Witness Slip Instructions

[connsolo]

Here is a video tutorial on how to fill out a witness slip:

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=6SaODB11-AA

[BrowningHP]

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Edited May 16, 2018 at 01:48 AM by BrowningHP

[Russell123]

now I understand! there is....

Edited May 18, 2020 at 11:35 AM by Russell123

[TJS11415]

Re: Witness Slips... Gets easier after you do it a few times.

 

Question: are they just a tool for our Reps to gauge support for a Bill? How much weight do they really carry in Springfield?

 

...or are Witness Slips used in some other way in the legislative process?

[Molly B.]

They serve several purposes. I have seen the number of witness slips help convince legislators to join as co-sponsors and also cause them to abandon ship when the opposition is very, very visible. It's another tool to show legislators where we stand on a bill.

 

The number of slips are entered into the record of a bill and become a part of the history of the bill.

 

Rarely does it cause a bill to pass/fail in committee because the majority leader stacks the committee for voting the way they want the vote to go.

[TJS11415]

They serve several purposes. I have seen the number of witness slips help convince legislators to join as co-sponsors and also cause them to abandon ship when the opposition is very, very visible. It's another tool to show legislators where we stand on a bill.

 

 

 

Thanks! Then I will continue to submit them...