DuPage County Legislative Committee met May 23

By Angelica Saylo Pilo

Aug 2, 2023

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.