Follow up your letter (previous page) to your Assembly Member to ask his or her position on the Child Victims Act,
Assembly Bill A2596, or to your Senator (S2568).

If you can visit your Senator, follow up your letter (previous page) to your Senator to ask for an appointment for you
and other consituents to visit him/her to discuss the Child Victims Act. If you can't visit your Senator, call to ask his/her
position on the Act.

Please read: Important info about calling legislators.

• Make sure to state your name, address and indicate that you are a constituent.
• Remember, you will usually be speaking with a secretary or aide who is keeping
  track of pro and con positions on a bill or issue, so the call will last a very short
  time. Keep the phone call under five minutes, unless the aide or legislator prolongs
  the conversation.
• Since conversations are brief: be prepared! Plan ahead what you want to talk about.
• Give the name and number of the legislation.
• State clearly that you support the Bill and how you want the legislator to vote.
• Include a statement about how the issue affects you personally.
• Listen to the legislator's point of view. Be polite. Don't threaten.
• Do not lie or try to talk your way around questions to which you do not know the answers. Say that you will get
  back to the legislator or aide, and then do so.
• Take down the name of the aide with whom you spoke so that you will have a contact person in case you need
  to contact the legislator again.
• Thank them for their time, both on the telephone and with a note of thanks for the conversation that includes a
  concise summary of your opinion.
• Do not call too often and risk becoming a nuisance.

Sample Scripts

To Your Assembly Member:

My name is ( ), and I'm a constituent of (legislator's name). I am calling about the Child Victims Act, Assembly Bill
number A2596.

The bill is important to me personally because (list reasons, including wanting to protect your children by exposing
sexual predators and those who harbor them). I feel the bill must be passed without amendments.

I was pleased that the Assembly approved the bill overwhelmingly last year and I strongly urge that Assemblyman/woman
(name) work to see that it does so again. I would very much like to know what his/her position is on this important
legistlation

Thank you very much for your consideration.

To Your Senator:

My name is ( ), and I am a constituent of Senator (name). I am calling about the Child Victims Act of New York, Senate
bill number S2568. The bill is important to me personally because (list reasons, such as wanting to protect our children by
exposing sexual predators and anyone who enables or harbors them.)

I/we strongly urge Senator (name) to vote for its passage this year, without amendments. I/ we would very much like to meet
briefly with the Senator to address any questions he/she may have about this important legislation.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

Note to callers: Please send the Coalition a quick e-mail to let us know you've spoken up
for children, and to whom. NYProtectChildren@Gmail.com.