Well, my internship at the State Capitol has come to an end. May 18 was the last day of session. The best I can tell people when they ask me what it was like working there is that it was interesting.
One good pro-life bill did manage to make it through. Rep. Therese Sander’s HB 1055 squeaked by on the last day. The bill places new guidelines for abortion clinics and prohibits organizations that perform abortions from teaching sex education in our schools but it almost did not make it.
Sadly though, even with a Republican and pro-life majority, other good pro-life legislation was left to die, most notably Rep. Bob Onder’s Fetal Pain bill and HJR 11.
But I enjoyed working for Rep. Emery. He’s a good guy, a committed Christian and worked on some good legislation, especially Fair Tax and Pharmacy protection.
Overall it was a good experience, but you won’t be seeing me run for office any time in the near future (though I have been told that I should).