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A bill allowing a person who must register with a state agency due to a criminal conviction to change their name under specific circumstances passed the Illinois House on Thursday with bipartisan support.
House Bill 2542, introduced by state Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, amends several state statutes preventing Illinois residents from changing their names due to their presence on watch lists. HB 2542 passed through the new House Restorative Justice Committee last month, with an amendment approved by the same committee Wednesday.
The bill crafts exceptions to the Arsonist Registration Act, the Sex Offender Registration Act, and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act for persons who want to change their name due to marriage, religious beliefs, victim status or gender-related identity subject to the approval of a judge.
Bill allows convicts to change name with court approval
RAYMON TRONCOSO
Capitol News Illinois
SPRINGFIELD – A bill allowing a person who must register with a state agency due to a criminal conviction to change their name under specific circumstances passed the Illinois House on Thursday with bipartisan support.
House Bill 2542, introduced by state Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, amends several state statutes preventing Illinois residents from changing their names due to their presence on watch lists. HB 2542 passed through the new House Restorative Justice Committee last month, with an amendment approved by the same committee Wednesday.
The bill crafts exceptions to the Arsonist Registration Act, the Sex Offender Registration Act, and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act for persons who want to change their name due to marriage, religious beliefs, victim status or gender-related identity subject to the approval of a judge.
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The town of Rotterdam denied a request by The Daily Gazette for access to a Police Department audit more than a month after the information was originally sought. The town only notified the newspaper it would not share the documentation after the newspaper asked for comment about why the town ignored the request in the first place.
Once an entity asks for public information under the Freedom of Information Law, municipalities are required to meet certain deadlines concerning supplying the information or explaining why they won’t.
Town appeals officer John Woodward Tuesday again denied the Gazette’s Feb. 24 request for the audit about its sex offender registry and how it was mishandled.