A bill signing ceremony with the Governor is preferable to a summer study – most of the time.
My bill to assist seniors with housing repairs so that they can remain in the homes they own called for a summer study from the outset. We needed to find the money.
When my 41st District colleagues and I learned that a change to the Red Line would affect access to Interstate 70, we added language to a bill draft so that it required the State Highway Administration to conduct a detailed community impact study.
The State Department of Education said that it would support two of my bills if they were changed to create a task force in one instance and a workgroup in the other. I had the amendments drafted.
The legislation dealt with incorporating education about sustainable agriculture into the state-wide curriculum and training school employees on the prevention, identification, and reporting of child sexual abuse, respectively.
My bill to create a pilot project to involve fathers when the mother applies for benefits after having a child could be implemented only if a federal grant is obtained, the Department of Human Resources wrote me. I’m working on an amendment requiring the agency to report to the legislature on its pursuit of those funds.
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A friend introduced me to his fellow advocates as Delegate Roosevelt.
That slip of the tongue concludes today’s virtual fireside chat.
