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SPRINGFIELD – Families of children who lost their lives in the Newtown school shooting came to the Illinois State Senate on Monday urging a statewide ban on the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines. Working together with the families and Sandy Hook Promise, Illinois State Senator Dan Kotowski (D–Park Ridge) passed legislation banning the sale of [...]

Circuit Courts Fail to Report Mental Health Records for Gun Background Checks SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Dan Kotowski (D–Park Ridge) applauded Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride for taking action to demand that judges in lower courts across the state follow the law and report key mental health records to the Illinois State Police. [...]

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Senator Dan Kotowski’s (D–Park Ridge) legislation that promotes a healthier pet population passed the Senate on Wednesday. Currently pet stores are asked to inform the buyer of certain details about the dog or cat, including where they are from, if they have had any medical treatment, or if they were returned [...]

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Senator Dan Kotowski’s (D–Park Ridge) proposal to eliminate costly mandates in the state budget passed the Senate on Tuesday. “No part of the budget should be overlooked,” Kotowski said. “As many families have sat around their kitchen tables and made tough decisions about spending, the state should do the same.” A [...]

SPRINGFIELD—A measure to improve awareness and gather research concerning sudden unexpected deaths in epilepsy (SUDEP) passed the Senate on Tuesday. State Senator Dan Kotowski (D-Park Ridge) worked with Tom Stanton, the executive director of the Danny Did Foundation, to put together this proposal. Mr. Stanton’s 4 year-old nephew, Danny, lived with epilepsy before dying from [...]

SPRINGFIELD– Illinois State Senator Dan Kotowski (D–Park Ridge) continues to look for ways to make the state budget more efficient. Today, a measure sponsored by Kotowski passed the Senate Appropriations Committee that would eliminate unnecessary, duplicative or overly burdensome mandates in the budget. As part of Budgeting for Results, Kotowski created a commission with the [...]

SPRINGFIELD– Senator Dan Kotowski (D-Park Ridge) continued the fight against gun violence today by calling on circuit court judges to comply with the law requiring the reporting of people determined to be a danger to themselves and others to the Illinois State Police. Last fall, legislators passed a law requiring that circuit court judges direct [...]

SPRINGFIELD – Senator Dan Kotowski’s (D-Park Ridge) legislation that maintains the state’s investment in job creation programs was signed by Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday.  “We must keep our economic recovery moving forward by putting people back to work,” said Kotowski, the legislation’s lead sponsor in the Senate.  HB 190 continues the state’s construction program [...]