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.
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.
