Friends of “CLEAN” adoption reform,
Time to appeal for a Senate floor vote! The “CLEAN” bill of adoptee rights, S3419, has become eligible for a historic floor vote! If you are reading this, then it’s time to politely contact the Senate!
STATUS:
S3419:
- Passed Senate Health 5/14!
- Now eligible for Senate floor vote (CAL.757)
- Senate call to action details below
- Passed Assembly Health on 4/30
- Now in Assembly Codes Committee
- Assembly calls to action soon
CALL TO ACTION FOR SENATE!
POLITELY APPEAL FOR A SENATE FLOOR VOTE AND PASSAGE (Write all!):
To determine your local district Senator:
https://www.nysenate.gov/find-my-senator
NY SENATORS: FULL e-mail database (TO COPY and PASTE / suggest blind carbon copy):
addabbo@nysenate.gov, akshar@nysenate.gov, amedore@nysenate.gov, antonacci@nysenate.gov, bbenjamin@nysenate.gov, biaggi@nysenate.gov, pboyle@nysenate.gov, breslin@nysenate.gov, brooks@nysenate.gov, comrie@nysenate.gov, felder@nysenate.gov, flanagan@nysenate.gov, Funke@nysenate.gov, gallivan@nysenate.gov, gianaris@nysenate.gov, griffo@nysenate.gov, helming@nysenate.gov, jackson@nysenate.gov, jacobs@nysenate.gov, jordan@nysenate.gov, kaminsky@nysenate.gov, kavanagh@nysenate.gov, kennedy@nysenate.gov, lanza@nysenate.gov, lavalle@nysenate.gov, liu@nysenate.gov, martinez@nysenate.gov, smayer@nysenate.gov, omara@nysenate.gov, Ortt@nysenate.gov, persaud@nysenate.gov, ranz@nysenate.gov, ritchie@nysenate.gov, grivera@nysenate.gov, robach@nysenate.gov, sanders@nysenate.gov Savino@nysenate.gov, Serino@nysenate.gov, seward@nysenate.gov, stavisky@nysenate.gov, scousins@nysenate.gov, tedisco@nysenate.gov,
bailey@nysenate.gov, carlucci@nysenate.gov, gaughran@nysenate.gov, gounardes@nysenate.gov, harckham@nysenate.gov, hoylman@nysenate.gov, kaplan@nysenate.gov, lkrueger@nysenate.gov, little@nysenate.gov, may@nysenate.gov, metzger@nysenate.gov, montgome@nysenate.gov, myrie@nysenate.gov, parker@nysenate.gov, ramos@nysenate.gov, salazar@nysenate.gov, sepulveda@nysenate.gov, serrano@nysenate.gov, skoufis@nysenate.gov, thomas@nysenate.gov
SUGGESTED EMAIL TITLE (if you write):
Please vote on and pass the “clean” adoptee rights bill (S3419)
SUGGESTED NOTE AND /OR PHONE SCRIPT (ADD YOUR STORY IF WRITING!):
“Hello. My name is ________ and I am contacting you from ________ [NOTE IF A CONSTITUENT!].
I am one of over eight thousand one hundred supporters of the “Citizens Petition to Advance the ‘Clean’ Adoption Reform Bill.”
( https://www.change.org/p/advance-clean-ny-bill-of-adoptee-rights ), which was recently included in an important Mother Jones investigative piece about our cause: Most American Adoptees Can’t Access Their Birth Certificates. That Could Soon Change.
We respectfully ask you to support moving forward with a floor vote for Senator Montgomery’s S3419. We also ask you to vote yes for this vital proposal which will, as intended in the legislature, restore unrestricted access to original birth certificates for all adult adoptees.
On May 15th, the Senate Health Committee voted overwhelmingly in favor of “clean” adoption reform in accordance with best practices in adoption. Before that, on April 30th, the Assembly Health Committee also voted overwhelmingly to advance the companion bill (A5494). A 2017 regressive, expensive and unacceptable proposal was, happily, vetoed by Governor Cuomo in December of that year.
Now, it’s time for the New York Senate to bring S3419 to a floor vote. We will restore and honor adoptee human and civil rights by making S3419 / A5494 the law.
Our rapidly growing cause is supported by the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA), the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) just to name a few.
Now, with S3419 / A5494, we can get it right and make it equal.
Thank you for your consideration!
