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How to comment on a bill at the Legislature or speak at a local meeting, and a place to draft what you’ll say. What you type here stays on your device.
HSB 777
- Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; transfers, cash flow, and nonreversions; report on nonreversion of moneys; more options for maternal support program; reimbursement rates review; mental diseases exclusion waiver; community health centers reimbursement; full-time equivalent dashboard; comprehensive family support program; federal community mental health services block grant; child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization; commitment or hospitalization of certain persons with substance abuse disorders or mental illness; behavioral health expenditure report; and opioid settlement fund; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions
- No subcommittee meeting is scheduled for this bill right now. Follow it to hear the moment one is posted; it’s often only a day or two ahead.
At the Legislature
- Find the bill’s subcommittee meeting on the calendar or the bill’s page. It’s often posted only a day or two ahead, so follow the bill.
- Decide your ask: support it, oppose it, or change one specific thing.
- Write it below. Lead with your name, your town and why it matters to you.
- Can’t be there? Paste it into the Legislature’s comment form, linked on each meeting. More on subcommittees.
- Going in person or on Zoom? Sign in, say you’d like to speak, and keep to about two minutes.
- Send the same note to your own legislators, even if they’re not on the subcommittee.
At a local meeting
- Find the meeting on your city, county or school district’s page. My government lists yours.
- Read the agenda: public comment is often near the start, and an item on the agenda is where your comment counts most. Sign-up rules vary: check the agenda.
- Most boards ask for your name and town, and give about three minutes.
- Can’t go? Email the members before the meeting, naming the agenda item.
- For a public hearing (a budget, rezoning or bond), you can also send written comments for the record.
Draft what you’ll say
Fill in what you like; the drafts update as you type. Nothing here is saved or sent anywhere: copy it when you’re done.