[il-talk] house sponsors for HB2626 our Parental Rights for the Blind legislation

[Bill Reif]

Hello,


Thanks to all those who have contacted your respective representatives 
urging their support and cosponsorship of HB2626, our Parental Rights 
for the Blind Act. This bill, in a nut shell, would prohibit courts from 
using a parent or guardian's blindness as the sole reason to deny 
custody or unsupervised visitation of children. On March 15, this bill 
was voted out of the Judicial Civil Committee. The Department of 
Children and Family Services, having some concerns with the bill, filed 
an amendment on April fifth, which amendment does not give us reason to 
oppose. On April sixth, the following representatives joined Laura Fine 
in support: Robyn Gabel - Anna Moeller, Michelle Mussman, André Thapedi 
and Emily McAsey


If your representative is among those, please drop them an email 
thanking them for their support. If you have contacted your 
representative and they have indicated to you that they intend to 
support, please let me know at billreif at ameritech.net. Otherwise, please 
contact your representative if you have not yet done so and urge them to 
support this important legislation.


Cordially,

Bill Reif, Co Chair

NFBI State Legislation Committee