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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers passed measures Friday, May 28, to redraw state legislative and judicial district lines, less than 24 hours after the bills implementing the maps were introduced.
The Illinois House passed legislation on Friday updating the state s sex education curriculum in a partisan split. The bill, which creates a new "personal health and safety" curriculum for grades K-5 and a "sexual health education" for grades 6-12, received resistance from Republican lawmakers and religious groups for its "culturally appropriate" guidelines, including education on gender identities, different types of families, sexual orientation, consent and a woman s options during pregnancy.
Delivery service rules, limits on governor s authority over unions advance Sen. Melinda Bush, a Grayslake Democrat, is sponsor of legislation to require third-party delivery services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats to have formal agreements with restaurants for whom they deliver before they can use their names, likenesses, menus or other intellectual property. Sen. Don DeWitte, a St. Charles Republican, is a co-sponsor of a bill to require nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to prevent social isolation among residents.
Updated 4/30/2021 3:28 PM
SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Senate worked through a long list of bills Thursday as lawmakers prepared to enter the final stretch of the 2021 session.