LOUISIANA HB466/SB172
BACKGROUND: On Feb. 26, Senator Beth Mizell (R-Franklinton) filed SB172 to ban trans students from playing sports. This bill would subject girls to an internal and external inspection of their reproductive anatomy, chromosome testing, and hormone testing.
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TAKE ACTION: Contact the Education committee members by email or phone.
Phone numbers:
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Sen. Cleo Fields (D-Baton Rouge), Chair of Senate Education: (225) 342-9514
Sen. Katrina Jackson (D-Monroe), Vice Chair of Senate Education: (318) 343-2877
Rep. Ray Garofalo (R-Chalmette), Chair of House Education: (504) 277-4729
Rep. Mark Wright (R-Covington), Vice Chair of House Education: (985) 893-6262
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Emails:
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SAMPLE TEXT (you can copy/paste or use as a guide) CHANGE THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTION - HB IF YOU ARE WRITING REPRESENTATIVES, SB IF YOU ARE WRITING SENATORS.
I'm writing to share my opposition to [HB466/SB172 - HB for Reps, SB for Senators]. This bill was assigned to the Education committee and would ban all transgender youth from participating in school sports as their true selves. This bill sets up a new system of discrimination in Louisiana schools, where transgender students already face extreme levels of bullying and harassment.
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Please vote NO on this bill.
[your name]
[city, state]
[your email address]
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TAKE ACTION: Send this to three friends and ask them to also write or call.
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