Today was the final day of our WEP but definitely the best day yet. Travis, Gabriella, and I got the opportunity to visit the General Assembly to sit in on a Senate Judiciary meeting and meet with Ms. Jennifer Bedford from legislative analysis. Unfortunately, they didn’t end up discussing SB300 (the bill we’d been researching for the past week); however, at the last minute they added a highly contentious abortion related bill that made the meeting much more interesting, and last a significantly longer time.
After the Senate meeting, we got to sit down and talk with Ms. Bedford, who told us all about her work as an impartial essentially know it all at the general assembly. DUring the senate meeting, she would continually be called on by senators to ask what legal precedent exists on laws they were changing and she had to be on her game at all times. It was a really cool experience and I’m so glad that we got the opportunity to do something in person.