Bill Title: Amends the Re-Entering Citizens Civics Education Act. Expands the program to persons committed to a Department of Juvenile Justice facility. Provides that the workshop held at the Department of Juvenile Justice shall consist of 270 minutes of instruction. Provides that the civil education program in the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be taught by 2 co-facilitators. Provides that one of the co-facilitators shall be a member of an established nonpartisan civil organization and the other a committed person at the Department of Juvenile Justice who is specifically trained in voting rights education and who has been trained by an established nonpartisan civil organization. Effective January 1, 2022.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0374 [SB2116 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Robert Peters [D]	Primary	N/A	217-782-5338	SD-013	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jacqueline Collins [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-016	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Curtis Tarver [D]	Primary	N/A	217-782-8121	HD-025	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Ammons [D]	Cosponsor	Email	217-558-1009	HD-103	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kelly Cassidy [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8088	HD-014	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Maurice West [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-3167	HD-067	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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