URGENT! SUPPORT MISSOURI'S HB-1436 - ADOPTEE OBC LEGISLATION!!

BASTARD NATION URGENT ACTION ALERT: SUPPORT MISSOURI'S HB-1436, OPEN RECORDS FOR ADULT ADOPTEES!

HB-1436 WILL BE HEARD IN THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28th. PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND URGE THEM TO PASS THIS BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH A "YES" VOTE!!

HB-1436 has been introduced in the Missouri Assembly and would restore the availability of original birth certificates to adult adoptees born in the state, upon request and on par with other adults born in Missouri. This is a very straightforward adoptee rights bill that has been re-introduced for several years but thwarted by powerful legislators. The Missouri Open group supporting this legislation needs our help to ensure that the voice for adoptee rights in heard in the Show Me State!!

Please remember that legislative activity on our issue in one state does impact what happens in other states. We are all in this together. Please pitch in and help Missouri win open records for adult adoptees!


READ THE FULL TEXT OF THE BILL:

http://www.house.mo.gov/bills061/biltxt/intro/HB1436I.htm


COMMITTEE CONTACT INFORMATION:

HB 1436 is sponsored by Connie Johnson, Dem, Majority
Whip, Co-sponsored by James Whorton, Dem.

House of Representatives Judiciary Committee:

Mailing Address Format for each member:

201 West Capitol Avenue
Room number (indicated for each Representative)
Jefferson City, MO. 65101

Bryan Pratt, Chair
Bryan.Pratt@house.mo.gov
Rm. 114A
573-751-8636
Capitol Fax: 573-751-8636

Timothy Flook, Vice Chair
tim.flook@house.mo.gov
Rm. 201G
573-751-1218
Capitol Fax: none

John P. Burnett
John.Burnett@house.mo.gov
Rm. 101I
573-751-3310
Capitol Fax: 573-751-3310

Connie "LaJoyce" Johnson
Connie.Johnson@house.mo.gov
Rm. 302-1
573-7510-7605
Capitol Fax: 573-522-9494

Rick Johnson
Rick.Johnson@house.mo.gov
Rm. 115C
573-751-6625
Capitol Fax: 573-522-9207

Scott Lipke
Scott.Lipke@house.mo.gov
RM. 235BA
573-751-6662
Capitol Fax: 573-526-7740

Marilyn Ruestman
Marilyn.Ruestman@house.mo.gov
Rm. 302B
573-751-9801
Capitol Fax: 573-522-5505

Ray Salva
Ray.Salva@house.mo.gov
Rm. 105G
573-751-5701
Capitol Fax: none

Jason Smith
Jason.Smith@house.mo.gov
Rm. 406B
573-751-1688
Capitol Fax: 573-526-1806

Bryan P. Stevenson
Bryan.Stevenson@house.mo.gov
Rm. 408A
573-751-7082
Capitol Fax: 573-526-9847

Steven Tilley
steven.tilley@house.mo.gov
Rm. 201A
573-751-1488
Capitol Fax: 573-526-0881

Michael Vogt
Michael.Vogt@house.mo.gov
Rm. 109E
573-751-9472
Capitol Fax: 573-522-3369

Brian David Yates
Brian.Yates@house.mo.gov
Rm. 235
573-751-0907
Capitol Fax: 573-526-1776

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Bryan.Pratt@house.mo.gov; tim.flook@house.mo.gov; John.Burnett@house.mo.gov; Connie.Johnson@house.mo.gov;
Rick.Johnson@house.mo.gov; Scott.Lipke@house.mo.gov; Marilyn.Ruestman@house.mo.gov; Ray.Salva@house.mo.gov;
Jason.Smith@house.mo.gov; Bryan.Stevenson@house.mo.gov; steven.tilley@house.mo.gov; Michael.Vogt@house.mo.gov;
Brian.Yates@house.mo.gov

Call, fax, e-mail, and write today! Your letters and phone calls do make a difference.

Legislative Committee
Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization
http://www.bastards.org/

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SUPPORT MAINE'S LD1805 - COMMITTEE HEARING ON FEB. 28, 2006!

BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT: PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FREELY

MAINE ACTION ALERT: URGE THE MAINE JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY TO VOTE YES ON LD1805!


BASTARD NATION: THE ADOPTEE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION fully supports (as written) the bill that is being heard in MAINE: LD1805. We urge all Bastard Nation members and adoptee rights supporters to contact the committee members and ask them to vote YES on LD1805.

On TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 @ 1:00 pm, LD1805 WILL HAVE A HEARING BEFORE THE JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. THE LANGUAGE OF THE BILL, AS WRITTEN, IS BASED ON NH'S LAW AND WILL ALLOW ADULT ADOPTEES TO ACCESS THEIR ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE IN THE SAME MANNER AS ALL NON-ADOPTED ADULTS WHO WERE BORN IN MAINE. THERE IS A CONTACT PREFERENCE FORM INCLUDED IN THE BILL, WHICH WILL ALLOW BIRTH PARENTS TO EXPRESS THEIR DESIRES ABOUT CONTACT, SIMILAR TO SYSTEMS IN PLACE IN OREGON, ALABAMA, AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. PLEASE HELP MAINE BECOME THE 6TH STATE TO ALLOW ADULT ADOPTEES UNCONDITIONAL ACCESS TO THEIR ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES!

Please call and e-mail your letter of support urging a yes vote on LD1805 to all Representatives and Senators of the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary.

Read the full text of LD1805:

http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/externalsiteframe.asp?ID=280019835&LD=1805&Type=1&SessionID=6

The MAINE State government page can be accessed here: http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/search.asp


If you are out-of-state, be sure to mention any Maine connection you may have.


PLEASE WRITE the Representatives & Senators of the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary and ask them to vote YES LD1805. Help spread the recent victory for adoptee rights in New Hampshire to its neighbor to the North! REMEMBER: Passage of a clean bill in Maine can help efforts in YOUR state! Legislatures do look to their counterparts in other states to gauge trends in law. We need to work together to end adoptee rights violations in ALL states and provinces!


* * * CONTACT INFORMATION MAINE REPRESENTATIVES & SENATORS***


**SENATORS**

Senator Barry J. Hobbins (D-York), Chair :no email; Senate Democratic Office: 207-287-1515

Senator Lynn Bromley (D-Cumberland) : SenLynn.Bromley@legislature.maine.gov

Senator David R. Hastings III (R-Oxford) :dhastings@hastings-law.com (home)



**REPRESENTATIVES**


Representative Deborah L. Simpson (D-Auburn), Chair :RepDeborah.Simpson@legislature.maine.gov

Representative Sean Faircloth (D-Bangor) : sfaircloth@gwi.net (home)

Representative Stan Gerzofsky (D-Brunswick) : STAN1340@aol.com (home)

Representative Marilyn E. Canavan (D-Waterville) : mcanavan@verizon.net (home)

Representative Mark E. Bryant (D-Windham) : RepMark.Bryant@legislature.maine.gov

Representative Michael Edward Dunn (D-Bangor): RepMichael.Dunn@legislature.maine.gov

Representative Roger L. Sherman (R-Hodgdon)* :RepRoger.Sherman@legislature.maine.gov

Representative Roderick W. Carr (R-Lincoln) :RepRod.Carr@legislature.maine.gov

Representative Joan Bryant-Deschenes (R-Turner) :RepJoan.BryantDeschenes@legislature.maine.gov

Representative Joan M. Nass (R-Acton):RepJoan.Nass@legislature.maine.gov


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SENATORS:

SenLynn.Bromley@legislature.maine.gov;dhastings@hastingslaw.com

REPRESENTATIVES:

RepDeborah.Simpson@legislature.maine.gov;sfaircloth@gwi.net,STAN1340@aol.com;mcanavan@verizon.net;RepMark.Bryant@legislature.maine.gov;

RepMichael.Dunn@legislature.maine.gov;RepRoger.Sherman@legislature.maine.gov;RepRod.Carr@legislature.maine.gov;RepJoan.BryantDeschenes@legislature.maine.gov;

RepJoan.Nass@legislature.maine.gov


***COMMITTEE INFORMATION***

Committee Clerk: Susan Pinette

Policy Analyst: Margaret Reinsch (Office of Policy & Legal Analysis)

Fiscal Analyst: Tim Leet (Office of Fiscal & Program Review)

Hearing Room: Room 438, State House - phone (207) 287-1327

Chairs' Office: Room 433, State House

Mailing Address:

Committee on Judiciary
100 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0100

Call, fax, e-mail, and write today! Your letters and phone calls do make a difference.

Legislative Committee
Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization
http://www.bastards.org/

Copyright 2006 Bastard Nation - Permission is granted to distribute verbatim
copies of this document, provided that this notice remain intact.