Rights of Conscience, Springfield Update

The Illinois General Assembly adjourned yesterday afternoon, ending their regularly scheduled spring session.  They did so, however, without finalizing a state budget or addressing the looming pension crisis.  That means our lawmakers will be going back to Springfield for an overtime session to work out what they couldn’t resolve during the past five months.  According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) told state representatives that “the House will be in continuous session this summer.”

While the official end of session is good news, the fact that lawmakers will be returning to Springfield as early as this Thursday means that we will still have to be diligently working against pending legislation.  This includes SB 1564, which has already passed the Illinois Senate and is pending a vote in the Illinois House.