Urgent Request: House has 3 days left to vote

House Bill 5147

Please urge the Speaker of the House, the Public Health Committee Co-Chairs, sponsors of the bill and your local representative to bring House Bill 5147 (cytomegalovirus education) to a vote. The session ends Wednesday, May 7.

These Conneciticut reporters have covered this disease and my daughter's life with it:

Fox CT news (also appeared in Hartford Courant): Sarah Cody,  "Mommy Minute"

Saunders seeks help with CMV ‘silent virus’ prevention bill,  Michael Souza, Mystic River Press

Loss and love: Author raises awareness about preventable birth defect, Amy Barry, Grace Magazine

Contact the following:

Speaker of the House: Brendan Sharkey 
1-800-842-1902 | (860) 240-8500
Brendan.Sharkey@cga.ct.gov

Public Health Committee Co-Chairs (they overwhelmingly passed the bill):

Rep. Susan Johnson, (860) 240-8585 | 1-800-842-8267, Susan.Johnson@cga.ct.gov,

Senator Terry Gerratana, gerratana@senatedems.ct.gov, 860-240-0584, or
Toll-free: 1-800-842-1420

Four Co-Sponsors of House Bill 5147:

 

Rep. Emmett D. Riley, 46th Dist., 860-240-8583, Emmett.Riley@cga.ct.gov

Rep. Michelle L. Cook, 65th Dist., 860-240-1467, Michelle.Cook@cga.ct.gov, (Antonio, Legislative Aide) 

Rep. Kevin Ryan, 139th Dist., 860-240-8458, Kevin.Ryan@cga.ct.gov  (Tim Bergin, Legislative Aide),  Rep. Elissa Wright,  Elissa.Wright@cga.ct.gov, (860) 240-8585 | 1-800-842-8267, (Mary Ann Daly, Legislative Aide). This is Lisa Saunders's representative who introduced the bill.

 

As of Sunday, May 4, this is the latest progress I see on House Bill 5147 (http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5147&which_year=2014):

	4/10/2014	(LCO)	File Number 494
	4/10/2014		House Calendar Number 287
	4/10/2014		Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
	4/10/2014	(LCO)	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

(You can find your local representative at: http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/CGAFindLeg.asp and your senator at: http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/find/findlegislator.asp):
Thank you!
Lisa Saunders
PO Box 389
Mystic, CT 06355
saundersbooks@aol.com
www.authorlisasaunders.com