THE NEW YORK SENATE:
Senate Majority Leader:
Andrea Stewart-Cousins: scousins@nysenate.gov 518-455-2585
Senators (full list):
(* = S3419 cosponsors and **= S3419 sponsor Montgomery)
Joesph Addabbo, Jr.: addabbo@nysenate.gov 518-455-2322
Fred Akshar: akshar@nysenate.gov 518-455-2677
George Amedore: amedore@nysenate.gov 518-455-2350
Robert Antonacci: antonacci@nysenate.gov 518-455-3511
*Jamaal T. Bailey: bailey@nysenate.gov 518-4552061
Brian Benjamin: bbenjamin@nysenate.gov 518-455-2441
Alessandra Biaggi: biaggi@nysenate.gov 518-455-3595
Philip Boyle: pboyle@nysenate.gov 518-455-3411
Neil Breslin: breslin@nysenate.gov 518-455-2225
John Brooks: brooks@nysenate.gov 518-455-2765
*David Carlucci: carlucci@nysenate.gov 518-455-2991
Leroy Comrie: comrie@nysenate.gov 518-455-2701
Simcha Felder: felder@nysenate.gov 518-455-2754
John Flanagan: flanagan@nysenate.gov 518-455-2071
Rich Funke: funke@nysenate.gov 518-455-2215
Patrick Gallivan: gallivan@nysenate.gov 518-455-3471
*James Gaughran: gaughran@nysenate.gov 518-455-2390
Michael Gianaris: gianaris@nysenate.gov 518-455-3486
*Andrew Gounardes: gounardes@nysenate.gov 518-455-2730
Joseph Griffo: griffo@nysenate.gov 518-455-3334
*Peter Harckham: harckham@nysenate.gov 518-455-2340
Pamela Helming: helming@nysenate.gov 518-455-2366
*Brad Hoylman: hoylman@nysenate.gov 518-455-2451
Robert Jackson: jackson@nysenate.gov 518-455-2041
Chris Jacobs: jacobs@nysenate.gov 518-455-3240
Daphne Jordan: jordan@nysenate.gov 518-455-2381
Todd Kaminsky: kaminsky@nysenate.gov 518-455-3401
*Anna Kaplan: kaplan@nysenate.gov 518-455-2170
Brian Kavanagh: kavanagh@nysenate.gov 518-455-2625
Timothy Kennedy: kennedy@nysenate.gov 518-455-2426
*Liz Krueger: lkrueger@nysenate.gov 518-455-2297
Andrew Lanza: lanza@nysenate.gov 518-455-3215
Kenneth LaValle: lavalle@nysenate.gov 518-455-3121
*Betty Little: little@nysenate.gov 518-455-2811
John Liu: liu@nysenate.gov 518-455-2210
Monica Martinez: martinez@nysenate.gov 518-455-2950
*Rachel May: may@nysenate.gov 518-455-2838
Shelley Mayer: smayer@nysenate.gov 518-455-2031
*Jen Metzger: metzger@nysenate.gov 518-455-2400
**Velmanette Montgomery: montgome@nysenate.gov 518-455-3451
*Zellnor Myrie: myrie@nysenate.gov 518-455-2410
Thomas O’Mara: omara@nysenate.gov 518-455-2091
Robert Ortt: ortt@nysenate.gov 518-455-2024
*Kevin Parker: parker@nysenate.gov 518-455-2580
Roxanne Persaud: persaud@nysenate.gov 518-455-2788
*Jessica Ramos: ramos@nysenate.gov 518-455-2529
Michael Ranzenhofer: ranz@nysenate.gov 518-455-3161
Patty Ritchie: ritchie@nysenate.gov 518-455-3438
Gustavo Rivera: grivera@nysenate.gov 518-455-3395
Joseph Robach: robach@nysenate.gov 518-455-2909
*Julia Salazar: salazar@nysenate.gov 518-455-2177
James Sanders: sanders@nysenate.gov 518-455-3531
Diane Savino: savino@nysenate.gov 518-455-2437
*Luis Sepulveda: sepulveda@nysenate.gov 518-455-2511
Susan Serino: serino@nysenate.gov 518-455-2945
*Jose Serrano: serrano@nysenate.gov 518-455-2795
James Seward: seward@nysenate.gov 518-455-3131
*James Skoufis: skoufis@nysenate.gov 518-455-3290
Toby Ann Stavisky: stavisky@nysenate.gov 518-455-3461
Andrea Stewart-Cousins: scousins@nysenate.gov 518-455-2585
James Tedisco: tedisco@nysenate.gov 518-455-2181
*Kevin Thomas: thomas@nysenate.gov 518-455-3260
Contact Tim with outreach updates or news you’d like to share! tmw713@gmail.com
We continue to thank:
- You—soon we can make more history with the first ever New York Senate floor vote for “clean” adoption reform! Thank you for your ongoing support of our human and civil rights appeal. Including you, we count 8,100+ petition supporters and rising—please keep sharing!
- Sponsors Assemblymember Weprin (A5494) and Senator Montgomery (S3419). And over 100 legislative cosponsors!
- Allied advocates from the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition (NYARC) and New York Statewide Adoption Reform
- The American Adoption Congress, where Tim also serves, for encouragement as the session proceeds. Check out, join and support the AAC!
Our New York legislative session is slated to continue until June 19th.
Adoptee rights are human rights!
Adoptee rights are civil rights!
Adoptee rights will win in the New York Senate!
Stay tuned for further updates and calls to action!
Tim, Doris and Jennifer