[NASW Alaska Chapter Listserve] FW: ACTION ALERTS-HJR 9 vote in the House and Denali Kid Care in Senate Finance on Monday, May 7th

Mon May 7 23:35:47 BST 2007

 Legislative Alert 

HJR9 scheduled for House vote this morning, 5/7 9 a.m.

SJR9 scheduled for Senate State Affairs Committee Weds., 5/9, 9 a.m.

HJR9 and the newer SJR9 are proposed constitutional amendments intended to
stop public employers from offering health care benefits to unmarried but
partnered employees. The way they would do this is to change the state's
marriage statute to prevent any two individuals of the same sex or opposite
sex from engaging in any contractual agreements similar to those of
marriage. The language is so ambiguous that it would prevent unmarried
individuals from securing restraining orders against their boyfriends or
girlfriends (the unfortunate consequence in Wisconsin, using the same
constitutional amendment); prevent parents from buying vehicles with their
children, or co-signing a loan; business partners, siblings, friends,
members of religious orders from co-owning property or vehicles; and, of
course, from sharing health care benefits.

The Legislature’s legal counsel says that if it passed, the constitutional
amendment would likely be challenged and found to be unconstitutional under
the equal protection clause. NASW is on record as opposing this type of
legislation nationally, and NASW-Alaska Chapter is on record as opposing
this at the state level.

If you haven't yet called your representative PLUS the representatives
listed below who are possible NO votes tomorrow, please take the time to do
that right now.  We need at least 14 NO votes to stop this constitutional
amendment in the House.  Let's put it to rest!

Rep. Bryce Edgmon (Southwest Alaska including Dillingham, King Salmon and
parts of the Aleutians)
HYPERLINK
"mailto:Rep_Bryce_Edgmon at legis.state.ak.us"Rep_Bryce_Edgmon at legis.state.ak.u
s   465-4451 

Rep. Reggie Joule (Kotzebue, Barrow and all the villages in between)
HYPERLINK
"mailto:Rep_Reggie_Joule at legis.state.ak.us"Rep_Reggie_Joule at legis.state.ak.u
s  465-465-4833 

Rep. Mike Hawker (parts of Anchorage including Girdwood & Whittier)
HYPERLINK
"mailto:Rep_Mike_Hawker at legis.state.ak.us"Rep_Mike_Hawker at legis.state.ak.us
465-4949 

Rep. Bob Roses (parts of Anchorage Muldoon & Nunaka Valley)
HYPERLINK
"mailto:Rep_Bob_Roses at legis.state.ak.us"Rep_Bob_Roses at legis.state.ak.us
465-4939

Rep. Paul Seaton (Homer, Seward and surrounding areas)
HYPERLINK
"mailto:Rep_Paul_Seaton at legis.state.ak.us"Rep_Paul_Seaton at legis.state.ak.us
465-2689

SJR 9 is scheduled for a hearing in Senate State Affairs this coming
Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m.   Be prepared to testify Wednesday morning at
9:00 in Room 211 of the Capitol or by teleconference from your local
Legislative Information Office.  Members of the Senate State Affairs
Committee are Senators McGuire, Stevens, French, Green, and Bunde. If you
can not testify, please send a message to these Senators!  As always, the
easy-to-use Public Opinion Message (POM) service is available to you for
free.  Simply go to the link at HYPERLINK
"http://www.legis.state.ak.us/poms/"http://www.legis.state.ak.us/poms/ .

________________________________________________________________ 

Legislative Alert 

SB 27 to be Heard in Senate Finance Monday May 7, 9:00am

HYPERLINK
"http://capwiz.com/mhtrust/issues/alert/?alertid=9717991&queueid=1179086916"

HYPERLINK
"http://capwiz.com/mhtrust/issues/alert/?alertid=9717991&queueid=1179086916"
Take Action!

Bill Raises Denali KidCare Eligibility to 200% FPL

SB 27, sponsored by Senator Bettye Davis, will restore Denali KidCare
eligibility to 200% FPL and give many more Alaskan children access to health
care.  The bill will be heard in Senate Finance on Monday, May 7, 9:00am, so
please act now to send a strong message to legislators that Denali KidCare
is important to all Alaskans!   

HYPERLINK
"http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_com_info.asp?comm=SFIN&session=25"Cl
ick here to see members of Senate Finance Committee.

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