DuPage County Legislative Committee met May 23.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order by Chair Dawn DeSart at 12:10 PM.
2. ROLL CALL
Chair DeSart appointed Member Deacon Garcia and Member Gustin to serve as temporary members of the Legislative Committee to establish a quorum.
Additional Board Members present: Member Yoo
Staff Present: Sheryl Markay (Chief Policy & Program Officer), Jason Blumenthal (Policy & Program Manager), Conor McCarthy and Lisa Smith (State Attorney's Office)
Guest via Zoom: Lobbyist Marc Poulos
PRESENT Childress, DeSart, Galassi, Garcia, and Gustin
ABSENT Chaplin, Eckhoff, and Zay
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3.A. 23-1862
Legislative Minutes - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, April 25, 2023
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Dawn DeSart
SECONDER: Kari Galassi
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
No Public Comment was provided.
5. CHAIR'S REMARKS - CHAIR DESART No remarks were offered.
6. DISCUSSION
6.A. End of Session Wrap-Up - DuPage County Lobbyists
DuPage County Lobbyist Marc Poulos spoke briefly on the State budget, gave a general Legislative update and provided a detailed update regarding the progression of bills that were included as part of the DuPage Legislative Program.
Mr. Poulos responded to questions from Member DeSart, Member Deacon Garcia and Member Yoo regarding the following:
Projected cost of immigrant health care coverage
Legislation that included a cap on insulin costs
Gun Safety laws
Reproductive Health laws
Mr. Poulos is tracking the capital requests that were made by DuPage County which should have responses once the final budget is approved.
7. OLD BUSINESS
No old business was discussed.
8. NEW BUSINESS
No new business was discussed.
9. ADJOURNMENT
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:28 PM.
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