Marcus C. Evans Jr. is an American politician currently serving as
Illinois state representative
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...
for the 33rd district. The 33rd district, located in the
Chicago metropolitan area, includes parts of
South Shore,
South Chicago,
South Deering
South Deering, located on Chicago's far South Side, is the largest of the 77 official community areas of that city. Primarily an industrial area, a small residential neighborhood exists in the northeast corner and Lake Calumet takes up a larg ...
,
East Side, and
Hegewisch in Chicago as well as parts of suburban
Calumet City and
Lansing. Evans was elected Vice President of the
National Conference of State Legislatures in 2023 and will assume the presidency of the organization in 2025.
Early life and career
Evans was born February 13, 1985.
He is a cancer survivor.
Evans earned a
Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from
Chicago State University. He served as deputy chief of staff to Alderman
Michelle Harris. Evans is also a cancer survivor.
Illinois House of Representatives
Marlow H. Colvin resigned from the Illinois House of Representatives effective April 12, 2012. Local Democratic leaders appointed Evans to the vacancy. Evans took office April 13, 2012. On December 5, 2012, Evans was appointed to the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council which oversees the Adult Redeploy Illinois program which works with local jurisdictions to increase community-based alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders.
On March 16, 2015, Evans was appointed to the State Housing Task Force which works to ensure that the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan as adopted coordinates all housing policies within state agencies.
Evans is also one of four legislators to serve as an Illinois High School Association Liaison Representative.
He is a member of the Illinois House Legislative Black Caucus.
On February 23, 2021, Evans sponsored a bill that would ban the sale of games like ''
Grand Theft Auto V
''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ...
''. Earlier in the year, Evans introduced the bill following a series of carjackings at gas stations and convenience stores Though the bill did not mention ''Grand Theft Auto'' by name, it was interpreted online to be a ban on that game. The bill was covered in a number of gaming-related magazines including ''
PC Gamer''.
As of July 3, 2022, Representative Evans is a member of the following Illinois House committees:
* Appropriations - Human Services (HAPH)
* (Chairman) Business & Innovation Subcommittee (HLBR-BUIN)
* Ethics & Elections Committee (SHEE)
* Executive Committee (HEXC)
* Health Care Availability & Access Committee (HHCA)
* (Chairman of) Income Tax Subcommittee (HREF-INTX)
* (Chairman of) Labor & Commerce Committee (HLBR)
* Medicaid & Managed Care Subcommittee (HAPH-MEDI)
* (Chairman of) Minority Impact Analysis Subcommittee (HLBR-MIAS)
* Revenue & Finance Committee (HREF)
* (Chairman of) Wage Policy & Study Subcommittee (HLBR-WAGE)
* Workforce Development Subcommittee (HLBR-WORK)
Electoral history
References
External links
Representative Marcus C. Evans Jr. (D)at the Illinois General Assembly
**By session
98th97thState Representative Marcus C. Evans Jr.
constituency site
*
at Illinois House Democrats
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21st-century African-American politicians
21st-century American politicians
African-American state legislators in Illinois
Chicago State University alumni
Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Living people
Politicians from Chicago
Video game censorship
1985 births