1. The Real Deal About Legislation and Tools of the Trade
Pam Seamans
Former Policy Director, NC Alliance for Health
Betsy Vetter
Regional Vice President of Government Relations
American Heart Association

2. How A Bill Becomes a Law

3. The NC General Assembly Website
Your Source for Lots of Information!
Yes there is an AP!

4. Where Bills Start

5. Whose My Legislator?

6. Finding a Champion for Your Bill

7. Finding Your Bill Look up your bill Tracking the bill language
Sponsors & Co-Sponsors

8. Committees

9. Committee Alerts
Be notified when committees meet and the bills that are on their agenda!

10. Tracking your Bill
What’s a PCS?

11. Listening Remotely

12. What If I Don’t Know the Bill Number?

13. Legislator Lists and More

14. Citizen’s Guide

15. What’s This?
Dashboard

16. Learning More About the Legislature

17. Learning More About the Legislature

18. What’s Happening Outside North Carolina?
What is happening in other states?
Where do lawmakers get access to policy ideas and bill language?

19. National Conference of State Legislatures

20. American Legislative Exchange Council

21. The Public Health Community
Are other states working on my issue?
What does the public health community think about this issue?
Where can I access research?

22. American Public Health Association
APHA:

23. National Association of County & City Health Officials

24. Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

25. NC Public Health Association

26. A Few Final Tools of the Trade
How do you plan an issue campaign?
What do you need to consider?

27. Campaign Planning Tools
The Power Prism:

28. Campaign Planning Tools
Midwest Academy:

29. Thank You!

30. For More Information: Pam Seamans pcseamans@gmail
For More Information: Pam Seamans Betsy Vetter