Florida Action Alert: Repeal the Adoption Ban

Last night, Representative Mary Brandenburg’s legislation – HB 413 – to repeal the bigoted, discriminatory 32 year old ban on adoption by gay Floridians was assigned to four committees. The bill currently is in the Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee.
The first step in moving this important legislation forward is for a hearing to be held in the Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee — and for the bill to be approved by that committee.
COLAGE and our allied organizations are asking you to contact the Committee Chair, Rep. Nick Thompson (R-Ft. Myers), and ask him to set a hearing on HB 413 as soon as possible. We also hope that you will ask him to support this important legislation as a co-sponsor. His phone number in Tallahassee is 850-488-1541. Please note that Rep. Nick Thompson was the Sponsor of HB 669 in 2008 known as the Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up For All Students Act.
The other Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee members are:
Rep. Mike Weinstein (R) – District 19 – Jacksonville – Phone 850-488-1304(Vice Chair)
Rep. Audrey Gibson (D) – District 15 – Jacksonville – Phone 850- 488-7417
Rep. Michael Scionti (D) – District 58 – Tampa – Phone 850-488-9460 (Ranking Democrat)
Rep. Kevin Ambler (R) – District 47 – Tampa – Phone 850- 488-0275
Rep. Kelli Stargel (R) – District 64 – Lakeland – Phone 850- 488-2270
Rep. Eric Eisnaugle (R) – District 40 – Orlando – Phone 850- 488-9770
Rep. Dorothy Hukill (R) – District 28 – Port Orange – Phone 850- 488-6653
Rep. Adam Fetterman (D) – District 81 – Port St. Lucie – Phone 850- 488-8749
Rep. Tom Grady (R) – District 76 – Naples – Phone 850- 488-4487
Please contact all Representatives that you know or that are in your area. Ask them to please contact Rep. Nick Thompson and ask for a hearing as soon as possible. In addition, please ask them to support the bill by becoming a co-sponsor
Find contact info on Representatives by going to this website.
If you are a youth or adult with LGBTQ parents who lives in Florida, and you might want to help with advocacy to pass this bill, please contact COLAGE.