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03/08/10

Senate Week in Review: March 1 – 5, 2010

Springfield . . . Legislative committees met continuously during the week as Senate lawmakers attempted to move all Senate bills out of committee and to the Senate floor by the scheduled March 5 deadline, said State Senator Kyle McCarter (R-Lebanon).

“Unfortunately, not all of the common sense legislation got out of the committees like you would expect,” said McCarter. “A bill I sponsored to provide justice for land owners whose property is along the proposed “Gateway Connector” got caught up in partisan politics.”

The Senate Executive Committee voted along party lines with Republican members voting in favor of the measure and Democrats voting ‘no’ or ‘present.’

Senate Bill 3671 would force the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to hold a public hearing to explain why it should maintain a monetary hold on the property.

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03/02/10

Senate Week in Review: February 22 - 26, 2010

Springfield . . . Senate lawmakers were busy in committee hearings all week, approving legislation that State Senator Kyle McCarter (R-Lebanon) said would target the growing social issue of “sexting,” and advancing measures to the House of Representatives that would change Illinois’ legislative scholarship program and push back the state’s February primary election date.

The Senate Criminal Law committee tackled the issue of “sexting,” a growing social trend where explicit photos or video are sent via cell phone or e-mail to someone else. The bill is aimed at people younger than 18, as sexting has become increasingly prevalent among young people in recent years.

Currently, there is little that could be done to address sexting aside from pursuing felony child pornography charges—which prosecutor...

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02/24/10

Voters Could Decide Lawsuit Reforms to Protect Access to Medical Care

Springfield . . . State Senator Kyle McCarter has signed on as a cosponsor to a state constitutional amendment that would undo a recent court ruling striking down Illinois’ medical malpractice lawsuit reforms.

“The proposal would put in place voter-approved constitutional limitations on the liability for non-economic damages in lawsuits, said McCarter (R-Lebanon). “The Supreme Court ruling earlier this month striking down the bipartisan law passed in 2005 puts us in a terrible situation where we could start to lose our doctors again.”

In 2003 and 2004, dozens of doctors left Illinois because of skyrocketing medical malpractice insurance rates. The situation triggered a grassroots movement across the state by patients demanding legislative actio...

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02/22/10

Senate Week in Review: February 15 – 19, 2010

Springfield . . . Reforming the way political boundaries are drawn by removing undue political influence, a controversial move to allow state government to borrow more money and an eye-opening report on state pension liabilities top this week’s activity at the State Capitol, according to State Senator Kyle McCarter.

Two proposed Constitutional Amendments were filed Feb. 18 that Senator McCarter said would amend the Illinois Constitution with reforms that would take the power of drawing legislative maps out of the hands of political insiders and give control over to an independent commission.

Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 104 and House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 56 take an initiative sponsored by the Illinois League of Women Voters and other government reform g...

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