Monday Must-Dos

Vote YES for HB 994 – Full House – Please encourage our Delegates to vote YES for HB 994 – Establishes legal age for marriage to be 18 years

Public Education Calls to Action

1. HB187 Raise Teacher Salaries – Full House – CTA: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/please-ask-our-delegates-to-vote-yes-on-hb187-to-raise-salaries-of-public-school-teachers-4
2. HB398 Encourage Evidence Based discipline – Full House – CTA: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-house-members-to-vote-yes-on-hb398-to-implement-evidence-based-discipline
3. HB624 Improve the Public School funding formula – Full House – CTA: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/please-ask-our-delegates-to-vote-yes-on-hb624-to-improve-funding-to-public-schools-3
4. HB625 Develop Community Schools office – Full House – CTA: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/hb625-full-house
5. HB805 Help resolve underfunding of public education – Full House – CTA: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/hb805-full-house/
6. SB105: Help resolve underfunding of public education – Full Senate – CTA: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/sb105-full-senate
7. Make Funding our Schools a Priority – CTA to personal Legislators – https://www.fundourschoolsva.org/take-action/

Workers and Families Calls to Action

1. HB212 Gender-balanced and diverse corporate boards had it’s first reading on Friday – CTA: Ask your Delegate to vote yes on this bill
2. SB373 Provide Family & Medical Leave for Virginia Workers – CTA: Ask Senate Finance Committee to vote YES SB373
3. SB15 Prohibition of Extradition – CTA: Ask your Senator to Vote Yes on SB 15
4. SB16 Menstrual Privacy – CTA: Ask your Senator to vote Yes on SB16

End Misuse of the Removal Process – Ask Legislators to Support HB265!
We’re making great progress with this bill, which passed the House (58-Y 37-N)! On to the VA Senate, where it will be heard first by the Privileges and Election Committee.
Why support this effort? Under current Virginia law, local officials such as school board members and Commonwealth Attorneys have been harassed through open ended removal proceedings. It’s costly and time consuming for the officials to oppose these efforts. And they can be politically damaging, even if they do not succeed. HB265 would improve the removal process so that it will be carried out more fairly.

• CTA – Click here to tell the Senate P&E Committee to HB265 when it comes before them! We sent over 4,000 emails to House Delegates and it made a difference. Let’s do the same in the Senate!

Monday, February 12th, 7:00pm
Climate and Clean Energy Membership Meeting
Join us on the eve of crossover to discuss WHAT has happened and what to expect. Panelists include: Connor Kish, Executive Director, Sierra Club VA Chapter; Blair St. Ledger-Olson, Legislative Director, Climate Action; and Josephus Allmond, Staff Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center.
RSVP for Zoom here!

Thursday, February 15th, 5:00pm
Legislative Working Group Meeting
Email Luisa to join: luisaboyarski@gmail.com

Saturday, February 17th, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Advocacy Fair
If you’re in Northern Virginia come out to an Advocacy Fair at the Cascades Library, Meeting Room A, from 10am-12pm on February 17th! Come meet organizers from over 15 fantastic state and local advocacy nonprofits and hear more about what they’re working on and how you can get involved! Coffee and light refreshments included, Spanish translation services available, and babysitting/activities for kids in nearby Meeting Room B. Email vborg@freedomva.org with any questions.
Register here