Tell Illinois Lawmakers to Support the Illinois Fossil Fuel Divestment Act
The Fossil Fuel Divestment Act (HB3961)(SB0130)
The Fossil Fuel Divestment Act (FFDA) is a bill pending before the General Assembly. It would require five Illinois’ state-funded public pension funds to (1) immediately stop new investments in the top 200 oil, coal, and natural gas companies and (2) divest from existing public holdings in the top 200 oil, coal, and natural gas companies over a period of five years.
Five public pension systems funded by the state of Illinois will be impacted: State Employees Retirement System (SERS), General Assembly Retirement System (GARS), Judicial Retirement System (JRS), Teachers Retirement System of IL (TRS), and State Universities Retirement System (SURS).
The Climate Safe Pensions Illinois (CSPI) Coalition asks our friends, allies, and members of endorsing organizations to contact their Illinois State Representatives and Senators and urge them to support the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act.
Instructions for calling your State
Representative and Senator
Look up their contact info using this link and make your phone calls using the script below.
If you are having trouble using the legislator lookup, see the troubleshooting instructions below the script.
Phone script for Senators
Hi, my name is (your name) and I live in Senator (Your Senator) district. I’m calling to urge the Senator to co-sponsor the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act (SB0130) sponsored by Senator Adriane Johnson. The Act would require Illinois’ five state-funded pension systems to immediately stop investing in new fossil fuel assets and to divest current fossil fuel holdings within five years. Thanks in advance for helping safeguard these pensions for the future.
Phone script for Representatives
Hi, my name is (your name) and I live in Representative (Your Representative) district. I’m calling to urge the Representative to co-sponsor the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act (HB3961) sponsored by Representative Will Guzzardi. The Act would require Illinois’ five state-funded pension systems to immediately stop investing in new fossil fuel assets and to divest current fossil fuel holdings within five years. Thanks in advance for helping safeguard these pensions for the future.
Troubleshooting
Type in your address and zip code and then click or tap on the “Find Your Officials” blue button. The list will appear below the blue button.
Scroll down and click or tap the “Illinois” link to jump to your Illinois elected officials.
Find your State Senator, for example, and click or tap the tiny blue arrow (if using your phone) or the “more…” link (if on your computer) to view his or her additional contact information.
Addresses for both their Capital office in Springfield and their local office include a phone number, which is a live link.
If you are using your phone, click or tap on the phone number to immediately ring-up that office.
Note: your legislator’s page also includes a series of icons that provide other ways to contact and find out more about this person. These icons may include social media sites, email, their official website, and their “contact me” page where you can leave a comment.
Here is a link to email your State Representative and Senator on the CSPI website:
Click on the above link.
Fill in the boxes with your name, email, address, city, state, and zipcode. The system will automatically direct your email to the correct Illinois State Representative and Senator.
Personalize the email with your own words of support for the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act.*
Click on “Add Your Voice” to send your email.
*Want to have more impact? Make your letter personal. More than 50% of Congress members report that form emails into their offices have some or a lot of influence over their position on an issue. However, 92% report that individualized email letters have some or a lot of influence!
