Action Alert: California AB1302: Beware the Trojan Horse!

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We need to make SB 1302 as radioactive and dead fast!

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CALIFORNIA OPEN ACTION ALERT

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Issued: March 16, 2023

AB 1302 (Lackey)

Vital records: adopted persons and original birth certificates.

CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 9 a.m. (PST)

State Capitol, Room 437

Bill Text and History: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1302

AB 1302 has been introduced in the California state legislature.

Don’t Trust the Horse, Trojans!

This seemingly innocuous one-page bill is all dressed up as a pretty gift horse to give adults, who were adopted as a child, the right to their original birth certificate through a court petition and order. Look that gift horse in the mouth…

Problem No. 1: Non-adopted citizens born in California simply make request and pay a small fee at the Office of Vital Records for a copy of their birth certificate. The Adopted would need the expense of petitioning the court.

Problem No 2. The bill includes a DISCLOSURE VETO and REDACTION RIGHTS, which violates all California born adult adoptee privacy rights from government intrusion. It instead would create a NEW right to birthparents, who have under current law relinquished all rights, to control the narrative between an adult adoptee and the State of California. Mommy May I? The bill distorts and contorts a Contact Preference Form (CPF), which language and intent has been used honestly and effectively in 12 states, into a “Disclosure Preference Form”. Read that as a VETO.

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This bill reeks of horse manure. It STINKS! Californians Say NO! Equality is the rally cry in our state. Defeat AB 1302 by sending an email to the Members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Tell them to VOTE NO on the bill. Short and sweet. California adult adoptees deserve equality. AND… if you are further inclined, flood their phone.

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CALL. (916) 319-2334. Leave your name and ask for a No Vote on Assembly Bill 1302.

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RAPID EMAIL CUT-N-PASTE

Brian.Maienschein@asm.ca.gov,

Bill.Essayli@asm.ca.gov,

Damon.Connolly@asm.ca.gov,

Diane.Dixon@asm.ca.gov,

Matt.Haney@asm.ca.gov,

Ash.Kalra@asm.ca.gov,

Blanca.Pacheco@asm.ca.gov,

Diane.Papan@asm.ca.gov,