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Florida

Last updated on May 26, 2020

When the Biggest Opposition is a Pandemic

Remaining genuine equal rights bills are trying to get attention while a pandemic closes down capitols. Here’s a legislative update.

Last updated on January 29, 2020

“Reworked” Florida Bill Does Absolutely Nothing

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An amended Florida bill does absolutely nothing and, in doing nothing, actually makes things worse.

Last updated on March 13, 2019

Take Action: NO on HB597

No on Florida HB597. Mandated reunion is a disastrous idea

Take action today. Contact members of a Florida subcommittee to request a “NO” vote on HB597.

Last updated on March 13, 2019

Florida Bill: Reunion Required to Get Your OBC

Florida HB597 requires reunion with a birthparent before an adult adoptee can even apply for the OBC. That’s not at all a “small step” forward.

Last updated on March 3, 2019

Open Letter to Florida Representative Richard Stark

I ask that you support this proposed legislation and that you decline to introduce legislation that fails to provide adult adoptees with the unrestricted right to obtain their own OBCs.

Last updated on February 19, 2018

Legislative Update: Florida, New York and All Others

February 2018 Legislative OBC Update

The latest in adoptee rights legislation, with sessions just getting started, in full swing, or even close to adjournment. New York and Florida are the big ones but others hang on to the promise of clean.

Last updated on January 31, 2019

The Truth About Florida

HB821 and HB357 Florida

The truth about Florida is this: no OBC access bill will get through the Florida legislature this session without legislators adding crippling and discriminatory restrictions. Ask questions. But insist on true answers.

Last updated on January 31, 2019

Fact-Checking Florida HB357

When you fact-check claims of anonymous people who tell adoptees to swallow inequality, the decision is easy. No to HB357. It’s yet another disaster.

Last updated on November 3, 2018

Opposition Mounts Against Florida ‘Adoptee Rights’ Bill

Adoptees and more than two dozen state and national organizations oppose Florida’s HB357, a badly flawed anti-equality bill

Last updated on November 3, 2018

When Something is Nothing and Nothing is Something

Florida’s HB357 creates an inequitable two-class system of OBC access that requires a forty year period to pass after an adoption before most adoptees can obtain original birth certificates upon request.

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