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Two bills with hearings on 3/23 could do with some help to get them passed

Some bills that need your help TODAY!                                                                                               

As the first Mn Leg Committee deadline looms at the end of Thursday 23rd March, some bills need your support:Two bills with hearings on 3/23 could do with some help to get them passed

HF3371 - establishes a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women task force to report on the issue of violence against Indigenous women and girls.  For more information on the bill.
Gov. Ops Committee, Basement Hearing Rm, 10.15am.

HF951 - restores voting rights to 51,000 Minnesotans on probation or parole, who are living in the community, paying taxes, but are denied the right to vote. For more on the issue of vote restoration in Minnesota. Public Safety Committee, Rm 10, State Office Bldg, 10.15am.

Call or email the Chair of the committee and your legislator, if they are on the committee, and tell them why you support these bills. See below for Committee Member contact details.

These bills still have NOT got hearings and need some strong support - they need to be heard by the end of tomorrow:

HF189, 313, 3257 - provides gender equality under the law. NONE of these Equal Rights Amendments have a hearing. For more on these bills, see here. These bills need to be given a hearing by the Chair of the Gov. Ops. Committee.

HF3434 - lift the time limits on victims reporting sexually violent crimes, including sex trafficking. For more n this bill, see the Press Conference introducing the bill - This bill needs to be granted a hearing by the Chair of the Public Safety Committee.

Call or email the Chair of the committee and tell them why it is so important that these bills get a hearing.

Committee details:
Gov. Ops Committee
Public Safety Committee

You can leave phone and email messages at any hour of the day or night!

For more details on the bills, click on this page and put in the bill number and look at current bill text.