Ask Your Legislators to Support House Bill 1089
Attend the Hearing or Contact Your Legislators!
7 a.m. Thursday - January 30, 2014
General Assembly Building
West Conference Room, 7th Floor
1000 Bank St
Richmond, VA 23218 [directions]
(804) 698-1619
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Take Action
Ask your legislators to vote YES on HB 1089 to clarify the meaning of "agricultural products."
1. Sign the online petition at www.bit.ly/ftc-va2 to email all members of the sub-committee.
2. Attend the public hearing scheduled for Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 7 a.m. in the West Conference Room, General Assembly Building 7th Floor 1000 Bank Street, Richmond, VA 23218.
3. Follow up with phone calls and emails to all the House Subcommittee Members and ask your legislators to support HB 1089 (contact info below).
When you call or write, please emphasize that you want them to support small farmers by supporting this bill: "House Bill 1089: Zoning; clarifies definition of agricultural products."
4. Comment on the Richmond Sunlight webpage about HB 1089 at
www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2014/hb1089
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Sample Message
Ask your legislators to vote YES on HB 1089. See contact info below.
Your calls make a big difference.
If you send an email, please be sure to personalize your message! To make a much bigger impact, add a couple of sentences about who you are and why HB 1089 matters to you.
SAMPLE MESSAGE for emails or calls:
My name is ___ and I am a Virginia resident. I am calling/emailing to urge Delegate ____ to vote YES on HB 1089.
Please support HB 1089, introduced by Delegate Morris. HB 1089 will help protect small farmers from local government overregulation by clarifying the meaning of an "agricultural product" and will help keep our small farmers from having to defend themselves in Court.
Thank you for your support.
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Committee Email Address List
Copy the below lists into your email client's "To" field to email every member of the Counties, Cities and Towns Subcommitee #2.
Email List for House Subcommittee #2 on Counties, Cities and Towns:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
To be most effective, please follow up your email with a phone call to each representative.
Phone numbers are listed below.
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House Subcommittee Members
Chairman: Del. Daniel W. Marshall, III , R - District 14
(804) 698-1014
[email protected]
Chief Patron: Del. Rick Morris, R District 64
(804) 698-1064
[email protected]
Del. Bill DeSteph, R District 82
(804) 698-1082
[email protected]
Del. Keith Hodges, R District 98
(804) 698-1098
[email protected]
Del. Rob Krupicka, D District 45
(804) 698-1045
[email protected]
Del. Dave LaRock, R District 33
(804) 698-1033
[email protected]
Del. Monty Mason, D District 93
(804) 698-1093
[email protected]
Del. Lionell Spruill, D District 77
(804) 698-1077
[email protected]
Del. Christopher Stolle, R District 83
(804) 698-1083
[email protected]
Del. Luke Torian, D District 52
(804) 698-1052
[email protected]
Del. Tony Wilt, R District 26
(804) 698-1026
[email protected]
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