Legislative Resources

Tools for State Leads!

We know that you, the State Leads, are hooked in with most everyone from your state but often new families find ASPIRE before finding state groups. But, ASPIRE is here to assist you. We can create State Pages (see below). We will help you share updates and Call to Action.

Testimony Letter

For all states working towards passing a bill, ASPIRE has two testimony letters that we can update for your state. One is from the Board of Directors and the other is from the Professional Advisory Board.

What we need from you:

• What state you are in
• Bill Number
• Bill Name
• Link to Bill
• Who to address testimony to – Rep, Senator, Chairman, Committee Members, etc
  
• Due date of testimony
  
• Who to email testimony to with email
• Additional information people need to know such as:
  • Who the bill sponsors are
  • If you don’t have a hearing date, who to email to try to secure one
  • Special concerns you would like people to know when writing testimony or a request to be given a bill number
  • Information about giving testimony in person, etc.
  • If you want people to order a specific ASPIRE shirt from our store if you are having a Legislative Advocacy event.

If your state has both a House Bill and a Senate Bill running at the same time, please let us know how you would like ASPIRE to address the letters with that in mind. Some states want totally separate letters while other states allow you to include both bill numbers and address both House and Senate members in the same letter.

Legislative Packets

We are in the process of updating the legislative packets. If you would like to use the current version please email us.

Call to Action and Update Requests

We know that you, the State Leads, are hooked in with most everyone from your state but often new families find ASPIRE before finding state groups. So, ASPIRE is here to assist you. We can create State Pages (see below). We will help you share updates and Call to Action announcements.