TAKE ACTION ALERT - Please Make Calls For HB 413 On Adoption

TAKE ACTION ALERT - Please Make Calls For HB 413 On Adoption

Last night, Representative Mary Brandenburg’s legislation (HB 413) to repeal the bigoted, discriminatory 32 year old ban on adoption by gay Floridians was assigned to four committees. The bill currently is in the Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee.

The first step in moving this important legislation forward is for a hearing to be held in the Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee -- and for the bill to be approved by that committee.

SOCR and our allied organizations are asking you to contact the Committee Chair, Rep. Nick Thompson (R-Ft. Myers), and ask him to set a hearing on HB 413 as soon as possible. We also hope that you will ask him to support this important legislation as a co-sponsor. His phone number in Tallahassee is 850-488-1541. Please note that Rep. Nick Thompson was the Sponsor of HB 669 in 2008 known as the Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up For All Students Act.

HB 413 on Adoption
Sponsored by Representative Mary Brandenburg – District 89
Co-Sponsors are
Representative Joseph Abruzzo – District 85
Representative Ronald Brisé – District 108
Representative Faye Culp – District 57
Representative Joe Gibbons - District 105
Representative Bill Heller – District 52
Representative Evan Jenne – District 100
Representative Rick Kriseman – District 53
Representative Mark Pafford – District 88
Representative Kevin Rader - District 78
Representative Scott Randolph – District 36
Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda - District 9
Representative Kelly Skidmore – District 90
Representative Richard Steinberg – District 106

The other Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee members are:
Rep. Mike Weinstein (R) – District 19 – Jacksonville – Phone 850-488-1304(Vice Chair)
Rep. Audrey Gibson (D) – District 15 – Jacksonville - Phone 850- 488-7417
Rep. Michael Scionti (D) – District 58 – Tampa – Phone 850-488-9460 (Ranking Democrat)
Rep. Kevin Ambler (R) – District 47 – Tampa – Phone 850- 488-0275
Rep. Kelli Stargel (R) - District 64 – Lakeland - Phone 850- 488-2270
Rep. Eric Eisnaugle (R) – District 40 – Orlando - Phone 850- 488-9770
Rep. Dorothy Hukill (R) – District 28 – Port Orange - Phone 850- 488-6653
Rep. Adam Fetterman (D) – District 81 – Port St. Lucie - Phone 850- 488-8749
Rep. Tom Grady (R) – District 76 – Naples - Phone 850- 488-4487

Please contact all Representatives that you know or that are in your area. Ask them to please contact Rep. Nick Thompson and ask for a hearing as soon as possible. In addition, please ask them to support the bill by becoming a co-sponsor.

Or if you don’t see your representative or senator, please give them a call and ask them to sponsor the Adoption bill.

To find out contact information on Florida Representatives, go to http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/representati...

Find your senator’s contact info at:
http://www.flsenate.gov/Legislators/index.cfm?Mode=Member%20Pages&a...

Please pass this alert to every person and organization on your email list so that we can obtain maximum coverage.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this request.
Cathy James
SOCR Board Member
Cjames@socrflorida.org