<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>The good news is that Rep Ammons voted against this bill. It has not come up for a vote in the State Senate, so I urge people to encourage St Sen Scott Bennett to vote against it:</div><div><br></div><div>
<table width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-member" width="100%" valign="top"><b>Springfield Office:</b></td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-member" width="100%"><br></td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-member" width="100%">311C Capitol Building</td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-member" width="100%">Springfield, IL   62706    </td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-member" width="100%">(217) 782-2507</td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-member" width="100%"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-member" width="100%"><br></td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-member" width="100%"><b>District Office:</b></td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-member" width="100%">45 E. University Ave.</td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-member" width="100%">Suite 206</td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-member" width="100%">Champaign, IL  61820    </td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-member" width="100%">(217) 355-5252<br><br>The following are co-sponsors of this bill:<br><br>
<span class="gmail-heading2">House Sponsors</span><br><span class="gmail-content">Rep. </span><a class="gmail-content" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2643">Jay Hoffman</a> - <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2604">Marcus C. Evans, Jr.</a> - <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2688">Tony McCombie</a> - <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2605">Lawrence Walsh, Jr.</a> - <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2589">Michael D. Unes</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2706">Jeff Keicher</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2758">Chris Miller</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2757">Darren Bailey</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2759">Dan Caulkins</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2590">Kelly M. Burke</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2629">Frances Ann Hurley</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2594">Joe Sosnowski</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2574">André Thapedi</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2705">Deanne M. Mazzochi</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2756">Mike Murphy</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2761">Blaine Wilhour</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2659">Grant Wehrli</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2522">Dan Brady</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2762">Andrew S. Chesney</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2710">Michael T. Marron</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2693">Ryan Spain</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2581">Anthony DeLuca</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2760">Patrick Windhorst</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2667">Tim Butler</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2753">Dan Ugaste</a>, <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2660">Keith R. Wheeler</a><span class="gmail-content"> and </span> <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=2653">Mark Batinick</a><br><br><span class="gmail-heading2">Senate Sponsors</span><br><span class="gmail-content">(Sen. </span><a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=2616">Michael E. Hastings</a> - <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=2610">Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant</a> - <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=2564">Linda Holmes</a> - <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=2603">Pat McGuire</a> - <a class="gmail-content gmail-notranslate" href="http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=2588">Sue Rezin</a>, <a class="gmail-content" href="http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=2614">Bill Cunningham</a>, <a class="gmail-content" href="http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=2679">Paul Schimpf</a>, <a class="gmail-content" href="http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=2664">Neil Anderson</a><span class="gmail-content"> and </span> <a class="gmail-content" href="http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=2730">Jason Plummer</a>)

<br><br>Note that the main sponsor, Rep Hoffman, is a Democrat who tried to run for Congress in IL-13 in 2012, and there are a few other conservadems among the sponsors (Evans, Walsh, Burke, Hurley, Thapedi, DeLuca) and in the Senate (Hastings, Bertino-Tarrant, Holmes, Maguire, Cunningham). Remember these names if/when they try to run for higher office.<br><br>HB 2280 has no co-sponsors to date, and appears to be stuck in the Rules Committee.<br><br>Deb<br><br></td></tr></tbody></table>

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