Mourns the death of Edna Marshall.
Sponsored bills
Congratulates Dr. Frank G. Pogue on the occasion of his finished tenure as Interim President of Chicago State University.
Mourns the death of Lester E. Smith.
Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change concerning submission of the State budget.
Proclaims Wednesday, March 25, 2009, as the Eleventh Annual Alpha Kappa Alpha Day throughout the State of Illinois.
Congratulates Dr. Paula Allen-Meares on becoming the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Mourns the death of Richard E. Pegue.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that persons under 18 years of age (rather than under 17 years of age) who commit offenses are subject to the proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for delinquent minors. Effective January 1, 2010.
Congratulates Hosea Peeples on the occasion of her 109th birthday.
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates a non-appropriated Fund, the Minority Film Support Fund, to be administered by the State Treasurer to help collateralize loans from financial institutions to minority film makers producing films or building or maintaining minority film and television studios when the institution's credit standards would not otherwise be met.