April 30, 2015
by Kymberlie Quong Charles
Several weeks ago we asked you to communicate to members of the House County Affairs Committee your support for HB 549, a bill that protects the face-to-face visitation rights of people incarcerated at Texas county jails from being replaced with expensive, poor quality video chats. (see more background here)
You called, wrote, and showed up to testify before the members of that committee and guess what? It worked! HB 549 passed out of committee and now has a chance to be heard on the floor of the House. To get there, we need you to call and email the members of the Calendars Committee and urge them to “Please schedule HB 549 to be heard on the House floor!”
- (Chair) Rep. Todd Hunter todd.hunter@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0672
- (Vice Chair) Rep. Eddie Lucio III eddie.lucio_iii@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0606
- Rep. Robert. R. Alonzo roberto.alonzo@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0408
- Rep. Byron Cook byron.cook@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0730
- Rep. Sarah Davis sarah.davis@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0389
- Rep. Charlie Geren charlie.geren@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0610
- Rep. Helen Giddings helen.giddings@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0953
- Rep. Patricia Harless patricia.harless@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0496
- Rep. Dan Huberty dan.huberty@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0520
- Rep. Eric Johnson eric.johnson@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0586
- Rep. Ken King ken.king@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0736
- Rep. Lyle Larson lyle.larson@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0646
- Rep. Four Price four.price@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0470
- Rep. Debbie Riddle debbie.riddle@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0572
- Rep. Eddie Rodriguez eddie.rodriguez@house.state.tx.us (512) 463-0674

"To visit her son in jail in the suburbs of Austin, Texas, Barbara Brutschy would get on a plane and fly 1,700 miles from her home in Oregon. She would arrive at the jail, go through security checks, including metal detectors, all airport-style. An hour later, she would sit down in a booth, wait, and after a couple of minutes her son, Richard Fisk, would appear—on a video screen." Read more...
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