Melinda Bush (born August 5, 1956) is a member of the
Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the State of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. Under the ...
for the 31st district. The 31st district spans northern
Lake County and includes all or parts of
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Round Lake,
Round Lake Beach,
Gages Lake,
Winthrop Harbor,
Old Mill Creek,
Wadsworth,
Lindenhurst,
Antioch
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Waukegan
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Gurnee,
Beach Park,
Grayslake and
Lake Villa.
Illinois State Senator
2012 election
In the general election, Bush faced Joe Neal. She was endorsed by Lieutenant Governor
Sheila Simon
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, Senator
Terry Link
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, Senator
Susan Garrett, State Representative
Rita Mayfield, the
Illinois AFL–CIO,
Illinois Education Association
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Illinois Sierra Club,
Planned Parenthood Illinois Action,
Illinois Fraternal Order of Police, the
Daily Herald and future
general assembly
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colleague
Sam Yingling.
On election day, Bush won in a close contest.
Tenure
Her
associated representatives are District 61 representative
Joyce Mason (D-Gurnee) and District 62 representative
Sam Yingling (D-Round Lake Beach).
As of July 2022, Senator Bush is a member of the following Illinois House committees:
* Appropriations - Business Regulations and Labor Committee (SAPP-SBRL)
* Appropriations - Government Infrastructure Committee (SAPP-SAGI)
* (Chairwoman of) Credits, Deductions, and Exemptions Committee (SREV-SRCD)
* Education Committee (SESE)
* (Chairwoman of) Environment and Conservation Committee (SNVR)
* Labor Committee (SLAB)
* Redistricting - Lake & McHenry County Committee (SRED-SRLM)
* Revenue Committee (SREV)
* Revenue - Special Issues Committee (SREV-SRSI)
* Transportation Committee (STRN)
Legislation
During her tenure in the current 101st General Assembly, Bush has sponsored a number of bills. In 2019, she sponsored the Needle and Hypodermic Syringe Access Program Act, which would allow certain groups to establish and operate a needle and hypodermic syringe access program. The bill was signed into state public law in August 2019.
Shortly before the 2020 U.S. coronavirus outbreak, Bush sponsored legislation in the Illinois Senate that would impose a new fee of $0.10 on each carryout bag from food retail establishments.
In 2020, she introduced a bill that would require prescribers (such as physicians) to offer a prescription to naloxone hydrochloride in certain situations that increase a patient's risk to overdose.
[http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/PDF/10100SB3659lv.pdf ]
References
External links
Biography, bills and committeesat the 98th Illinois General Assembly
**By session
98thProfile
at Illinois Senate Democrats
Campaign website
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Democratic Party Illinois state senators
Women state legislators in Illinois
1956 births
Living people
People from Grayslake, Illinois
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
County board members in Illinois