CHICAGO – Locations where everyone should feel safe will be better protected from warrantless immigration raids under a new law backed by state Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, expanding due process protections for all people at hospitals, daycares, courthouses and college campuses.

CHICAGO – Following his successful fight to deliver mobile identification options to Illinoisans, state Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, is announcing that legislation he spearheaded will now enable residents to store their drivers’ licenses and state IDs on their phones using Apple Wallet.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, led passage of a resolution Wednesday condemning the Trump Administration’s funding freeze of the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) planned Red Line Extension. This southside transit project, which had already secured federal funding under President Biden, would encourage major ridership growth in Black and Brown communities while fostering economic development statewide.

CHICAGO — State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, has introduced the Stadium Transparency and Responsible Spending (STARS) Act to ensure that any taxpayer-backed deal for a professional sports stadium is transparent, fiscally responsible and publicly vetted.

CHICAGO — State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, announced the recent release of the Illinois Birth Equity Blueprint—a result of the Illinois Birth Equity Initiative he helped pass last year—which creates a long-term roadmap for improving birth outcomes for all Illinois mothers.

CHICAGO — State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, is continuing his efforts to build a more accountable and effective criminal justice system with the Illinois Correctional Data and Transparency Act. For years, the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) has not consistently reported basic recidivism outcomes because fragmented, outdated IT systems do not link prison, parole and program data—leaving policymakers and the public without a clear picture of what works. Buckner’s measure requires IDOC to modernize those systems and to publish an annual, comprehensive and publicly accessible recidivism report with disaggregated data.

CHICAGO – State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, continued to fight for lower prices by backing expansions to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) that include more seniors and those expansions will become available to Illinois households starting Oct 1.

CHICAGO — State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, joined the Illinois Department of Labor to condemn Trump administration actions to roll back federal minimum wage and overtime protections for millions of in-home healthcare workers.