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SR0082 - CONGRATS-ROBERT SMITH
Willie Preston
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Congratulates Robert Smith on his retirement after 19 years as head coach of the Simeon Career Academy boys basketball team.
STATUS
Passed
HB3322 - GANG DATABASES-USE-EVIDENCE
Justin D. Slaughter, Elgie R. Sims, Mattie Hunter
Last updated about 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Law Enforcement Gang Database Information Act. Defines terms. Provides requirements for the use of gang databases and shared gang databases. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in all criminal cases, evidence which indicates the mere presence that the person was or is on a gang database or a shared gang database is not admissible. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB2566 - $ICJIA-CREATING HEALING
Elgie R. Sims, Willie Preston, Christopher Belt
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $578,000 to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for costs associated with the Creating Healing of Inside Community Educators program at Pinckneyville and Menard Correctional Centers. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR0018 - BLACK IMMIGRANTS TASK FORCE
Sonya M. Harper, Justin D. Slaughter, Edgar Gonzalez
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Task Force on Black Immigrants to study the state of Black immigrants in Illinois and provide recommendations on how to assist them.
STATUS
Passed
SB2567 - HOLIDAY-1ST DAY OF RAMADAN
Willie Preston
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Election Code, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, and the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act to designate the first day following the beginning of Ramadan as a State holiday. Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0266 - BLACK FARMERS-ILLINOIS
Doris Turner, Adriane Johnson, Willie Preston
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Urges the Illinois Department of Agriculture to study the effects and the types of land loss to Black farmers. Calls for state support and capacity building for Black farming communities across the state and a dedication to helping grow agriculture in rural, urban, and suburban areas. States that Black farmers can play a leading role in our local healthy food system and create regional networks of jobs, food, and opportunities.
STATUS
Passed
SR0179 - CONDEMNS-TN HOUSE ACTIONS
Willie Preston
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Condemns the actions taken by the Tennessee House of Representatives on their racist action of expelling and silencing two Black lawmakers duly elected by Tennesseans.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2583 - $DECO-CHI PARK DIST-OGDEN PARK
Willie Preston
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Appropriates $30,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Chicago Park District for costs associated with capital improvements for Ogden Park. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3762 - FIRST DEGREE MURDER-SENTENCING
Will Guzzardi, Willie Preston, Rachel Ventura
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes technical changes in the first degree murder statute. Eliminates references to imposition of the death penalty for first degree murder. Repeals provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 that refer to the execution of a death sentence and the type of drugs that can be administered to cause death. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Lists the aggravating factors for first degree murder in which the defendant may be sentenced to natural life imprisonment. Amends various statutes to remove, other than historic references, references to "capital offense", "death penalty", "sentenced to death", and "sentence of death".
STATUS
Passed
SR0491 - MEMORIAL-CHARLES E. HOBSON SR.
Willie Preston
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the death of the death of Charles E. Hobson Sr.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Illinois district SD-016
COMMITTEES
Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
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