CURRENT ACTION ALERTS!
Senator Florence Shapiro (R-Plano) filed Senate Bill 1000 to create an Autism Services Accessibility Program (ASAP). Click on The Bill link on the left to read the text of the bill.
IMPORTANT! The Senate Education Committee passed SB 1000 and it will soon be scheduled for a vote with the entire Senate. Your Texas State Senator needs to hear your support.
If you can contact the Texas Legislature directly throughout this process, we highly encourage it! SB 1000 will soon go to the full Senate for a vote. If you have not already done so, please contact your State Senator (not U.S. Senators Cornyn and Hutchison). You can quickly look up your State Senator by entering your home address at the following website:
http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us
This will also provide you with a link to your Senator’s webpage where you can find their contact information. Please take a few minutes to call them and state “I support Senate Bill 1000 to create an Autism Services Accessibility Program in Texas”. That is all they need to record your support! Please follow our Helpful Hints when communicating with your elected officials. Please follow up your phone call with a written letter or email of support.
In your email, state “I support an Autism Services Accessibility Program” and most important, include your name and full home address. We want this process to be as simple as possible as there will be multiple phone calls and emails needed over the next few months. We will take care of getting your email to both the Texas Senate and Texas House Education Committee members, as well as your own Texas State Senator and State Representative. We will not be sharing your personal information with anyone else.
Please email your families, friends, neighbors, therapists, doctors, business associates, etc. asking for their support of Senate Bill 1000. A sample email is provided for you under our Sample Letters link.
If you would like to get more involved with this legislative process including, but not limited to, traveling to Austin to testify, please let us know so we can keep you updated on hearing dates
Once Senate Bill 1000 passes the Education Committee, it will go to the full Senate for a vote. If you have not already done so, please contact your State Senator (not U.S. Senators Cornyn and Hutchison). You can quickly look up your State Senator by entering your home address at the following website:
http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us
This will also provide you with a link to your Senator’s webpage where you can find their contact information. Please take a few minutes to call them and state “I support Senate Bill 1000 to create an Autism Services Accessibility Program in Texas”. That is all they need to record your support! Please follow our Helpful Hints when communicating with your elected officials. Please follow up your phone call with a written letter or email of support.
A House Companion Bill identical to Senate Bill 1000, but with a different House Bill number will soon after be introduced, and we will update our website appropriately. The same procedures will follow: The " Texas House Education Committee" link above lists the 9 committee members and their contact information. The Committee will review their House Companion bill and will need to hear from Texas constituents. You will also need to contact your State Representative (not U.S. Representative) voicing your support.
The easiest method of contact is a quick phone call. Please follow our Helpful Hints when communicating with your elected officials. We have only listed their Austin mailing address (same for all State Senators), phone and fax numbers. Contact information for their district offices can be found on their listed websites. Please state “I support
Senate Bill 1000 to create an Autism Services Accessibility Program in
Texas”. If you are writing, feel free to add your personal testimonial, but please limit your correspondence to one page only and make sure the “I support” is at the top. Always include your name and full mailing address in your correspondence.
Letters should be addressed:
The Honorable (first and last name)
Senate Education Committee
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
Dear Senator (last name):
You can easily cut and paste this string of email addresses to send one email to all 9 Senators. If you use this option, please address your email to Senator Shapiro, Chairman, and carbon copy (cc) the other 8 Senators’ email addresses:
The easiest method of contact is a quick phone call. follow our Helpful Hints when communicating with your elected officials We have only listed their Austin mailing address (same for all State Reps), phone and fax numbers. Contact information for their district offices can be found on their listed websites. Your letter should state “I support
Senate Bill 1000 to create an Autism Services Accessibility Program in
Texas” If you are writing, feel free to add your personal testimonial but please limit your correspondence to one page only and make sure the “I support” is at the top. Always include your name and full mailing address in your correspondence.
Letters should be addressed:
The Honorable (first and last name)
Public Education Committee
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768-2910
Dear Representative (last name):
You can easily cut and paste this string of email addresses to send one email to all 9 State Representatives on the committee. If you use this option, please address your email to Representative Eissler, Chairman, and carbon copy (cc) the other 8 Representatives’ email addresses:
