DO NOT PASS HB 2070

The once clean HB 2070 has been gutted and corrupted. It no longer addresses the rights and needs of Arizona-born adoptees. The bill has is now

(1) prospective-only starting in 2022

(2) specifically bars the vast majority of the state’s adoptees–those adopted between 1968-2021– from obtaining the state-held record of their births that belongs to them.

In practical terms, the law cannot be used until 2040 long after any perceived controversy that might surround passage is dead.

This monstrosity was passed in the House and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee with the cooperation of so-called “activists” in the state. (See Not with a Bang; Not with a Whimper .) It is expected to be voted on the Senate Floor soon.

For a full explanation of the issues the bill presents read the letter Bastard Nation sent to the full Senate and House on March 12, 2021. The bill needs to be pulled and re-worked to cover all Arizona-born adoptees or killed.

Please contact the Senators below–especially if you are an adoptee born in Arizona or an Arizona resident– and tell them that nothing but full adoptee inclusion, without restrictions, conditions, or timelines, is acceptable. If you have an Arizona connection be sure to mention it. You might also want to contact House members and let them know how you feel about the bill and urge them to object.

Arizona Senators

mendez@azleg.gov,

jmesnard@azleg.gov,

tnavarrete@azleg.gov,

lotondo@azleg.gov,

tpace@azleg.gov,

jpeshlakai@azleg.gov,

wpetersen@azleg.gov,

mquezada@azleg.gov,

rrios@azleg.gov,

wrogers@azleg.gov,

tshope@azleg.gov,

vsteele@azleg.gov,

ktownsend@azleg.gov,

mugenti-rita@azleg.gov,

Arizona House

randrade@azleg.gov,

adalessandro@azleg.gov,

ahernandez@azleg.gov,

alieberman@azleg.gov,

asalman@azleg.gov,

ashah@azleg.gov,

bbarton@azleg.gov,

bnutt@azleg.gov,

bpingerelli@azleg.gov,

broberts@azleg.gov,

btoma@azleg.gov,

cchavez@azleg.gov,

cfernandez@azleg.gov,

dcook@azleg.gov,

ddegrazia@azleg.gov,

despinoza@azleg.gov,

dhernandez@azleg.gov,

drodriguez@azleg.gov,

fcarroll@azleg.gov,

fpratt@azleg.gov,

ggriffin@azleg.gov,

jake.hoffman@azleg.gov,

jblackwater-nygren@azleg.gov,

jburges@azleg.gov,

jchaplik@azleg.gov,

jfillmore@azleg.gov,

jjermaine@azleg.gov,

jjohn@azleg.gov,

jkavanagh@azleg.gov,

jlongdon@azleg.gov,

josborne@azleg.gov,

jparker@azleg.gov,

jpawlik@azleg.gov,

jschwiebert@azleg.gov,

jweninger@azleg.gov,

jwilmeth@azleg.gov,

kbutler@azleg.gov,

kpayne@azleg.gov,

lbiasiucci@azleg.gov,

lsierra@azleg.gov,

mepstein@azleg.gov,

mfinchem@azleg.gov,

mhernandez@azleg.gov,

mtsosie@azleg.gov,

mudall@azleg.gov,

ppowershannley@azleg.gov,

qnguyen@azleg.gov,

randrade@azleg.gov,

rbolding@azleg.gov,

rbowers@azleg.gov,

rcobb@azleg.gov,

rfriese@azleg.gov,

rmeza@azleg.gov,

rteran@azleg.gov,

sbolick@azleg.gov,

skaiser@azleg.gov,

sstahlhamilton@azleg.gov,

tdunn@azleg.gov,

tgrantham@azleg.gov,

wblackman@azleg.gov,

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William Gage

March 13, 2021 at 2:12 am Reply

“Your” birth certificate–whether original or amended–doesn’t “belong” to *you*. The state generated it and retains property rights over the document; the information it contains, as well as it’s distribution. I need look no further than my own certificate of naturalization to verify this fact. Or your own passport (if you have one). It states quite explicitly that “my” certificate is U.S. government property. The same can be said for *all* government-issued documents, like driver’s licenses or other forms of official identification. So you lose some measure of credibility when you begin your call to action with a misstatement of the facts. But what I get most from this is the sense that you object to the legislation because it wouldn’t benefit *you*.