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PSARA Lobby Day Training

Thank you for participating in PSARA’s Lobby Day! To assist you in preparing for your day at the Washington State Legislature, we have put together the following training materials for you below.  Bill status is ever changing and we will have the most up to date information on Lobby Day:

 

  1. Training Video:  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (see below)

  2. Legislator Meeting Prep w/District Lead and To Dos (see below)

  3. 10 Advocacy Tips for Meeting w/your legislator (see below)

  4. PSARA’s 2025 Legislative Agenda and Bill Status

  5. Washington State Capitol Campus Map (click here for the map)

  6. Priority Talking Points (click here for talking points)

  7.  2025 Lobby Day Agenda (see below)

Lobbying:  the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Legislator Meeting Prep

w/District Lead and To Dos

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  • Your district lead will contact you with a zoom link, date and time to prep for the legislator meetings. Please attend that zoom pre-meeting.

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  • Please be flexible as legislators’ schedules change.

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  • Be on time.

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  • Please bring a boxed lunch including water.

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  • Follow the lead of your district lead during the legislator meetings.

 

  • ·Stay on topic and PSARA legislative priorities.

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  • Meeting schedules will be tight.  When you get to the Labor Council Office the morning of March 18, please find you District lead and stay with your group as much as possible.  We will have coffee and a light breakfast/snack.

10 Advocacy Tips for Meeting

w/your legislator

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  1. Identify yourself  – State your name and identify yourself as a constituent, if you are one. 

  2. Be specific – Include the name and number of the relevant bill. Clearly describe the issue/problem and why the bill is necessary. 

  3. Make it personal – Speak in your own words about why the issue is important to you, your family, friends, etc. Tell a personal story. 

  4. Do your homework – Review your “talking points.”  Learn something about your legislator. See below for legislative website links.  

  5. Be confident – Your legislator’s job is to represent you. You may also know more about the issue than your legislator. Offer yourself as a source of information.

  6. Keep the door open for future conversations – Be passionate, but not rude. 

  7. Be brief – Get to the point quickly and be specific about why you are contacting them.  Limit your written documents to one page. 

  8. Be factual – Make sure the information you provide is accurate.  If you don’t know the answer to a question, say so and follow up later.

  9. Make “the ask” – Ask the legislator to support your position on the issue. If the legislator will not make that commitment, ask them to read your issue paper, meet with you again, keep an open mind, if opposed. 

  10. Show appreciation – Thank them for their time and follow up with a written thank you and send any materials you have promised. 

 

Helpful websites

www.leg.wa.gov, https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/MemberInformation.aspx

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/​​

PSARA Lobby Day Agenda

9:00 a.m. Meet at the WSLC for Lobby Day Overview 

     Coffee/tea, breakfast rolls and fruit

                 906 Columbia St SW #330, Olympia

 

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. All Day Legislator Meetings

 

11:00-11:30 a.m. OIC Commissioner Patty Kuderer meeting at the OIC Building (Room TBD)

 

12:00-12:15 p.m. Speaker Jinkins meeting at the Legislative Building (Room TBD)

 

Lunch on your own 

 

1:00 p.m. Legislator Meetings Continued

 

2:30 p.m. Debrief at the WSLC

 

3:00 p.m. Head home

 

Pam’s Cell for Support 206-650-0020

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