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Weekly Legislative Update – April 8, 2019

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FROM EQUIP FOR EQUALITY

The following are disability-related bills and/or issues pending in the Illinois General Assembly that are scheduled to be heard in committee during the week of April 8, 2019:

 

Senate Appropriations I Committee
April 9, 2019, 9:00 a.m.
Room 212, Capitol Building
Springfield, IL

SUBJECT MATTER: FY 20 Budget Request For The Following Agency: SB 2228- Department of Human Services, SB 2228

  • To file an electronic witness slip for the subject matter hearing: Click

 

Senate Appropriations I Committee
April 10, 2019, 9:00 a.m.
Room 212, Capitol Building
Springfield, IL

SUBJECT MATTER: FY 20 Budget Request For: SB 2161- Dept. of Juvenile Justice, SB 2219- Dept. on Aging, SB 2192- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Com., SB 2194- Coroner Training Board, SB 2221- Dept. of Public Health, SB 2230- Dept. of Innovation and Technology, SB 2161, SB 2219, SB 2192, SB 2194, SB 2221, SB 2230

  • To file and electronic witness slip for the subject matter hearing: Click

 

NOTE: If you wish to take any action regarding any of these bills/issues, you may wish to attend the committee hearing and/or contact the members of the Committee conducting the hearing and/or the legislators in your home district.  The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all legislators, both Representatives and Senators, can be found on the Illinois General Assembly website at: www.ilga.gov. You may check this website to find out if any of the committee hearing dates or times have been changed, which may happen upon very short notice. You may also use this website to file an electronic witness slip for any bill that is posted for hearing by clicking on “GA Dashboard” on the homepage. You may also watch or listen to committee hearings on this website by clicking on “Audio/Video” under the headings Senate or House and then clicking on the room number in which the committee hearing is being held. For additional information, please contact:

Cheryl R. Jansen
Director of Public Policy
Equip for Equality
cherylj2@equipforequality.org
217-544-0464 ext. 6013

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