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Credit Justin Fowler, Springfield State Journal-Register The Illinois House Judiciary Criminal Committee advanced two bills Tuesday with unanimous support, one to decriminalize transmission of HIV and another to expand protections for survivors of sexual assault. An amendment to House Bill 1063, introduced by Democratic state Rep. Carol Ammons, of Urbana, changes several Illinois statutes related to persons living with HIV/AIDS and its transmission. On Wednesday, the House approved the bill 90-9, sending it to the Senate for consideration. Under current Illinois law, a person who transmits HI...

Credit Justin Fowler, Springfield State Journal-Register The Illinois House Judiciary Criminal Committee advanced two bills Tuesday with unanimous support, one to decriminalize transmission of HIV and another to expand protections for survivors of sexual assault. An amendment to House Bill 1063, introduced by Democratic state Rep. Carol Ammons, of Urbana, changes several Illinois statutes related to persons living with HIV/AIDS and its transmission. Under current Illinois law, a person who transmits HIV to another person can be charged with “criminal transmission of HIV.” The AIDS Confide...

By Sarah Mansur & Grace Barbic & Capitol News Illinois • Jan 27, 2021 Members of the Illinois House Democratic Women's Caucus speak with Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch on the floor of the Bank of Springfield Center on Jan. 12, the day before he was inaugurated as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. Credit Justin Fowler, Springfield State Journal-Register Democrats in the Illinois House of Representatives made history on Jan. 13 when they elected the first Black lawmaker to serve as House Speaker and ended the reign of Rep. Michael Madigan, the longest-serving st...

Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing “Lame Duck Look Back” series in which Capitol News Illinois is following up on the major bills that passed