If you are active on Facebook in Lyme Disease patient groups, you may have seen (or may have missed) the following post from Dan Boeholt, co-author of Washington state’s proposed Chronic Lyme Bill, and founder of the related Facebook page, Ticked Off On Lyme WA:

~ Contact 49 Senators NOW to Pass our Chronic Lyme Bill SB 5448 in WA.

~ Is Scheduled to be voted on the Senate Floor by March 11. The Last day to consider bills in house of origin (by 5 pm)

Senators contact info:http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Senators/Pages/default.aspx

Kristine Moden, supporter, Lyme patient, and WA resident, shared the following email address list when she emailed Senators last week.  This is an enormous time saving tool.

jan.angel@leg.wa.gov,  barbara.bailey@leg.wa.gov, michael.baumgartner@leg.wa.gov, randi.becker@leg.wa.gov, don.benton@leg.wa.gov, andy.billig@leg.wa.gov, john.braun@leg.wa.gov, sharon.brown@leg.wa.gov, maralyn.chase@leg.wa.gov, annette.cleveland@leg.wa.gov, steve.conway@leg.wa.gov, bruce.dammeier@leg.wa.gov, brian.dansel@leg.wa.gov, j.darneille@leg.wa.gov, doug.ericksen@leg.wa.gov, joe.fain@leg.wa.gov, karen.fraser@leg.wa.gov, david.frockt@leg.wa.gov, cyrus.habib@leg.wa.gov, jim.hargrove@leg.wa.gov, bob.hasegawa@leg.wa.gov, brian.hatfield@leg.wa.gov, mike.hewitt@leg.wa.gov, andy.hill@leg.wa.gov, steve.hobbs@leg.wa.gov, jim.honeyford@leg.wa.gov, pramila.jayapal@leg.wa.gov, karen.keiser@leg.wa.gov, curtis.king@leg.wa.gov, jeanne.kohl-welles@leg.wa.gov, marko.liias@leg.wa.gov, steve.litzow@leg.wa.gov, rosemary.mcauliffe@leg.wa.gov, john.mccoy@leg.wa.gov, mark.miloscia@leg.wa.gov, mark.mullet@leg.wa.gov, sharon.nelson@leg.wa.gov, steve.o’ban@leg.wa.gov, mike.padden@leg.wa.gov, linda.parlette@leg.wa.gov, kirk.pearson@leg.wa.gov, jamie.pedersen@leg.wa.gov, kevin.ranker@leg.wa.gov, ann.rivers@leg.wa.gov, pam.roach@leg.wa.gov, christine.rolfes@leg.wa.gov, mark.schoesler@leg.wa.gov, timothy.sheldon@leg.wa.gov, judy.warnick@leg.wa.gov

Additional links and bill information are available in the following past posts, with updates available on the Facebook page linked to above.

• Please Email Senators by Feb 20 ~  WA Proposed Lyme Bill S.B. 5448 Updates ~ Action Needed
• Washington Proposed S.B. 5448 Would Allow Long Term Antibiotic Treatment For Lyme Disease

Short and sweet is perfectly fine, but please email and request support immediately.

As noted above, the bill’s cut off date is March 11, but per Dan, contacts are needed NOW, as the bill can come to the Floor at any time.

I included my messages as examples in the posts linked to above, if you need teasers, or visit the Facebook page for ideas.