Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Asain Caucus Whip
(D-Glenview)
17th District
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Springfield Office:
248-W Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-4194
District Office:
1812 Waukegan Road, Suite B
Glenview, IL 60025
(847) 486-8810
Full-time legislator; human rights attorney; B.A., Indiana University, J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, L.L.M, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law; former litigation attorney at Winston and Strawn; founding member and co-chair of the Illinois Unaccompanied Children’s Task Force; former Director of the Highland Park – Highwood Legal Aid Clinic; former board member of the Glenview Education Foundation; lives in Glenview with her husband and three sons.
Gong-Gershowitz Bill Enacts Limits on Single-Use Plastic Waste, Continues to Secure Environmental Progress
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Building on her previous pro-environment successes, state Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview, passed a measure prohibiting restaurants from providing single-use plastic disposable food-ware unless requested by customers. “The wasteful...
Gong-Gershowitz Responds to Budget Address, Prioritizes Education and Healthcare
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview, issued the following response to Gov. Pritzker’s budget address on Wednesday:
Gong-Gershowitz Cracks Down on Politically Motivated Busing of Migrants with New Criminal, Civil Penalties
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview, and members of the House Democratic New Arrivals Working Group are seeking to curb inhumane, politically motivated busing of migrants from border states with new criminal and civil penalties for dropping off passengers at unsafe locations and at unscheduled times.
Gong-Gershowitz Responds to Budget Address, Addresses Human Rights Crisis at the Border
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – I am encouraged by the pragmatic budget that the Governor outlined today. The core priorities of this budget – funding public education, improving healthcare, and expanding access to childcare for working families within the context of a balanced...
Gong-Gershowitz Receives 100% on 2023 Legislative Report Card from Illinois Humane Society
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Humane Society recognized state Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview, as a lawmaker fighting for animal rights by awarding her a perfect score on her 2023 Legislative Report Card.
Gong-Gershowitz Bill Holding Gun Manufacturers Accountable Signed into Law
GLENVIEW, Ill. – Gun manufacturers who recklessly market firearms as tools for unlawful violence and paramilitary activity can now be held liable for their actions in court following a new law passed by state Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview.
Gong-Gershowitz Joins White House To Combat Intimate Image Abuse Following Passage of Her ‘Deepfakes’ Bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview, traveled to Washington to join the White House State Legislative Convening on Non-Consensual Intimate Image Abuse as part of her ongoing mission to crack down on non-consensual digital image abuse or ‘deepfakes.’
Gong-Gershowitz to Join White House Group Combatting Intimate Image Abuse Following Passage of Her “Deepfakes” Bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview, is continuing her campaign to crack down on non-consensual digital image abuse, or “deepfakes” by traveling to Washington to join the White House State Legislative Convening on Non-Consensual Intimate Image Abuse.
Gong-Gershowitz Calls on Illinois Senate to Pass ‘Deepfake’ Digital Forgery Bill
GLENVIEW, Ill. – State Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz is urging her Senate colleagues to take up her legislation to crack down on exploitative ‘deepfake’ forgeries by creating civil penalties on anyone for creating and distributing sexually explicit fake images of another person without consent.
Gong-Gershowitz Responds to Budget Address, Prioritizes Public Safety, Funding for Education
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview, issued the following response to Gov. Pritzker’s State of the State address on Wednesday: