Video: HB2383 Debated on the Senate Floor

Thanks to Progress Illinois, a video of the floor debate on HB2383 is available. The debate is a great sign of the support for this legislation and its importance. Even the dissenting speech by Senator Dale Righter concluded with the line "I rise in reluctant opposition."

As the primary sponsor, Senator Kwame Raoul, notes in his closing remarks, "When we have a financial crisis and the nation and the state catch a cold, people in poor communities catch the flu." The passage of this legislation is a tangible sign of the support for ensuring no one goes hungry, no one is without support, no one is without opportunity. When we talk are realizing human rights in Illinois, this is what we are talking about.