A Citizen's Guide to Lobbying the Minnesota Legislature (pdf)
Table Of Contents
Introduction: What is Lobbying and Who are Lobbyists?
Conclusion
Part I: How an Idea Becomes a Law in Minnesota
- How does a bill get introduced?
- What happens when a bill gets introduced?
- Are there different types of bills that can be introduced?
- How does a bill move through the committee process?
- What happens after a bill has been considered by all committees?
- What happens once a bill has passed both houses?
- What is the Governor’s Role in this Process?
- How does the Minnesota Legislative Session Work?
Conclusion
Contact your legislators
Who is your Legislator?
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/Districtfinder.asp
Call your Legislators:
Senate: (651) 296-0504 or 1-888-234-1112
House: (651) 296-2146 or 1-800-657-3550
E-mail your state Senator:
http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/info/alpha.htm
E-mail your state Representatives:
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/housemembers.asp
Mailing Address for state Senators:
Senator [Insert Senators Name]
75 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
St. Paul, MN 55155
Mailing Address for state Representatives:
Representative [Insert Representatives Name]
50 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
St. Paul, MN 55155
Congressman Keith Ellison poses with Sierra
Club Clean Air and Renewable Energy organizer,
Cesia Kearns, and executive committee member
Sheila Williams Ridge at the 2007 Global
Warming Day of Action.
A Citizen's Guide to Lobbying the Minnesota Legislature
Table of Contents
Introduction: What is Lobbying and Who are Lobbyists?
Part I: How an Idea Becomes a Law in Minnesota
- How does a bill get introduced?
- What happens when a bill gets introduced?
- Are there different types of bills that can be introduced?
- How does a bill move through the committee process?
- What happens after a bill has been considered by all committees?
- What happens once a bill has passed both houses?
- What is the Governor’s Role in this Process?
- How does the Minnesota Legislative Session Work?
Conclusion