Key Senate Budget Amendments that Need Advocacy

The State Senate is slated to begin its budget debate tomorrow. There are several budget amendments MALC is following and is urging people to advocate on.

Making calls to your state senator takes minimal time and effort, but has a huge impact.

First you need to find out who your State Senator is:

http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.aspx

(Note – even if you know the phone number of your State Representative, many have moved their offices since last year, so it is best to check if you still have the right phone number –  emails will be the same)

Second, your need to know what Senate Budget Amendments to advocate for/against:

Amendments to Urge Your Senator to Vote Against:

Amendment #38  – Needs to not be adopted. As we posted this morning- We need to urge your state senator to vote against Senate Budget Amendment #38 as it would effectively end our state’s film tax credit program. This amendment was adopted on Tuesday  afternoon, May 23.

More info see our post from this morning:  http://artistsunderthedome.org/malc/calls-to-action/film-tax-credit-never-risk-right-now/

Key Amendment to Urge Your Senator to Vote For:

Amendment #694 Massachusetts Public Art Program.   This amendment established a state wide percent for public art program. Please urge your state senator to vote for this amendment- has yet to be voted on. https://malegislature.gov/Budget/FY2018/SenateDebate/Amendments/lesser

Library Amendments to Urge Your Senator to Vote For:

#227 Restores funding for the Center for the Book – This amendment was rejected on Tuesday, May 23.

#230 “Redrafted”  for line item 70001-9401 -for state aid to regional public libraries-This amendment was rejected on Tuesday, May 23.

Link to library amendments

https://malegislature.gov/Budget/FY2018/SenateDebate/Amendments/library