LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS

The following categories are used in your legislative summary reports:

• Sponsor – This is a sponsored or cosponsored bill.
• Support 1 (S1) – This is the highest priority support bill. We send a letter of support to the author, a letter of support to all committee members considering the bill, and undertake full lobbying to assure passage of the bill. We also closely monitor all amendments and constantly reevaluate our position.
• Support 2 (S2) – This level of support is moderate. A letter is sent to the author, committee chair, vice chair and consultants considering the bill, but there is usually less lobbying or testifying before committees. We also closely monitor all amendments and constantly reevaluate our position.
• Support 3 (S3) – This is the lowest level of support. A letter of support is sent to the author. We closely monitor the bill for amendments.
• Oppose 1 (O1) – This is the highest priority oppose bill. We send a letter of opposition to the author, a letter of opposition to all committee members considering the bill, and undertake full lobbying to assure failure of the bill. Only those bills which are judged to be detrimental are given an oppose position. Such are often accompanied by efforts to gain amendments in an effort to make the bill acceptable to our client, and therefore to remove our opposition.
• Oppose 2 (O2) – This level of oppose is moderate. A letter is sent to the author, committee chair, vice chair and consultants considering the bill, but there is usually less lobbying or testifying before committees. We also closely monitor all amendments and constantly reevaluate our position.
• Oppose 3 (O3) – This is the lowest level of opposition. This position is used for internal purposes only and no letter is sent. We continue to monitor changes to the bill.
• Watch (W) – A bill of casual interest. We monitor these bills and look for amendments of interest.
• Watch 1 (W1) – This is a bill of more than casual interest. We actively monitor such bills and often communicate with the author, the author’s staff, the legislative committee members and staff. We frequently seek clarifying amendments to bills in this category.
• Watch 2 (W2) – This is a bill of interest or concern that we keep close tabs on. It appears in the summary report, but we do not send a copy of the bill to the client.
• ? – This is a bill that will show up in our screening from time to time. It is important that we discuss the bill so that we are able to remove the question mark by either deleting the bill or by assigning one of the above positions.

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