Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

Co-sponsor HR 433

Passed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor

RYAN WHITE CARE ACT

Urges the Congress of the United States of America to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act.

Passed May 30, 2005 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 51

Passed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor

CONGRATS HAZEL J LEWIS

Commemorates the work of and congratulates Hazel J. Lewis on her retirement from the American Medical Association Alliance, Inc., by designating her retirement day of April 8, 2005 as Hazel J. Lewis Day in Illinois.

Passed Mar 2, 2005 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 129

Passed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor

CONGRATS DAVID AXELROD

Congratulates David Axelrod on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday.

Passed Feb 18, 2005 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 122

Passed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor

CONGRATS HAZEL J LEWIS

Commends the important health advocacy work of Hazel J. Lewis and congratulates her on her retirement from the American Medical Association Alliance, Inc.

Passed Feb 17, 2005 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 112

Passed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor

MEMORIAL LAWRENCE E BURKE

Mourns the death of Lawrence E. Burke.

Passed Feb 17, 2005 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 2133

Signed into law · Illinois Senate · Co-sponsor

ELECTION CD-GRACE PERIOD

Amends the Election Code. Authorizes election authorities to establish special procedures for late voter registration, beginning January 1, 2005. Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt necessary rules.

Signed into law Feb 7, 2005 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SB 3007

Signed into law · Illinois Senate · Co-sponsor

CRIM ID-EXPUNGEMENT-TECH

Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning policing bodies furnishing fingerprints and descriptions of persons arrested to the Department of State Police and relating to the expungement of arrest records and the sealing of the records of the clerk of the circuit court.

Signed into law Feb 7, 2005 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SB 3186

Signed into law · Illinois Senate · Co-sponsor

HUMAN RTS-NATL ORIGIN-LANGUAGE

Amends provisions of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, discrimination based on national origin includes discrimination based on the language spoken in the place in which a person or one of his or her ancestors was born. Effective January 1, 2005.

Signed into law Jan 21, 2005 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HB 3021

Failed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor

PUBLIC AID-TANF-AMOUNT

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that TANF may be paid for no more than 6 months on behalf of a person under 18 who has never married and who has a child or is pregnant, unless the person resides with a parent or in another specified living arrangement (instead of providing that no aid may be paid on behalf of such a person). Eliminates a provision authorizing the Department of Human Services to adopt rules setting forth criteria under which an assistance unit is ineligible for TANF for a specified number of months due to the receipt of a lump sum payment. Eliminates provisions concerning a prohibition on an increase in TANF aid solely on account of the birth of a child. Effective immediately.

Failed Jan 11, 2005 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 547

Failed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor

CRIM CD-HATE CRIME

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that harassment through electronic communications by reason of the harassed person's actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or national origin is a hate crime. Effective immediately.

Failed Jan 11, 2005 1 co-sponsor Track