As far as Jeanette Laffoon knew, her bill was dead. After a promising start in 2017, the state House of Representatives, House Bill 1239 went to the state Senate where it failed to make it further than the committee level. “I was so excited and then it died in committee and I was devastated,” says Laffoon, a lawyer who represents clients with disabilities. “But I didn’t know that when you submit a bill, there’s actually a two-year period and it can come back to life.” She was surprised when friends began calling to let her know they were seeing references to her bill on the legislative agenda.
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