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

[Steve Hastalis]

On Monday morning, April 17, I called Rep. Cassidy's Chicago office again and spoke with John, her legislative assistant.  He confirmed that she supported this legislation but had not cosponsored yet.  He would contact her legislative assistant in Springfield and arrange for Rep. Cassidy to sign on next week.

Cordially, Stee 

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

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



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