Urgent! Please share this on your pages, facebook groups, and store pages. We need to make sure as many vapers here in Indiana see this as possible!
You have probably heard that the State Senate fast-tracked SB 539 today. This yesterday afternoon the Chairman of the Technology and Commerce committee, Sen. James Buck, scheduled the bill for a hearing on... Thursday morning. That’s less than 48 hours’ notice. We did hear today that there had been talk in the Statehouse about our letter writing campaign.
Let’s go over the current game plan.
First, please let us know if you will be at the hearing on tomorrow, how many signed letters you have, and if you won’t be at the meeting how you can get them to us by 9pm tonight.
Thursday January 29th, at 9am in room 233. We will be gathering on the main floor just beyond the East entrance security at 8:30am. Look for the “I Vape I vote” signs. We do not know how long the meeting will last. It will depend on when they call the bill.
Statehouse – 200 W. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN
Parking may be hard to find. It’s recommended that you use a pay by the hour parking lot/garage and walk over. Again, we may be there for a while and it will be difficult to “feed the meter”.
During the meeting please keep calm and quite and respectful. No cheering or booing. Please silence your phones. No vaping in the building or on the Statehouse grounds.
After the meeting, please go to the main floor and wait. We are going to gather for photos and media interviews. Again, we need the media to see and report on the strong opposition to this bill. The media will most likely cover the hearing afterwards. If you are approached by a reporter, but don’t feel comfortable talking with them...please find another merchant or a member of the council.
