EANGA Board and friends,
We continue to make progress on moving HB 2240 forward. The meeting that EJ and Dean had with Senator Steve Smith on Thursday was successful and he has agreed to have the bill heard by his committee, the AZ Senate Public Safety, Military & Technology Committee. They will hear it on Wednesday, March 18th at 9:00 AM in Senate Hearing Room 1. MSgt EJ Causbie is scheduled to attend this hearing and others are welcome to do so; if you’re interested in being there to see this first hand and lend your support, please contact EJ for more information at ejcause@hotmail.com
We are currently asking everyone to contact EVERY member of this Senate committee by email and/or phone and ask for their support. You know what to do…background and a previous information is given below. CALL NOW!! …and pass this on to your family, friends, unit members, or co-workers and ask them to call/email too. The members of the committee are as follows:
Name District Party Email Phone (602)
Kelli Ward 5 R kward@azleg.gov 926-4138
Barbara McGuire 8 D bmcguire@azleg.gov 926-5836
Steve Smith 11 R stsmith@azleg.gov 926-5685
Lupe Contreras 19 D lcontreras@azleg.gov 926-5284
John Kavanagh 23 R jkavanagh@azleg.gov 926-5170
Judy Burges 22 R jburges@azleg.gov 926-5861
Wednesday March 18, 2015
Public Safety, Military & Technology
9:00 AM
Senate Hearing Room 1
HB2008 unordered merchandise; technical correction(now: fireworks) (Shope)
HB2165 unlawful sexual conduct; peace officers(now: veteran education;fund; advisory committee) (Borrelli)
HB2240 national guard members; tuition waivers (Cardenas)
HB2320 firearms; permit holders; public places (Barton, Borrelli, Thorpe,et al)
HB2408 towing contracts; DPS (Stevens)
HB2431 uniform firearms transfer compact (Thorpe, Barton: Borrelli, et al)
HB2438 post-traumatic stress disorders: public safety (Livingston