The Law of Parties bill (HB 2267) by Rep Terri Hodge and Rep Harold Dutton is only 4 bills away from a vote in the Texas House.
Watch the video live from the Texas House here (opens a real player stream).
The Law of Parties bill (HB 2267) by Rep Terri Hodge and Rep Harold Dutton is only 13 bills away from a vote in the Texas House.
Watch the video live from the Texas House here (opens a real player stream).
We called Rep Hodge’s office at 9 tonight and talked to her directly. She said HB 2267 is still on the list of bills that could be voted on by the fill House and they are hoping to get to it before midnight tomorrow, which is the deadline for voting on bills on second reading. After that, it would have to be added as an amendment to a House bill on third reading or to a senate bill, but it would have to be a related bill. Let’s hope they vote on it tomorrow.
HB 111 by Rep Pena is also still alive and could get voted on tomorrow.
As usual, continue to call legislators and urge a vote on HB 2267.
The Texas anti-death penalty groups who were nominated for the Social Media Leadership Award are finalists for the award, which will be announced by Friday. Like the Foundation, we were very impressed with all the groups who were nominated. We have learned a lot by learning how other non-profits are using social media to advance their causes and create online communities to build their movements.
We have big plans if we are fortunate enough to win the award and the $3,000 prize, including building a new online portal for the Texas anti-death penalty community and its friends and allies around the world to work together to stop executions in Texas. Keep your fingers crossed that we win.
There are a couple of systems we are considering to use for the new portal. The first system under consideration is Word Press MU with buddypress.org. That system would allow multiple blogs from different people and groups The second system under consideration is Open Publish, which is Drupal based, so we could use that with CiviCRm.
You can join our community on Ning.com to protest the 200th execution under Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Selection Process Still Underway
May 13, 2009 · No CommentsDue to the quality of the submissions/campaigns that are currently under review, the Foundation is still in the process of selecting the winner of the Social Media Leadership Award. Thank you for your continued patience. The winner will be announced by this Friday.
We are at the Texas House sitting in the gallery waiting for a vote on HB 2267, the Law of Parties bill. Our group is Scott Cobb, Terri Been, Alison Dieter, Lawrence Foster and Kenneth Foster Sr. Bryan McCann was here earlier, but had to leave.
We handed out information on HB 2267 to legislators as they arrived for the morning session. We talked to the bill author Terri Hodge, who said she doesn’t expect the bill to get voted on today because they are so behind on other bills on the schedule. It likely will be tomorrow.
- Texas Moratorium Network (TMN) is a non-profit organization with the primary goal of mobilizing statewide support for a moratorium on executions in Texas. Significant death penalty reform in Texas, including a moratorium on executions, is a viable goal if the public is educated on the death penalty system and is encouraged to contact their elected representatives to urge passage of moratorium legislation.
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