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    MAY 29, 2025
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    Illinois House passes bills expanding firearm storage requirements, protecting education rights for children regardless of citizenship status

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    The Illinois House of Representatives on Wednesday approved measures to expand firearm safe storage laws and prohibit students from being ticketed as a form of punishment in school. 

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    MAY 29, 2025
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    General Assembly transit reform package includes a new oversight authority but does not include new funding

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    The General Assembly’s proposed reform plan for Chicago-area transit includes a new oversight authority and an emphasis on safety but does not include the funding transit agencies say they need to avoid service cuts.

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAY 29, 2025
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    Bill limiting move-in fees passed Illinois Senate committee, opponents say bill will turn landlords away from state

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    The Senate Executive Committee approved a measure Wednesday to limit fees charged by landlords despite opponents' protest that the measure would prevent landlords from developing in Illinois. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAY 28, 2025
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    Illinois House committee approves firearm safe-storage bill

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    A measure to expand gun storage requirements cleared a House committee Tuesday, but the sponsor says negotiations are ongoing as the General Assembly enters its final days of session.

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAY 28, 2025
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    Senate Insurance Committee approves bill to expand mental health coverage, protect ‘final expense’ life insurance for felons

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    The Senate Insurance Committee on Tuesday approved a measure intended to improve coverage for outpatient mental health care and one to protect “final expense” life insurance coverage for convicted felons.

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAY 27, 2025
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    Amended community college four-year degree bill clears committee, Illinois Black Legislative Caucus voices opposition

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    A governor-backed measure to add some four-year degree programs to community colleges passed a House committee Friday, but the Illinois Black Legislative Caucus says the bill does not have their votes.  

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAY 23, 2025
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    Measure to expand medication abortion protection, raise senior driving test age clear Illinois Senate

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    The Illinois Senate on Thursday approved measures to expand medication abortion protections, raise the age at which seniors must undergo behind-the-wheel tests and require minors' names to be omitted from eviction paperwork. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAY 22, 2025
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    Illinois House passes bills to add three-point seatbelts to school buses, provide paid break time for nursing mothers

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    Rep. Jawaharial Williams (D-Chicago) presents Senate Bill 1563 on the House floor Wednesday. [Camryn Cutinello/The Daily Line]

    The Illinois House of Representatives Wednesday approved measures to require school buses to have a three-point seatbelt, provide paid break time for nursing mothers and clarify that Illinois eviction law does not prevent the removal of squatters from a property. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAY 22, 2025

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    Illinois Senate committee approves bills requiring public universities offer medication abortion, expand Cook County public defenders' ability to represent in immigration court

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    The Senate Executive Committee approved bills Wednesday to require public universities to offer medication abortion and allow Cook County public defenders to continue representing noncitizens moved to a different jurisdiction. 

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  • Camryn Cutinello
    MAY 21, 2025
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    Prisoner Review Board reform, Mahomet Aquifer protections headed to governor’s desk

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    Measures to reform the Illinois Prisoner Review Board and protect the Mahomet Aquifer are headed to the governor's desk after passing the Illinois House Tuesday. 

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