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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT
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April 16, 2017
South Carolina adoptees need your help today
Please contact all members of the South Carolina Senate Committee on Medical, Public,
and Municipal Affairs today!
DO PASS SB 3775
The South Carolina Senate Committee on Medical, Public, and Municipal Affairs has scheduled a hearing on Tuesday April 18 2017 on SB 3775.
The full language of the bill can be found here [2]
The bill:
- restores the right of Original Birth Certificate access and evidence of adoption or paternity determination to persons born in South Carolina 21 and over without restriction
- contains a genuine voluntary Contact Preference form similar to those found in Oregon, Alabama, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island.
- takes effect on January 1, 2018 for adoptions finalized after June 30, 2017 and January 1, 2019 for adoptions finalized before July 1, 2017.
SH 3775 was introduced on February 16, 2017 and has received virtually no publicity. Please contact members of the Senate Committee on Medical, Public, and Municipal Affairs today. to express your support SH 3775 in its current unrestricted form. Ask members to vote DO PASS out of committee in that form.
If you were born and/or adopted in South Carolina, currently live there, or have connections to the state, please include that information with your request.
Bastard Nation is submitting written testimony and will post it after the hearing.
Please note that a blocker bill has also been introduced. SB 3898 [3], contains numerous unacceptable conditions. We ask that you be aware of this bill, which recently passed the Senate, but that you do not discuss it in your contact on SH 3775. It is imperative to focus on the clean bill.
Hearing schedule: April 18, 2017, 2:30 PM, 425 Blatt Building, 1105 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29201
CONTACTS: South Carolina House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee
Those with asterisks (*) next to their names ONLY have phone contact info. Please call them.
Business Phone (803) 734-3046
Email: LH@schouse.org
Business Phone (803) 734-3069
Email: JAP@schouse.org
Jonathon D. Hill, 2nd V.C. [6]
Business Phone (803) 212-6919
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votehill/ [7]
Wendell G. Gilliard, 3rd V.C. [8]
Business Phone (803) 212-6793
Email: WendellGilliard@schouse.org [9]
*MaryGail K. Douglas, Secy. [10]
Business Phone (803) 212-6789
Katherine E. “Katie” Arrington [11]
Business Phone (803) 212-6871
Twitter: @khomrich [12]
FB: https://www.facebook.com/KatieforSCHouse/ [13]
No email
Bart T. Blackwell [14]
Business Phone (803) 212-6884
Twitter: @bartblackwellsc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bartblackwellsc/ [15]
Christopher R. “Chris” Hart [16]
Business Phone (803) 734-3061
Email: HartC@schouse.org
Steven Wayne Long [17]
Business Phone (803) 212-6878
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenLongSC/ [18]
Twitter: @StevenLongSC
Email: stevenlongsc@gmail.com
Josiah Magnuson [19]
Business Phone (803) 212-6876
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnusonsc/ [20]
Twitter: @magnusonsc [20]
Email:j@magnusonsc.com
Cezar E. McKnight [21]
Business Phone (803) 212-6926
Twitter: @cezarmcknight [22]
Email: cezar@cezarmcknight.com
Business Phone (803) 212-6874
Email: brandon@newtonforhouse.com
Business Phone (803) 212-6929
Email: RobertRidgeway@schouse.gov
*Michael F. Rivers, Sr. [25]
Business Phone (803) 212-6952
Leola C. Robinson-Simpson [26]
Business Phone (803) 212-6941
Twitter: @leolarobinsonsimpsondist25
Ivory Torrey Thigpen [27]
Business Phone (803) 212-6794
Twitter: @thigpen79
Email: ivorythigpen79@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thigpen79/
William W. “Will” Wheeler, III [28]
Business Phone (803) 212-6958
Email: will@wheelerforhouse.com
Business Phone (803) 212-6949
Twitter: @VoteRichieYow
Email: yowforhouse@gmail.com
Email string:
LH@schouse.org, JAP@schouse.org, WendellGilliard@schouse.org, HartC@schouse.org, stevenlongsc@gmail.com, j@magnusonsc.com, cezar@cezarmcknight.com, brandon@newtonforhouse.com, RobertRidgeway@schouse.gov, ivorythigpen79@gmail.com, will@wheelerforhouse.com,
Tweets:
@khomrich [12], @bartblackwellsc, @StevenLongSC, @magnusonsc [20] Please vote DO PASS on SB 3775 #AdopteeRights
@cezarmcknight [22], @leolarobinsonsimpsondist25, @thigpen79, @VoteRichieYow Please vote DO PASS on SB 3775 #AdopteeRights
Sample email and FB posts: PLEASE BE POLITE AND PROFESSIONAL!
Dear Honorable Committee Member,
Please vote DO PASS on SB 3775.
The bill:
- restores the right of Original Birth Certificate access and evidence of adoption or paternity determination to persons born in South Carolina 21 and over without restriction.
- contains a genuine voluntary Contact Preference form similar to those found in Oregon, Alabama, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island
- takes effect on January 1, 2018 for adoptions finalized after June 30, 2017 and January 1, 2019 for adoptions finalized before July 1, 2017.
Please join Rhode Island, Maine, Alabama, Oregon, New Hampshire, Colorado and Hawaii in restoring equal civil rights for adult citizens who were adopted as children. Kansas and Alaska have always had equality for ALL citizens.
Thank you,
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Bastard Nation Phone 614-641-0294
www,bastards.org