[Peace-discuss] Senate Bill 1761

[C. G. Estabrook]

Representative Carol Ammons (D)
103rd District

Carol, how could you? Surely you understood what this meant.

—C. G. Estabrook


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> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Fw: [Champaign-Urbana Jewish Voice for Peace] Sad day, lots of work ahead. Senate Bill 1761 has...
> Date: May 18, 2015 at 7:25:34 PM CDT
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> Both of our state representatives cast a "not voting" vote--
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> On Monday, May 18, 2015 6:08 PM, Samantha Brotman <notification+nmyakka at facebookmail.com> wrote:
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> Sad day, lots of work ahead. Senate Bill 1761 has passed in both houses. SB 1761 "Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Prohibits a State agency from entering into a contract subject to the Code with a business that boycotts Israel. Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires each of the 5 State-funded retirement systems (or the Illinois State Board of Investment where applicable) to make its best efforts to identify all companies that boycott Israel in which it has direct or indirect holdings and, under certain circumstances, to divest itself of holdings in those companies."
> 	Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB1761
> www.ilga.gov
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