Rise uses model legislation to form the framework for each iteration of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights in states across the country. Bill authors use our model bill as the basis for each bill, adding and omitting content based on their own ideas, preferences, and the political and social landscape of their states. They will also only include rights that do not already exist as current law in the state. As such, the final result of our drafted bills all look and read differently, while still accomplishing the intent of the model legislation.

Before we draft those bills though, we must determine which rights that are included in the model bill are already law in the state and which rights need to be included in the ultimate legislation we introduce. Potential sponsors want to know that we're not duplicating or creating conflict among existing laws and definitions.

That's where you come in. We are looking for a thorough review of the existing laws in each of our 2021 campaign states to identify which of our rights need to be included in 2021 legislation.

We are currently looking for volunteers in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. This list will grow in the coming months, so if you are interested in helping out but are not licensed in any of these states, we encourage you to sign up so that you can be contacted when more states join this year's campaign.

Note: if interested, volunteers may choose to remain involved in their state's campaign. Previously our We the Action volunteers have drafted state specific legislation, memos to legislative and governors' offices, helped Rise staff and volunteers prep for pitch meetings, joined Rise staff and volunteers in pitch meetings, and consulted on strategy. While completely up to you the volunteer, we love to include our legal volunteers in as much of our work as they are interested in.