Internal Memo: Pennsylvania Legislative Process

The Pennsylvania legislative process is lengthy, and passing any particular idea for a law is difficult. As a part of your work in the lobbying firm, provide your clients with a memo describing how your group will affect the future of the proposed bill as it makes its way through Pennsylvania General Assembly. If your group is in favor of lowering the drinking age, you’ll look for ways to help the bill along at each stage. If your group is against lowering the drinking age, you will look for ways and places to kill the bill. In your memo, describe specific steps you would take, and demonstrate an understanding of how a law gets passed. Your memo should trace the steps a proposed bill will take as it moves through the committees and chambers of the house and senate.

When finished, type your memo in word and post it as a file in your wiki page. You will also need to print a hard copy to be turned in to Mr. Brinling.