One measure would begin the process of considering a new state flag
The Illinois Senate passed 68 bills this week while the House had advanced 284 as of Friday morning with hundreds more to go before their adjournment for the week.
It was the first in a two-week stretch of legislative deadlines for bills to move from one chamber to the other. While there are many procedural ways to revive a bill’s language after the deadlines’ passage, the deadlines mark an annual milestone in the session’s final stretch.
Among the hundreds of bills that passed this week were a measure banning vaping indoors and the creation of a commission to consider a new state flag.
Vaping ban
A measure banning e-cigarette use in public places passed the Senate on a 48-5 vote.
Cat declawing ban
One measure that passed last week in the House, House Bill 1533, would make it illegal to declaw a cat if the procedure is not medically necessary.
New state flag?
The Senate on Thursday also advanced a bill to create a commission that would consider designs for a new state flag. The measure sponsored by Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, passed on a 39-16 vote with Republicans’ main concern being that lawmakers could be using their time on more important issues.
Felons as estate executors
People with previous felony convictions would still be allowed to act as executor of someone else’s estate under a bill that passed through the Illinois House on Thursday.
Rent control on mobile home parks
One bill that did not pass Thursday would have allowed municipalities to impose rent control on mobile home lots.
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