Online tools for citizen activism

On January 14, 2017, a group from the Green Party of Utah attended the “Pre-Legislative Bootcamp” hosted by Libertas Utah to gain insight into how to more effectively communicate with Utah's legislators and navigate the processes of law-making and advocacy. Find our notes from the event below.
Note: the Legislative Session starts on January 23rd and ends on March 9th.
State website is le.utah.gov. “2017 General Session” will be your go-to for tracking bills in this session.
Calendars will have session agendas. Note the color code: gray is for past sessions, green is current, blue is for future sessions. You can stream these in audio (for committee meetings) or video (for floor meetings).
Standing Committees meet during the session, Interim Committees meet off season about every other month to gather testimonies, research, and hold workshops.
You can download the PDF of the bill and search for keywords to make more sense of the bill.
“Utah Law Formatting” plugin on Google Chrome will colorize the bills to show where amendments have been made.
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