Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36), right, who sponsored the Jan. 6 hiring measure, is pictured speaking to Ald. Andre Vasquez (40), left, at a council meeting April 7, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Workforce Development on Wednesday approved a measure to bar the city from employing anyone convicted after their in the riots that sought to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election.