As part of the campaign to save Illinois libraries, we are asking every legislator in the General Assembly to commit to the following pledge:

“Recognizing the importance of libraries and library systems to our communities and to the livelihood of the citizens of the state of Illinois, I (lawmaker) will work to oppose any additional cuts to library per capita grants in FY10.  Furthermore, I will work to fully fund library per capita grants when additional state funding becomes available in the future.”

Below is a list of legislators who have already committed, and those who have yet to respond. If we haven’t heard from your legislators yet, let them know that their pledge is important to the future of Illinois libraries! You can find your legislator’s contact information (searchable by legislator’s last name or your zip code) at ILA’s CapWiz site.

If you are an Illinois legislator and want to take the pledge, you can do so by emailing:
pledge@saveillinoislibraries.com

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ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE PLEDGED SUPPORT

Secretary of State Jesse White

Senator Pamela Althoff, District 32

Representative Suzanne Bassi, District 54

Representative Mark Beaubien, District 52

Senator Michael Bond, District 31

Representative Rich Brauer, District 100

Senator J. Bradley Burzynski, District 35

Senator James Clayborne, Jr., District 57

Representative Jim Durkin, District 82

Representative Julie Hamos, District 18

Representative Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr., District 114

Senator David Luechtefeld, District 58

Representative Rosemary Mulligan, District 65

Representative Elaine Nekritz, District 57

Representative Robert Pritchard, District 70

Representative Randy Ramey, Jr., District 55

Representative Jim Sacia, District 89

Senator Jeffrey Schoenberg, District 9

Senator Heather Steans, District 7

Senator Dave Syverson, District 34

Representative Michael Tryon, District 64

Representative Dave Winters, District 68

LEGISLATORS YET TO RESPOND

Representative Edward Acevedo, District 2

Representative Luis Arroyo, District 3

Representative Daniel Beiser, District 111

Representative Patricia Bellock, District 47

Representative Maria Antonia Berrios, District 39

Representative Bob Biggins, District 41

Senator Tim Bivins, District 45

Representative William Black, District 104

Representative Mike Boland, District 71

Senator Larry Bomke, District 50

Representative Mike Bost, District 115

Representative John Bradley, District 117

Senator Bill Brady, District 44

Representative Dan Brady, District 88

Representative James Brosnahan, District 36

Representative Daniel Burke, District 23

Representative William Burns, District 26

Representative John Cavaletto, District 107

Representative Linda Chapa LaVia, District 83

Representative Franco Coladipietro, District 45

Representative Sandy Cole, District 62

Senator Jacqueline Collins, District 16

Representative Annazette Collins, District 10

Representative Marlow Colvin, District 33

Representative Michael Connelly, District 48

Representative Elizabeth Coulson, District 17

Representative Fred Crespo, District 44

Senator Dan Cronin, District 21

Representative Tom Cross, District 84

Senator M. Maggie Crotty, District 19

Senator John Cullerton, District 6

Representative Shane Cultra, District 105

Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, District 25

Senator Gary Dahl, District 38

Representative John D’Amico, District 15

Representative Monique Davis, District 27

Representative William Davis, District 30

Senator James DeLeo, District 10

Senator William Delgado, District 2

Representative Anthony DeLuca, District 80

Senator Deanna Demuzio, District 49

Senator Kirk Dillard, District 24

Senator Dan Duffy, District 26

Representative Lisa Dugan, District 79

Representative Kenneth Dunkin, District 5

Representative Roger Eddy, District 109

Representative Keith Farnham, District 43

Representative Sara Feigenholtz, District 12

Representative Robert Flider, District 101

Representative Mary Flowers, District 31

Senator Gary Forby, District 59

Representative LaShawn Ford, District 8

Representative Mike Fortner, District 95

Representative Jack Franks, District 63

Senator Michael Frerichs, District 52

Representative John Fritchey, District 11

Representative Paul Froehlich, District 56

Senator Susan Garrett, District 29

Representative Esther Golar, District 6

Representative Careen Gordon, District 75

Representative Jehan Gordon, District 92

Representative Deborah Graham, District 78

Senator William Haine, District 56

Representative Betsy Hannig, District 98

Senator Don Harmon, District 39

Representative Greg Harris, District 13

Representative Kay Hatcher, District 50

Senator Rickey Hendon, District 5

Representative Elizabeth Hernandez, District 24

Representative Jay Hoffman, District 112

Representative Thomas Holbrook, District 113

Senator Linda Holmes, District 42

Representative Constance Howard, District 34

Senator Randall Hultgren, District 48

Senator Mattie Hunter, District 3

Senator Toi Hutchinson, District 40

Senator Mike Jacobs, District 36

Representative Naomi Jakobsson, District 103

Representative Charles Jefferson, District 67

Senator John Jones, District 54

Senator Emil Jones, III, District 14

Representative Kevin Joyce, District 35

Senator David Koehler, District 46

Representative Renée Kosel, District 81

Senator Dan Kotowski, District 33

Representative Lou Lang, District 16

Senator Chris Lauzen, District 25

Representative David Leitch, District 73

Senator Kimberly Lightford, District 4

Senator Terry Link, District 30

Representative Joseph Lyons, District 19

Representative Michael Madigan, District 22

Senator Edward Maloney, District 18

Senator Iris Martinez, District 20

Representative Sidney Mathias, District 53

Representative Frank Mautino, District 76

Representative Karen May, District 58

Representative Emily McAsey, District 85

Representative Michael McAuliffe, District 20

Senator Kyle McCarter, District 51

Representative Kevin McCarthy, District 37

Representative Jack McGuire, District 86

Senator James Meeks, District 15

Representative Deborah Mell, District 40

Representative Susana Mendoza, District 1

Representative David Miller, District 29

Senator John Millner, District 28

Representative Bill Mitchell, District 87

Representative Jerry Mitchell, District 90

Representative Donald Moffitt, District 74

Senator Antonio Munoz, District 1

Senator Matt Murphy, District 27

Representative Richard Myers, District 94

Senator Michael Noland, District 22

Representative JoAnn Osmond, District 61

Representative Harry Osterman, District 14

Senator Carole Pankau, District 23

Representative Brandon Phelps, District 118

Representative Sandra Pihos, District 42

Representative Raymond Poe, District 99

Senator Christine Radogno, District 41

Senator Kwame Raoul, District 13

Representative Dennis Reboletti, District 46

Representative David Reis, District 108

Representative Dan Reitz, District 116

Senator Dale Righter, District 55

Representative Al Riley, District 38

Senator Dale Risinger, District 37

Representative Robert Rita, District 28

Representative Chapin Rose, District 110

Senator Dan Rutherford, District 53

Senator Martin Sandoval, District 12

Representative Angelo Saviano, District 77

Representative Timothy Schmitz, District 49

Representative Darlene Senger, District 96

Representative Carol Sente, District 59

Senator Ira Silverstein, District 8

Representative Michael Smith, District 91

Representative Keith Sommer, District 106

Representative Cynthia Soto, District 4

Representative Ron Stephens, District 102

Senator John Sullivan, District 47

Representative Ed Sullivan, Jr., District 51

Representative André Thapedi, District 32

Representative Jil Tracy, District 93

Senator Donne Trotter, District 17

Representative Arthur Turner, District 9

Representative Patrick Verschoore, District 72

Senator Louis Viverito, District 11

Representative Ronald Wait, District 69

Representative Mark Walker, District 66

Representative Eddie Washington, District 60

Representative Jim Watson, District 97

Senator A. Wilhelmi, District 43

Representative Karen Yarbrough, District 7

Representative Michael Zalewski, District 21