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* * * NEVADA OPEN ACTION ALERT * * *
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FREELY

Issued April 10, 2005

URGE NEVADA SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
TO VOTE YES ON SB 446 WHICH WILL REOPEN
BIRTH AND ADOPTION RECORDS TO ADULT ADOPTEES


On Wednesday, April 13th, 2005 Nevada Open and Coalition Partners will come before the Nevada State Legislature's Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 446 will reopen birth and adoption records, currently housed at the Court and Vital Records, to adult adoptees. Please call, fax, write, and e-mail your letter of support urging an aye vote to all committee members. Sample letters for all members of the triad, family, friends, doctors, and clergy are available at:
http://www.nevadaopen.org/lobbySB446.html

Read the full text of SB 446:
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/73rd/bills/SB/SB446.pdf

CAST YOUR OPINION on SB 446:
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/73rd/opi...2334#EnterInfo
Vote only ONCE! (This is tracked)
(Limited to 510 characters. Count your letters!)
Our position is: "FOR".
If you are out-of-state, make sure to mention your Nevada connection.

WRITE and PHONE the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote YES on SB 446.
SAMPLE LETTERS and a PHONE SCRIPT on how to direct your comments to the Committee can be found here:
http://www.nevadaopen.org/lobbySB446.html

We urge all Nevada residents to ATTEND THE HEARING.
To attend the hearing in person, please visit our web site for directions, instruction, and hospitality:
http://www.nevadaopen.org/attendSB446.html
Nevada Open will gather in Carson City the night prior. Make sure to join the festivities!

You can watch and listen LIVE to the hearing via the internet:
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/audio/AudioVideo.cfm
Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
8:00 AM (PST)

PLEASE PHONE, FAX, AND E-MAIL the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee:


* * * CONTACT INFORMATION TO SENATE JUDICIARY * * *

Senatorial Fax: (775) 684-6522
(Requires cover page to individual senator for proper delivery.)

Mark Amodei - Chair
Nevada Senate
401 S. Carson St., Room 2128
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-684-1470
Fax: (775) 882-7918
E-mail: mamodei@sen.state.nv.us

Maurice Washington - Vice Chair
Nevada Senate
401 S. Carson St., Room 2129
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-684-1480
Fax: 775-331-7647
E-mail: mwashington@sen.state.nv.us

Mike McGinness
Nevada Senate
401 S. Carson St., Room 2131
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-684-1442
Fax: 775-684-6522
E-mail: mmcginness@sen.state.nv.us

Dennis Nolan
Nevada Senate
401 S. Carson St., Room 2127
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-684-1421
Fax: 702-838-3838
E-mail: dnolan@sen.state.nv.us

Valerie Wiener
Nevada Senate
401 S. Carson St., Room 2100
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-684-1422
Fax: 702-221-9239
E-mail: vwiener@sen.state.nv.us

Terry Care
Nevada Senate
401 S. Carson St., Room 2101
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-684-6503
Fax: 702-436-9298
E-mail: tcare@sen.state.nv.us

Steven Horsford
Nevada Senate
401 S. Carson St., Room 2103
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-684-1429
Fax: 702-924-1605
E-mail: shorsford@sen.state.nv.us


RAPID E-MAIL CUT-N-PASTE
(Paste into your CC or BCC line and fire off one e-mail)

mamodei@sen.state.nv.us;
mwashington@sen.state.nv.us;
mmcginness@sen.state.nv.us;
dnolan@sen.state.nv.us;
vwiener@sen.state.nv.us;
tcare@sen.state.nv.us;
shorsford@sen.state.nv.us;
nevadaopen@nevadaopen.org


Nevada Open and Coalition Partners thank you for your activism!
www.nevadaopen.org