March 24, 2010. Four Republicans courageously join with Democrats in voting NO! Urge House PreK-12 Committee to vote against its version of SB 6.
Contact legislators now.
Today SB 6 passed the Senate by a vote of 21 to 14 – Four Republicans joined the Democrats in voting NO! Be sure to thank Republican Senators Dean, Dockery, Jones and Villalobos for standing up against the Republican Party of Florida Chair and sponsor of the bill John Thrasher for their courageous vote. We have seen before the wrath that going against the Party can bring upon members. These folks deserve our thanks and support for doing the right thing. We also thank the Senate Democrats for standing strong for us against this bill.
Now we move to the House …
So far PKP2 (which will be numbered after it passes the committee) looks very similar to SB 6. We will be working today with the House Republicans and Democrats to attempt to amend the House version, but we need to turn up the volume in the House. The proposed committee bill will be heard Thursday in the House Education PreK-12 Policy Committee- please contact the following members and urge them to vote against the House version of SB6. You should be able to click on their names for their contact information.
Legg, John (R) Chair
Fresen, Erik (R) Vice Chair
Bullard, Dwight M. (D) Democratic Ranking Member
Burgin, Rachel V. (R)
Coley, Marti (R)
Flores, Anitere (R)
Gonzalez, Eduardo (R)
Jones, Mia L. (D)
Kiar, Martin David (D)
Plakon, Scott (R)
Rader, Kevin J. G. (D)
Schwartz, Elaine J. (D)
Stargel, Kelli (R)
Weinstein, Michael B. (R)
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