Mar 22, 2018 | Carroll
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. – In the days after legislative leaders in the General Assembly established the Legislative Public Safety Group, state Rep. Jonathan Carroll, D-Buffalo Grove, expressed his desire to begin work in this new role. “I am humbled and honored to be...
Oct 19, 2017 | D'Amico
CHICAGO – State Rep. John D’Amico, D-Chicago, and Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White are announcing a more than 50 percent decline in teen driving deaths since their graduated driver’s licensing (GDL) law went into effect in 2008. “Our reforms that increased the...
Sep 22, 2017 | Mussman
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – State Rep. Michelle Mussman, D-Schaumburg, is encouraged that a measure to strengthen park district volunteer screening processes and aims to prevent sex offenders from working with children, which she supported, was recently signed into law. “The...
Sep 22, 2017 | Greenwood
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Seeking to create a uniform system for tracking evidence and coordinating law enforcement in sexual assault cases, a bill supported by state Rep. LaToya Greenwood, D-East St. Louis, which would create a state commission to review the issue was...
Sep 22, 2017 | D'Amico
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Amidst reports that law enforcement agencies must wait up to 24 months for critical rape kit testing results required to advance sexual assault investigations, state Rep. John D’Amico, D-Chicago, is applauding bold reforms being signed into law...