Let's Pack the Hearing Room!

A hearing has been scheduled for the House version of the wine direct shipping bill, HB 1260. The House Economic Matters Committee (House Office Building, Room 231) will begin the hearing on Monday, February 18, at 1pm. Please note that this is President's Day, so many constituents will have the day off to come up to the legislature to show their support for the bill.

Testimony, Supporters Needed to Pack the Hearing

This committee is hostile to our efforts and we need as many people as possible to pack the hearing room. We need consumers to testify or just be in the audience showing their support. If your delegate is on this committee, or if you know anyone whose delegate is on this committee, please write them today in support of HB 1260.

You can find out who your elected officials are here.

The easiest way to contact your delegates is through the Free the Grapes! website.

The members of the House Economic Matters Committee are:

* Dereck Davis (Dist. 25) -- Chair
* David Rudolph (Dist. 34B) -- Vice-Chair
* Aisha Braveboy (Dist. 25)
* Emmett Burns, Jr. (Dist. 10)
* Brian Feldman (Dist. 15)
* Jeannie Haddaway (Dist. 37B; co-sponsor)
* Hattie Harrison (Dist. 45)
* C. Sue Hecht (Dist. 3A)
* Richard Impallaria (Dist. 7)
* Sally Jameson (Dist. 28)
* James King (Dist. 33A)
* Ruth Kirk (Dist. 44)
* Carolyn Krysiak (Dist. 46)
* Mary Ann Love (Dist. 32)
* Roger Manno (Dist. 19)
* James Mathias, Jr. (Dist. 38B)
* Brian McHale (Dist. 46)
* Warren Miller (Dist. 9A)
* Joseph "Sonny" Minnick (Dist. 6)
* Donna Stifler (Dist. 35A)
* Herman Taylor, Jr. (Dist. 14; co-sponsor)
* Michael Vaughn (Dist. 24)
* Mary Roe Walkup (Dist. 36)

A factsheet on the bill is here.

If you are interested in testifying at the hearing, please email me with the subject of the email, "Testify."

More details on events scheduled around the hearing will follow in the coming days.