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SAFE-T Act. The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, commonly known as the SAFE-T Act, is a state of Illinois statute enacted in 2021 that makes a number of reforms to the criminal justice system, affecting policing, pretrial detention and bail, sentencing, and corrections. [1][2] The Act's section on pretrial detention, which ...
The Illinois General Assembly advanced a whopping 186 bills out of committee over a three-day stretch last week before a Friday deadline. From a bill dropping pet adoption fees for veterans to one ...
Another bill bolsters Illinois ... Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton said the laws passed are about expanding the state’s ability to take in more people seeking reproductive health care. “Today is ...
In May 2021, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill on mandatory K-12 sex education for all Illinois public school students. The Governor of Illinois in August 2021 signed the bill into law and becomes effective 1 year later (i.e. August 1, 2022). [101] [102] [103]
Protect Illinois Communities Act. The Protect Illinois Communities Act (formally known as Public Act 102–1116) is an assault weapons ban signed into Illinois law on January 10, 2023, by Governor J. B. Pritzker, going into immediate effect. [1] The Act bans the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and switches in ...
A bill proposed by Peoria state Sen. Dave Koehler aimed at lowering carbon emissions into the atmosphere could result in higher gas prices, opponents to the legislation say.
The Illinois General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. It has two chambers, the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. The General Assembly was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. As of 2023, the current General Assembly is the 103rd; the term of an assembly lasts two years.
The Illinois Fair Tax was a proposed amendment to the Illinois state constitution that would have effectively changed the state income tax system from a flat tax to a graduated income tax. The proposal, formally titled the "Allow for Graduated Income Tax Amendment", appeared on the ballot in the November 3, 2020 election in Illinois as a ...