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Take Five with State Representative David Olsen
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Rep. Tom Bennett (R-Gibson City) gives an update on the action in the Illinois House of Representatives during the week ending April 20, 2018

From the SJ-R:

Former U.S. Rep. Jack Davis, who served a decade in the Illinois House and two years in Congress and was later an assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force, died Sunday at his Springfield home. He was 82.

Davis, a Republican, lived in Will County while serving in the state legislature and when he was elected to the U.S. House in 1986. He and his wife of 58 years, Virginia, lived in and around Springfield in recent years.

Springfield is home of two of their three children — Leland Grove Mayor Jill Egizii and Associate Judge Jack Davis II. Their other child, Heather Davis Schenck, lives in Flossmoor. There are nine grandchildren.

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Speaking during floor debate, State Rep. Allen Skillicorn said outlawing so many common trigger modification devices under House Bill 4117 would make law-abiding gun owners across Illinois felons. Find more at www.RepSkillicorn.com.

State Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, speaks during debate on House Bill 4290, legislation to pay raises negotiated by the public sector union AFSCME in 2011 but never funded by the Illinois General Assembly.

Today, bipartisan legislation was filed that would allow family members or law enforcement personnel to seek an emergency “firearms restraining order” to remove firearms from individuals posing an immediate and present danger to themselves or others. State Representative Peter Breen (R-Lombard) was the leading Republican negotiator for the bill and has now signed on as a chief co-sponsor of the measure.

“HB 2354 is the product of months of bipartisan discussions and negotiations, in hopes of putting together a bill that could be a national model for this type of legislation,” said Breen. “Keeping firearms out of the hands of those who would use them to harm others or themselves is not a Republican or a Democrat issue. We’re all outraged over the senseless violence occurring in our schools and other public spaces. But too often we learn later that the offenders showed signs of severe mental instability and expressed a desire to cause harm. With the passage of this bill, Illinoisans will have a means to prevent a dangerous person’s access to firearms, while still respecting folks’ Second Amendment rights.”

The majority in the House passed this unfunded mandate that will cause further property tax increases, hurt seniors, and hurt schools on a partisan basis.

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is responding to incidents of mass gun violence across the nation with a bill that would provide the courts with the ability to remove firearms from mentally distraught individuals while protecting the civil liberties and constitutional rights of law-abiding gun owners. The amendment to HB 2354, which includes both Republican and Democrat lead sponsors, was filed in Springfield today.

“The common thread with most of these acts of mass gun violence is that there were warning signs,” said State Representative Steve Reick (R-Woodstock), a Chief Co-Sponsor of the bill and leading member of the bipartisan group that drafted the bill. “In almost every instance there were clues- comments made to others or behaviors that sent up red flags. With the passage of this bill, family members or law enforcement would have the legal means to get guns out of the hands of mentally distraught people. Equally as important, lawful gun owners would not be faced with another legislative mandate that diminishes their rights because of the actions of a small number of troubled individuals who commit criminal acts.”

"This year I introduced HB5139 which would create a regulatory sandbox for financial products and services. It would help Illinois grow as a global business hub and emerging center of tech innovation, while also increasing consumer choice and consumer protection. The House of Representatives voted 93-4 in favor of the regulatory sandbox. This overwhelming bipartisan support shows that nearly every member of this body recognizes the benefits to the Illinois economy and Illinois consumers.

Unfortunately, HB 5139 has stumbled in the Senate. Some consumer advocacy organizations have called the regulatory sandbox a Trojan horse that will allow unscrupulous companies to take advantage of Illinois consumers. They are simply wrong."

On May 23, Representative McCombie stood up on the House floor to defend 2nd amendment rights of law abiding citizens.

State Rep. Patti Bellock, R-Hinsdale, speaks on the House Floor on Friday, April 27 on the work of the Human Trafficking Task Force to combat forced sexual exploitation in the State of Illinois.

Take Five with State Representative Charlie Meier
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The Illinois House of Representatives votes to pass House Bill 4932 sponsored by Rep. David Welter, R-Morris, who explained the bill before the vote.