SB3 was a mistake.

MONDAY, MARCH 6

Drag licensing bill and wedding officiant refusal bill

EMAIL: Use this easy form to tell your own member of the TN House of Representatives to vote NO on HB30 and HB878.

SHOW UP: You can show up for House floor sessions. HB30 and HB878 are on the House floor on Monday, March 6 at 5:00 p.m. Central Time. You can be in the gallery if you can find a seat or in the hallway outside the House Chamber. The event takes place in the Capitol, not in the Cordell Building.

All-purpose opportunity

CALL: Join inclusion tennessee and other organizations for the weekly phone bank against discriminatory bills at 6:30 p.m. Central Time. Here's a registration for it.

TUESDAY, MARCH 7

Bill requiring TN to apply for federal HIV funding

EMAIL: Use the easy form at the link to tell the House Health Subcommittee to vote YES on HB370.

CALL: Use the scripts and numbers to leave messages for legislators.

SHOW UP: HB370 is a good bill that requires Tennessee to apply for federal HIV program funding. It is up in the House Health Subcommittee at 1:30 p.m. Central Time in House Hearing Room 4. RSVP and learn more at the Facebook event link.

All-purpose opportunities

SHOW UP: The Mid-South LGBT Chamber of Commerce is holding an online Advocacy 101 session at 6:00 p.m. RSVP at the link.

CALL: The Human Rights Campaign hosts a virtual phone bank against discriminatory bills at 6:30 p.m. Central Time. Register at the link.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8

Anti-trans TennCare bill

EMAIL: Use the easy form at the link to tell the House Finance subcommittee to vote NO on the anti-trans TennCare bill.

CALL: Call members of the Finance Committee and Subcommittee with the numbers and scripts at the link.

SHOW UP:  The House Finance Committee will take up HB1215, the anti-trans TennCare bill at 10:30 a.m. in House Hearing Room 3. The discussion typically moves fast and focuses on cost and revenue issues of bills.

Anti-trans binary definition of "sex" bill

EMAIL: Use the easy form at the link to tell the House Finance Subcommittee to vote NO on the bill.

SHOW UP: The House Finance Subcommittee will also consider HB239, the anti-trans binary definition of "sex" bill at 10:30 a.m. in House Hearing Room 3. The discussion typically moves fast and will be focused on cost and revenue issues of bills.

Anti-trans private school sports bill and parental opt-in bill

EMAIL: Use the easy form at the link to the House Education Administration Committee to vote NO on both bills.

CALL: Use the numbers and scripts to leave messages with members of the committee.

SHOW UP: The House Education Administration Committee takes up the anti-trans private school sports bill and the bill requiring opt-in parental permission for parts of the curriculum, school surveys, and school clubs. Show up at 1:30 p.m. in House Hearing Room 1. RSVP at the Facebook event link.

THURSDAY, MARCH 9

EMAIL: Use the easy form to tell your own senator to vote NO on the binary sex bill.


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