Purpose: Urge your Senator to work for bringing the Child Victim's Act to a vote.

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 of the legislation, the Child Victim's Act, S4614A (Senator Saland).
• State clearly that you support S.B. 29 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 script for calling your Senator:

• My name is [NAME], and I'm a constituent of [Senator's name). I am calling about
  the Child Victims Act, bill number S4614A.
  I was very glad to hear the Assembly passed the by an overwhelming, bi-partisan
  vote last year. But I am concerned that the Senate has not permitted the Act to even
  come to the floor for a vote. And I know that many of my friends and neighbors feel
  the same. I urge Senator (NAME) to request Senator Bruno to bring the bill to the
  floor for a fair vote.
  
• The bill is important to me personally because [list reasons, including wanting to
  protect your children by exposing sexual predators and anyone that harbored them].
  
• To protect our children, I feel the Senate must pass this bill, and without amendments.
• Thank you very much for your time. Please let Senator [NAME] know how strongly I feel
  about the need to pass this bill.