State Senator Dale Fowler has released the following statement following the Senate passage of Amendment 1 and 2 to House Bill 1095, which makes changes to the dangerous SAFE-T Act: “For two years, State’s Attorneys around this state have been warning of the dangerous effects the […]

State Senator Neil Anderson has released the below statement following the Senate passage of Amendment 1 and 2 to House Bill 1095, which makes some changes to the dangerous SAFE-T Act: “For the last two years, Democrats have worked to reinvent our criminal justice system behind […]

State Senator Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) has released the below statement following the Senate passage of Amendment 1 and 2 to House Bill 1095, which makes changes to the dangerous SAFE-T Act: “The trailer bill passage today to the dangerous SAFE-T Act further solidifies the democratic party’s […]

On Thursday, members of the Illinois Senate passed clarifying language to the SAFE-T Act, but failed to address several remaining problematic areas of the law that threatens public safety. In response to the partisan vote on the trailer bill, State Senator Don DeWitte (R-St. Charles) issued […]

SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) says legislative changes approved Dec. 1 by the Senate do make improvements to the controversial SAFE-T Act, but do not fully address the front-line concerns of public safety personnel tasked with protecting Illinoisans. “The changes approved Dec. 1 contain some […]

SPRINGFIELD – Legislative changes to the SAFE-T Act do make some needed improvements to the controversial new law, but do not fully address the front-line concerns of public safety personnel tasked with protecting Illinoisans, according to State Senator Dave Syverson (R-Cherry Valley). House Bill 1095 was […]

State Senator Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) released the following statement in response to the Senate’s passage of House Bill 1095, which makes some changes to the controversial SAFE-T Act: “Today, the Democratic lawmakers of the General Assembly chose to do the bare minimum to address the concerns […]

State Senator Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) released the following statement after the Illinois Senate passed HB1095, a trailer bill to the controversial “SAFE-T Act”: “The quality of legislation is often determined by the process used to pass it, with good policy the result of open negotiations with […]

State Senator Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) stood with a bipartisan group of policymakers at the State Capitol on Wednesday to launch new legislation that would close a dangerous loophole in predatory loan practices by pawnbrokers. In 2021, the Legislature adopted the Predatory Loan Prevention Act (PLPA, Senate Bill […]

In protest of Russia’s invasion and war against Ukraine, the Illinois Senate has unanimously approved legislation that provides for the withdrawal of state investments in Russia. After the bill’s passage, State Senator Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) issued the following statement: “Whenever there is a situation where one […]