UPDATE: Ask House Committee to Support HB 1089
8 a.m. Friday - January 31, 2014
General Assembly Building
House Room D
1000 Bank St
Richmond, VA 23218 [directions]
(804) 698-1619
UPDATE: House Bill 1089 reported out of Subcommittee #2 with unanimous support during the hearing on Thursday, Jan 30!
This is good news!
The full House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee will hear House Bill 1089 on Friday, Jan. 31 at 8 a.m. in House Room D in the General Assembly building.
Already take action on HB 1089? Please take action again and inundate the entire House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee with your support of this bill!
Please share this alert with friends and family.
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Take Action
Ask House Committee 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 committee.
2. Attend the public hearing scheduled for Friday, January 31, 2014 at 8 a.m. in House Room D, General Assembly Building 1000 Bank Street, Richmond, VA 23218.
3. Follow up with phone calls and emails to all the House Committee Members.
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
Your calls and emails make a 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:
Dear Delegates of Counties, Cities and Towns House Committee,
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
Email List for House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
Copy the below lists into your email client's "To" field to email every member of the Counties, Cities and Towns Commitee.
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
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House Committee Members
If you are a constituent of any of these legislators on the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns, please consider doing a follow-up call after signing the petition. To do so, see who represents you and compare it with the list of Counties, Cities and Towns Committee members voting on HB 1089. Then call your legislators who are on that committee.
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