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Recent News About Illinois House Of Representatives
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Reps. Hauter, Spain and Weaver vote to allow noncitizens to become Illinois police officers
Reps. William Hauter (R-Morton), Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) and Travis Weaver (R-Edwards) voted to give noncitizens a path to become Illinois police officers, siding with a majority of state lawmakers in a recent action that one Republican senator called “a fundamentally bad idea.”
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Hauter: ‘Still no word on the budget and how Illinois is going to spend $50 billion of the people’s money’
State Rep. Bill Hauter (R-Peoria) is questioning the delay by Democrats in unveiling a budget.
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Spain: ‘What we keep doing is just repelling people away’
Deputy House Republican Leader State Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) is against a bill that would raise taxes on wealthy Illinoisans, fearing the plan would increase the already steady exodus of such residents from the state.
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HB 4664 ‘destroys choice and the 1st Amendment AND puts women's lives at risk’
Local Illinoisans are rallying their neighbors against legislation meant to advance abortions.
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Illinois Pro-Family Alliance: ‘The bill allows medical practitioners who BROKE THE LAW in their own state to come to Illinois’
The Illinois Pro-Family Alliance is calling out a bill that will allow doctors who’ve lost their licenses in other states to come to Illinois to provide abortions. The Peoria-based group has been vocal in its opposition.
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Butler asks for nicknames for the newly drawn district he seeks to represent
State Rep. Tim Butler (R-Springfield) asked constituents to suggest nicknames for "the new 95th" legislative district.
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Lincoln High School basketball coach scores 900th victory
State Rep. Tim Butler (R-Springfield) congratulated Lincoln Community High basketball coach Neil Alexander on 900 career victories.
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Rep. Spain opposed removing protections for COVID-19 vaccine foes
Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) voted against legislation that would remove legal protections now available to opponents of COVID-19 vaccine mandates through Illinois’ Health Care Right of Conscience Act.
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Rep. Gordon-Booth supported removing protections for COVID-19 vaccine foes
Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-Peoria) voted in favor legislation that would remove legal protections now available to opponents of COVID-19 vaccine mandates through Illinois’ Health Care Right of Conscience Act.
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Spain: Remote voting rules changed by Democrats to fix 'catastrophically flawed' Illinois budget
The Illinois House recently voted to allow a rule change that would permit lawmakers to vote on legislation remotely which gave House Democrats enough votes to amend the budget bill.
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Task force 'charged with studying' COVID-19 impacts on businesses leads to legislative proposal in Illinois
Rep. Norrine Hammond (R-Macomb) is pushing a measure that would see the Illinois Congressional delegation sign off on additional economic relief to fund the Payment Protection Program and the Business Interruption Grant Program, along with passing broad-based federal solutions that address pandemic risk for businesses across the state.
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'People in Illinois deserve better': Luft slams Democrats for secretive meetings to redraw district maps
Illinois House Republicans are criticizing Democratic legislators for holding meetings behind closed doors to discuss drawing the new legislative district maps.
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Illinois GOP frustrated with lack of ethics reform this year: 'The House has so far failed to act'
Rep. Tom Bennett (R-Pontiac) is one of the many Republican lawmakers annoyed that Democrats ignored tackling ethics reform this legislative session.
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Butler: Democrats are using political data 'for political gain' with redistricting
The battle between state lawmakers over whether the once-a-decade redrawing of Illinois' legislative districts should be done now by the Democrat-controlled legislature or referred to an independent committee of residents continues.
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Luft 'very proud' to pass his first bill to remove outdated law from the books
Illinois Rep. Mark Luft (R-Pekin) recently had his first bill passed as a legislator, which abolishes an obsolete law to streamline government.
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Butler, Republicans want to hear from Illinois governor or 'high-level member of his team' about redistricting
Republican state representative and House GOP Redistricting Committee spokesperson Tim Butler wants to hear Gov. J.B.
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Spain lobbies for removal of 'partisan incumbents' in redistricting process in Illinois
State Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) thinks it's well past time that Illinois follows the lead of other states by removing lawmakers from the business of legislative redistricting.
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Spain condemns state Redistricting Committee for 'disingenuous interest in meaningful public input'
Questions are being raised about the fairness of the state's redistricting process as the Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus holds regional hearings to gather input from the public before new district maps are created.
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Butler pushing legislation to foster 'better lines of communications' between Illinois, communities
Rep. Tim Butler is looking forward to Springfield getting back to business.
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Four Republicans named to Illinois budget oversight commission for COVID-19
The Illinois Republican House leader named four individuals to serve on a legislative oversight commission to monitor budgetary actions taken by the governor related to COVID-19.