Florida H271 and S554 would legalize industrial hemp for production, effectively nullifying the federal prohibition on the same. H271 must pass through the Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee and S554 must pass through the Senate Agriculture Committee before the bills can receive votes in their respective chambers.
PLEASE TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS to support these bills.
H271
1. Call the Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Chair, Tom Goodson. Strongly, but respectfully urge him to move this important bill forward to a vote in his committee. A phone call has 10x the impact of an email.
Goodson: (850) 717-5050
2. Call the rest of the committee members. Again, be strong, but respectful. Urge each of them to take action to move the bill forward and vote YES on H271.
Jake Rayburn (R) Vice Chair (850) 717-5057
Katie Edwards (D) Democratic Ranking Member (850) 717-5098
Jim Boyd (R) (850) 717-5071
Neil Combee (R) (850) 717-5039
Brad Drake (R) (850) 717-5005
Bobby DuBose (D) (850) 717-5094
Larry Lee Jr. (D) (850) 717-5084
Ray Pilon (R) (850) 717-5072
Jimmie Smith (R) (850) 717-5034
Cyndi Stevenson (R) (850) 717-5017
Jennifer Sullivan (R) (850) 717-5031
Clovis Watson (D) (850) 717-5020
S554
1. Call the Senate Agriculture Committee Chair, Bill Montford Strongly, but respectfully urge him to move this important bill forward to a vote in his committee. A phone call has 10x the impact of an email.
Montford: (850) 487-5003
2. Call the rest of the committee members. Again, be strong, but respectful. Urge each of them to take action to move the bill forward and vote YES on S554.
Charlie Dean Sr. (R) Vice Chair (850) 487-5005
Dwight Bullard (D) (850) 487-5039
Bill Galvano (R) (850) 487-5026
Rene Garcia (R) (850) 487-5038
Denise Grimley (R) (850) 487-5021
Eleanor Sobel (D) (850) 487-5033
FURTHER STEPS TO TAKE
Call Back – any NO or UNDECIDED – in 3-4 days. Make sure to follow-up. If they say YES, be sure to thank them and, if possible, announce their committed YES vote to email and social media contacts. If they say no, politely ask them why. Get the information from them and contact us.
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