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Contact Committee Members & Attend Hearing Jan. 27

  

Support VA Constitutional Amendment with SJ 264 & HJ 519





 

The Proposed Constitutional Amendment would read,

"That the people shall have a right to acquire, for their own consumption, farm-produced food, directly at the farm from the farmer who produced it."

 

VICFA's proposed Constitutional Amendment, HJ 519 and SJ 264, has passed out of the Privileges and Election Sub-Committees.

 

SJ 264 will be heard in full Committee on January 27, 2015 at 4 p.m. in Senate Room A of the General Assembly Building in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia 23219. 

 

Please attend the hearing and contact the committee members! Agri-business and the Farm Bureau have come out hard against the bills' passage, so it is essential to express your support!

 

Please pass this alert on and ask others to do the same.
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Action #1 - Contact Committee Members
Ask the Privileges & Election Committee Members to Support SJ 264

Please call and/or email each member of the Privileges and Election Committee and ask them to support SJ 264. See contact info below.


To be most effective, please follow up any email with a phone call.

 Item2
Action #2 - Attend the Committee Hearing on January 27

 

Please show your support for this proposed constitutional amendment, and attend the hearing.


Tuesday, January 27 at 4 p.m.  

General Assembly Building, Senate Room A

Capitol Square

Richmond, Virginia 23219 [directions]

 

See more information to better understand the issues.

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Members of the Privileges and Election Committee

 

Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel   (R)

(804) 698-7527

[email protected]

 

Senator Stephen H. Martin   (R)

(804) 698-7511

[email protected]

 

Senator Janet D. Howell   (D)

(804) 698-7532

[email protected]

 

Senator R. Creigh Deeds   (D)

(804) 698-7525

[email protected]

 

Senator Mark D. Obenshain   (R)

(804) 698-7526

[email protected]

 

Senator John S. Edwards   (D)

(804) 698-7521

[email protected]

 

Senator A. Donald McEachin   (D)

(804) 698-7509

[email protected]

 

Senator Ralph K. Smith   (R)

(804) 698-7519

[email protected]

 

Senator Charles W. Carrico, Sr.   (R)

(804) 698-7540

[email protected]

 

Senator Bryce E. Reeves   (R)

(804) 698-7517

[email protected]

 

Senator Thomas A. Garrett   (R)

(804) 698-7522

[email protected]

 

Senator Kenneth C. Alexander   (D)

(804) 698-7505

[email protected]

 

Senator John C. Miller   (D)

(804) 698-7501

[email protected]

 

Senator John A. Cosgrove   (R)

(804) 698-7514

[email protected]

 

Senator Rosalyn R. Dance   (D)

(804) 698-7516

[email protected]

 

For more detailed contact info, follow the link below, which contains a full list of hyperlinked committee members at the top of the page.

 

www.lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+com+S8

 


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