A process too complicated to explain. In order to ensure that issues of poverty and homelessness are adequately addressed within the legislative session, it is important for advocates to familiarize themselves with the specifics of the process in their state.
Ideas come from concerned citizens, coalitions, agencies, public and private institutions.
Your legislator is the designated person in your district to assist you in translating ideas into bills and introducing them to the appropriate legislative body for public discussion. Discuss problems your clients experience and explore ways to intervene legislatively in an upcoming session. Discuss with them how a potential law would impact upon your clients. Get together with a coalition of agencies and prepare a bill for introduction into the legislature. History, convention, and etiquette all play a role in transforming an idea into a bill suitable for introduction in the state legislature.