This is from Rebecca at Progressive Dems of Delaware:
House Bill 01 of the 145th General Assembly is scheduled to come to the floor
for a vote on Thursday, March 19th. An actual floor vote! Wow! That’s as
close as we’ve come in over five years.We need to be there to support Speaker Gilligan as he tries to pass this
historic piece of legislation. Green tee shirts, sunflowers, and lots of Open
Government Supporters in the House Gallery. Let’s go and support our
progressive members of the House!The Progressive Dems for Sussex County are bringing twenty members to support
this bill. How many of you are coming?WHAT: Open Government Vote in the House of Representatives
WHEN: Thursday, March 19th, 2:00PM
WHERE: Delaware House of Representatives, Leg Hall, DoverPlease mark your calendars now and show up on the 19th. We haven’t won this
battle and your presence is necessary.
If you can go, you should and I don’t think that Rebecca and her crew will mind if you come without a tee shirt or sunflower.
I do hope you can go, the more voices supporting this thing the better. Especially since only two of the many promised amendments have been prefiled:
- HA1 by Keeley: This amendment clarifies that all Legislative bodies and committees are covered by FOIA, except the Ethics Committee; adds a definition to the word “caucus” and makes any communications between the Legislator and a constituent and any communications a Legislator might have on behalf of a constituent exempt from FOIA
- HA2 by Schwartzkopf: Specifically exempts email between members of the General Assembly or their staff from FOIA requirements.
So what do you think about these amendments? Have any of you heard about the contents of any other possible amendments lurking out there? And lastly, who is going to this Thursday afternoon?