A new task force set up to combat human trafficking is authorized after the latest bill signed by Governor Bruce Rauner. It was a busy weekend for Rauner, as he signed a package of bills affecting the Department of Children and Family Services, including one that drops the term “ward of the state” when referring to foster children, changing the term to “youth in care.” Rauner also put his pen to legislation that expands the youth hunting and fishing program to include trapping, a bill that adds a weekend to the youth turkey hunting season, a bill that adds catfish to the aquatic life that can be taken through bowfishing, and a bill that lets hunters take new game birds on public hunting grounds. Rauner vetoed a bill that would have re-opened the work camp in Hardin County and killed a bill to stop Illinois from suing prison inmates to recover the cost of incarcerating them.
Rauner Signs Human Trafficking, DCFS, Outdoor Bills, Vetoes Others
Mattoon, IL, USA / MyRadioLink.com
Aug 23, 2016 | 5:00 AM