Plastic Bag Bill in Senate Committee 1/20; Join Us in Tallahassee!

SB306, the Florida plastic bag bill, is moving in committee. We need your help contacting members of the Senate Environmental Preservation & Conservation Committee to ask for their support. The Committee will be voting on the bag bill on Wednesday, January 20th at 1:30pm. Please call the members of this committee and ask them to vote YES on SB306, Disposable Plastic Bags. Click here for talking points here - https://florida.surfrider.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Bag-Bill-Talking-Points-Revised-2016.jpg Click here to view the bill - http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0306 Please contact the following committee members and voice your support for SB306: Senator Dean, Chair: 850-487-5005 (please thank him for putting the bill on the agenda!) Senator Simpson, Vice Chair: 850-487-5018 Senator Altman: 850-487-5016 Senator Evers: 850-487-5002 Senator Hays: 850-487-5011 Senator Hutson: 850-487-5006 Senator Simmons: 850-487-5010 Senator Smith: 850-487-5031 Senator Soto: 850-487-5014 (please thank him for co-sponsoring the bill) You can also reach the committee members by email: dean.charles.web@flsenate.gov, simpson.wilton.web@flsenate.gov, altman.thad.web@flsenate.gov, evers.greg.web@flsenate.gov, hays.alan.web@flsenate.gov, hutson.travis.web@flsenate.gov, simmons.david.web@flsenate.gov, smith.chris.web@flsenate.gov, soto.darren.web@flsenate.gov Join us in Tallahassee! Please consider joining us in Tallahassee to speak in support of this bill on Wednesday, January 20th at 1:30pm in the Mallory Horne Committee Room (37 Senate Office Building). If you’re traveling to Tallahassee, sick around for Surfrider Foundation’s Lobby Day on Thursday, January 21st. We’ll be advocating for the bag bill, cigarette litter reform, and much more! Details and registration here. Sincerely, Holly Parker Florida Regional Manager Surfrider Foundation - If anyone wants to get more involved email me at Mikedyourrealtor@gmail.com or call me at (305) 588-9469