Good news! SB 389 is called for the Assembly Special Order Session on Tuesday, April 20.

The Assembly Session starts at 11AM which would last till 2-4 in the morning depending on how fast the Representatives would debate and vote on those bills above. Joe Riggio is working on contacting the Rules Committee members to move SB 389 to the top of the agenda because interpreting services could be very costly if we wait all day. Hopefully, those members could agree with us so you can go there during afternoon hours instead of night hours. I will announce it on Monday if there is any change on the agenda. The Assembly Visitors Gallery is open to the public. Free admission. The Visitors Galley can be located on the third floor.

Tuesday is the Final Vote Day for us!!! The Office of the Governor is the next step!

Let's hope for a better future for deaf and hard of hearing community in Wisconsin!
Support SB 389 as is!!!

Thanks!

Go Forwardly,
Joel Mankowski
STFIL Chair

I am sure many of you wonder how long SB 389 would be taken in action. Currently, SB 389 is on the Assembly Committee on Rules which decides which bills will be priortized for the Assembly Session Floor (Second Reading and Third Reading). I have checked the Session schedule and SB 389 is not on the agenda for tomorrow's session. Perhaps, it will be called on Thursday or next Tuesday or Thursday (the last day of the Session). However you can contact those members to let them know that SB 389 must be completed by the Session is over. If not, the bill will die and would be reintroduced next year. Here is the list of the Assembly Committee on Rules members below:

Representative Thomas Nelson (Chair) (608)-266-2418/(888)-534-0005 Rep.Nelson@legis.wisconsin.gov
Representative Michael Sheridan (Vice-Chair) (608) 266-7503/(888) 947-0044 Rep.Sheridan@legis.wisconsin.gov
Representative Anthony Staskunas (608) 266-0620/(888) 534-0015 Rep.Staskunas@legis.wisconsin.gov
Representative Donna Seidel (608) 266-0654/(888) 534-0085 Rep.Seidel@legis.wisconsin.gov
Representative Peter Barca (608) 266-5504/(888) 534-0064 Rep.Barca@legis.wisconsin.gov
Representative Jon Richards (608) 266-0650/(888) 534-0019 Rep.Richards@legis.wisconsin.gov
Representative Jennifer Shilling (608) 266-5780/(888) 534-0095 Rep.Shilling@legis.wisconsin.gov
Representative Jeff Fitzgerald (608) 266-2540 Rep.Fitzgerald@legis.wisconsin.gov
Representative Mark Gottlieb (608) 267-2369/(888) 534-0060 Rep.Gottlieb@legis.wisconsin.gov
Representative Joel Kleefisch (608) 266-8551 Rep.Kleefisch@legis.wisconsin.gov
Representative Mary Williams (608) 266-7506 Rep.WilliamsM@legis.wisconsin.gov
Representative Kitty Rhoades (608) 266-1526/(888) 529-0030 Rep.Rhoades@legis.wisconsin.gov

You can contact any of those representatives by phone or email to get their attention so SB 389 can be in action before the Session ends on Thursday, April 22.

Support SB 389 as is!!!

Joel M