Attention Illinois CASAA members & vapers!! Call to Action!!

[JustJulie]

We have received written confirmation from the office of the sponsor (Rep. Marlow Colvin) of the Illinois bill to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes that the bill will NOT be called at the Human Services Committee hearing on 4/21/10.

That means it will not be discussed or voted on, so we do NOT need to be there.

The deadline for the House to hear Senate bills is 4/23/10.

That means that, unless Rep. Colvin calls this as an emergency hearing (not at all likely), the bill is dead!

We won't know for absolutely 100% sure that he won't call an "emergency hearing" until Thursday afternoon ... but again, there's almost no chance of this happening. Remember--the head of the Committee, Naomi Jakobsson, removed her name as a co-sponsor.

We'll wait until Friday to break out the champagne, but a few beers now would be appropriate.

Way to go, Illinois!

I'll post more later, but wanted to get this out there so that people could adjust their plans since they will NOT need to be in Springfield Wednesday.

[halfevildruid]

[jj2]

YEAH

[48lowes]

Nice to have a bit of good news.

[JustJulie]

The update: As of this afternoon at 3:00 p.m., still not scheduled for a hearing, no amendment on the table, no nothing. We will continue to confirm with Rep. Colvin's office and update the Illinois threads, but folks should start chilling champagne in anticipation of Friday.

[MechTechVpr]

The update: As of this afternoon at 3:00 p.m., still not scheduled for a hearing, no amendment on the table, no nothing. We will continue to confirm with Rep. Colvin's office and update the Illinois threads, but folks should start chilling champagne in anticipation of Friday.

So Is it confirmed then ... Did it die in committee... can we all celebrate with the Illinois Vapers now???

[JustJulie]

So Is it confirmed then ... Did it die in committee... can we all celebrate with the Illinois Vapers now???

LOL . . . yes, you may now officially celebrate.

[MechTechVpr]

LOL . . . yes, you may now officially celebrate.

thank you !!....now on to NY ... uggg

[MechTechVpr]

Just so ye not be caught fiddling whilst Riome burns... I'd carefullully passout colorled crayons en masse. El Norte has done precisiely what we should've expected.

sorry ...lost me on this one ??

[Webby]

sorry ...lost me on this one ??

Me too. I didn't post that. I created my account on ECF a long time back using a very simple password and forgot to change it. That mistake has been corrected.