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Sponsor/Rep. Gonzalez presents SB225: a bill that says the @ILSecOfState can not share facial recognition data in local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies passes in the Illinois House 65-47. This bill will proceed to the governor's desk. pic.twitter.com/pjXwtP7Yic
— BlueRoomStream (@BlueRoomStream) May 27, 2021
* Press release…
Today, State Representative Bob Morgan (D-Deerfield) passed SB 512, the Prevent Youth Vaping Act out of the Illinois House. This bill is a critical piece of public health legislation that will help keep Illinois youth safe from addictive vaping and other tobacco products.
“The Federal Tobacco Control Act grants states the ability to legislate tobacco products in several key areas, including tobacco advertising and sales requirements,” said State Representative Bob Morgan. “This bill will help ensure that vaping manufacturers are not targeting youth when they advertise their products for sale.”
Additionally, the Prevent Youth Vaping Act prevents the sale of altered e-cigarettes and the use of certain additives that are believed to contribute to respiratory illnesses. It will also empower the Illinois Office of the Attorney General to create more stringent requirements for online orders, including requiring packages to be clearly marked as containing electronic cigarettes.
“Especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, I believe we must do everything we can to protect the lung health of our young people. The Prevent Youth Vaping Act is a critical first step in helping the next generation live smoke and vape-free,” said Rep. Morgan.
The bill will now go back to the Senate, where State Senator Julie Morrison will work to get it agreed to in the Senate and sent to the Governor. The bill is supported by the Attorney General’s Office and the American Cancer Society.
* Capitol News Illinois…
The Illinois Senate passed a bill Wednesday which would create a new housing program for individuals living with mental illness or substance use disorders.
House Bill 449 creates the “Housing is Recovery Pilot Program Act,” a new program which would offer bridge rental subsidies to individuals at high risk for “unnecessary institutionalization” due to mental illness, or those at high risk of overdose or death due to substance abuse.
The bill, which is subject to appropriations, has already passed the House and needs only a signature from the governor to become law.
* Sun-Times…
The Senate passed a bill that could allow terminally ill prisoners to be freed more quickly by the Prisoner Review Board. Under current law, terminally ill or mentally incapacitated prisoners who wish to be released to the care of family in their final days must rely on a commutation from the governor.
But there’s “no mechanism in Illinois to permit us to do that,” said the bill’s sponsor, state Sen. John Connor, D-Lockport.
The bill “provides reasonable timeframes and deadlines for the Prisoner Review Board to review cases involving medical incapacity or terminal illness, and to determine if those inmates — with victim input — would basically … have a quality-of-life improvement if they’re moved out of prison,” Connor said. […]
But state Sen. Terri Bryant pointed to cases in the state’s Department of Corrections where physicians said someone would imminently die “over and over and over again.”
“There were physicians that would tell us that a particular incarcerated individual was going to pass very soon and then, two, three years later the person is still living,” said the Murphysboro Republican.
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Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 1:01 pm
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From what I can see I completely support a lot of aspects of the Prevent Youth Vaping act. I do; however, worry about any potential ban on flavoring. I smoked for about 12 years and honestly would still be smoking if it wasn’t for the fact that I can buy a variety of pretty good flavored e-cig liquid including fruit and cookie flavors. From what I can see this bill doesn’t ban those?
Also, glad to see SB225 passed!
Comment by CMZ Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 1:14 pm
I see the pro crime caucus is at it again, yet they want me to have to get fingerprinted to own a gun or buy ammo. You just can’t make this stuff up.
Comment by RumbleRumble Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 1:14 pm
Some convicts just won’t die on schedule?
Comment by Dotnonymous Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 1:24 pm
==pro crime caucus==
Hyperbole much? Sheesh.
Comment by Demoralized Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 1:44 pm
“There were physicians that would tell us that a particular incarcerated individual was going to pass very soon and then, two, three years later the person is still living,”
One of my mom’s friends was given no more than 6 months to live 3 years ago due to a late stage cancer diagnosis. She decided not to do any treatment except now she takes oxygen. She seems to be doing better now than she was 3 years ago. A different case, my grandmother was diagnosed with lung cancer. The doctor said she may live a year or more. She was dead in less than a month. The point is, doctors don’t know exactly when someone is going to die and different people defy the odds in different ways.
Comment by Ducky LaMoore Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 1:49 pm
==pro crime caucus==
Uhh you realize that civil rights organizations have been concerned about this for awhile right? I also want to add that the libertarians, who also are against you getting “fingerprinted to own a gun or buy ammo,” have also been against it. But yeah sure…the “pro crime caucus.”
Comment by CMZ Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 1:58 pm
Why are they using facial recognition at the SOS to begin with?
Comment by Jason Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 2:01 pm
Murders up all over the country. Facial recognition to assist law enforcement should be legal.
Comment by Amalia Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 2:05 pm
===Murders up all over the country. Facial recognition to assist law enforcement should be legal.===
The road to hell is….
In all seriousness I think there is almost a cult of law enforcement within much of the GOP. Just because something can assist law enforcement doesn’t mean it should be legal. Cameras in every household would assist law enforcement with domestic violence. Do you want law enforcement cameras installed in your house Amalia?
Comment by CMZ Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 2:23 pm
@CMZ, lol. cult within the GOP. over the top much?
Comment by Amalia Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 2:53 pm
@CMZ, you forgot about installing cameras on women’s bodies to monitor abortion tries, didn’t you?
Comment by Amalia Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 2:55 pm
@Amalia
What are you even talking about? First off, who would think that’s a good idea? Second off, what does that even have to do with anything?
Comment by CMZ Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 2:57 pm
==pro crime caucus==
If the GQP was really the party of small government they claim to still be, they would realize the slippery slope/precedent that facial recognition and accompanying technology it can lead to/set as it relates to eroding personal liberties and abuse thereof. But oh well.
Comment by The Failing New York Times Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 2:58 pm
Looters hate facial recognition
Comment by Lucky Pierre Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 3:19 pm
@CMZ, sow, reap.
Comment by Amalia Thursday, May 27, 21 @ 4:30 pm