We need your help!

This is a bill that Joe and I initiated in August after we lost Anayah.  Please read this letter and help us by following its simple instructions.  It will only take a minute of your time and we will be eternally grateful.  Please help us with this!  Thanks in advance!

We go in on Tues to testify so wish us luck!  I am so not good at speaking in public!  But I will do anything for this not to happen to anyone else! 

Please forward to anyone who can help us support the NV Putative/Responsible Father Registry.
Thank you!!
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Dear adoption friends,

We are in urgent need of emails and phone calls to our NV State Senators in behalf of Senate Bill SB 113 which is going to be heard Tuesday morning at 8:00 am. This is the Responsible Father Registry (formerly known as the Putative Father Registry) bill sponsored this legislative session by adoptive father and Senator Scott Hammond that will establish a registry for birth fathers in the state of Nevada. We need your stated support of the bill. Please contact your Senator to let him or her know that you are in favor of this bill.

Emails are encouraged that are brief and to the point and in your own words. It is helpful to explain your connection with adoption; for example: "I am an adoptive father/mother of two children and am in support of SB 113 because..." or "I am a prospective adoptive parent (Grandparent)..."

Highlights:  SB 113 protects the rights of biological fathers by allowing them to privately claim their intentions in regard to parenting and reduce adoption and placement disruptions for children and prospective adoptive parents.

Read the bill in detail at http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Bills/SB/SB113.pdf

Senators on Judiciary Committee:
Justin Jones  Justin.Jones@sen.state.nv.us
Aaron Ford  Aaron.Ford@sen.state.nv.us
Ruben Kihuen  Ruben.Kihuen@sen.state.nv.us
Tick Segerblom tsegerblom@sen.state.nv.us
Greg Brower  Greg.Brower@sen.state.nv.us
Mark Hutchinson  Mark.Hutchison@sen.state.nv.us
Scott Hammond  Scott.Hammond@sen.state.nv.us

There is an excellent search engine on the NV Legislative website for more information. You can search for your representatives using your address or track legislative bills, ect. at http://www.leg.state.nv.us/.  You can also watch the hearing online.

We expect the bill to pass the Senate with your support.  We will be gearing up for a tougher fight when this bill reaches the Assembly, where it has failed to pass in the past.  We will be asking for live testimony when we get to that point.

Thank you for your time and efforts on behalf of adoption! 
Please forward this email to friends and family who would be willing to contact our Senators as well.

Sincerely and Excitedly,

Amy