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HR0121 - CONGRATS-PND HS BOYS SOCCER
Ryan Spain, Jehan A. Gordon-Booth, Travis Weaver
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Congratulates the Peoria Notre Dame High School boys soccer team, the Fighting Irish, on winning the 2022 Illinois High School Association Class 2A Boys Soccer Championship. Wishes the team continued success.
STATUS
Passed
HB4005 - $LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES
Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Makes specified appropriations to the Legislative Information System, Legislative Printing Unit, Legislative Audit Commission, Legislative Reference Bureau, Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, Architect of the Capitol, Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, Legislative Ethics Commission, and Legislative Inspector General for their ordinary and contingent expenses in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR0045 - ADJOURN HOUSE & SENATE
Jehan A. Gordon-Booth, William Cunningham
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the House of Representatives adjourns on Thursday, November 09, 2023, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, January 16, 2024, or to the call of the Speaker; and when the Senate adjourns on Thursday, November 09, 2023, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, January 16, 2024, or to the call of the President.
STATUS
Passed
HR0557 - MEMORIAL-MARCIA YVONNE LEWIS
Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the death of Marcia Yvonne Lewis.
STATUS
Passed
SB0457 - EDUCATION-TECH
Ram Villivalam, Adriane Johnson, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 11 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, including funding for any administrative costs reasonably incurred by the State Board of Education, upon the execution of one or more required statewide master contracts entered by the State Board of Education and annually thereafter, the State Board of Education shall notify school districts of any prepackaged meal options, including, but not limited to, halal and kosher food options, available for purchase under a statewide master contract for the upcoming school year. Requires the State Board to enter into one or more statewide master contracts to purchase religious dietary food options, and sets forth provisions concerning the contracts. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that the University of Illinois Hospital shall offer religious dietary food options that comply with federal and State nutritional guidelines. Amends the Halal Food Act. Provides that any halal food product offered by a State-owned or State-operated facility shall be purchased from a halal-certified vendor; defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor is subject to penalties under the Act. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Defines "kosher". Makes substantially similar changes with regard to kosher food products at State facilities. Provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food products is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Amends the Facilities Article of the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any Department of Corrections facility that provides food services or cafeteria services for which food products are provided or offered for sale shall also offer religious dietary food options that comply with federal and State nutritional guidelines. Specifies that nothing in the provisions concerning Department of Corrections facilities providing religious dietary food options is intended to expand any Department of Corrections facility's obligations beyond that required under federal law. Contains a severability clause. Effective June 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2707 - $HFS OCE
Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows: General Funds $9,069,962,700; Other State Funds $27,913,084,300; Federal Funds $205,000,000; Total $37,188,047,000.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2703 - $DOIT OCE
Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Innovation and Technology for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows: General Funds $137,700,000; Other State Funds $790,200,000; Total $927,200,000.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2300 - ILLINOIS WORKS JOBS CREDIT
Cyril Nichols, William Davis, LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated about 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Works Job Program Act. Provides that contractors or subcontractors may be eligible to earn bid credits for employing apprentices who have completed the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program (previously bid credits were available for public works contracted by the State). Provides that contractors and subcontractors can use bid credits toward future bids for public works projects contracted or funded by the State or an agency of the State in order to increase the likelihood that the contractor and the subcontractors are selected as the contractor for the public works project. Provides that, for contracts and grant agreements executed after the effective date of the amendatory Act, of a specified goal at least half of the labor hours of each prevailing wage classification performed by apprentices shall be performed by graduates of the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may grant a reduction or waiver upon a determination that the contractor or subcontractor has demonstrated that insufficient graduates of the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program are available to meet the requirements. Provides that contractors and subcontractors must submit a certification to the Department and the agency that is administering the contract, or the grant agreement funding the contract, demonstrating that the contractor or subcontractor has not complied with the labor hour goals and did not receive a reduction or waiver. Provides the penalties for failing to comply with the Illinois Works Apprenticeship Initiative. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2648 - $COMMERCE COMMISSION OCE
Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Commerce Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows: Other State Funds $69,516,000.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2690 - $AGING OCE
Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department on Aging for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows: General Funds $1,399,198,478; Other State Funds $7,745,000; Federal Funds $185,518,200; Total $1,592,461,678.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Illinois district HD-092
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Jehan A. Gordon-Booth's political career began when she was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 2008. She currently serves on several committees including Appropriations-Higher Education, Environment, Higher Education, Public Utilities, and State Government Administration. Gordon-Booth earned her Bachelor's degree in speech communication from Illinois State University in 1999. Prior to joining the Illinois General Assembly, she worked in state government administering youth employment programs. She has also served on the Illinois Task Force on the Condition of African American Men. Gordon-Booth and her husband live in Peoria and have two young sons.read less
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Illinois House from Illinois
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