Dear Friends and Neighbors: Happy New Year! I hope your holiday season was warm and wonderful. 2019 was a busy year for the Illinois legislature, as you’ve certainly heard by…
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Rep. Williams Chairs Energy and Environment Committee Hearing on Ethylene Oxide and Community Safety
Today Representative Williams chaired the Energy and Environment Committee’s subject matter hearing on Ensuring Safe Communities Statewide: Regulation of Ethylene Oxide Facilities. . The speakers included representatives from the House,…
Photo Taken at the Illinois Environmental Council’s 2019 Environmental Lobby Day in Springfield Chicago, IL – I am motivated, energized and inspired by the young people organizing and participating in…
Chicago, IL – Representative Williams had the pleasure of addressing a packed house on the main tenets of the Clean Energy Jobs Act and what the next steps might look…
Chicago, IL – The Illinois Environmental Council (IEC) released its annual Environmental Scorecard this week rating state legislators based on their voting record on legislation affecting the environment during the 2019…
Springfield, IL – Today, Governor JB Pritzker signed SB 75, a Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, and Ethics Omnibus bill that provides sweeping protections against discrimination throughout the state of Illinois. This…
Last summer, motivated by a difficult news climate and the desire to take concrete action, my office launched its first ever food drive benefiting Common Pantry. In times of frustration…
On Tuesday, June 18th Rep. Williams held a legislative debrief on the spring 2019 legislative session. Various community members and activists attended and learned about how new legislation passed this…
Chicago, IL – Among the accomplishments of the 2019 Legislative Session was the passage of a $45 billion capital bill to address critical infrastructure needs across the state – long…
Join Representative Williams for a legislative debrief following the 2019 spring legislative session. Rep. Williams will discuss this session’s myriad of accomplishments and how new legislation could impact constituents. RSVP…
Springfield, IL – Today, the House unanimously passed SB 75, which creates protections against sexual assault in the workplace. Representative Williams was the House sponsor after the bill passed through…
Springfield, IL – Today, Illinois made history by passing the Reproductive Health Act through both chambers of the General Assembly. After the bill passed the House, Representative Williams made the…
Chicago, IL – This month, Rep. Williams sat down with reporter Katie Kim to discuss geofencing and other data privacy regulation issues. It is up to us as a government…
Chicago, IL – Representative Williams sat down with Amanda Vinicky as she filled in for Rick Pearson on the Sunday Spin. Rep. Williams discussed the Reproductive Health Act and other hot…
Springfield, IL – On May 15th, shorty after Georgia’s governor signed a bill banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, three Georgia legislators sent a message to Illinois legislators, urging…
Springfield, IL – “With alarming frequency, states are passing laws to restrict, and in some cases completely ban, access to safe and legal abortion. Just recently, Georgia banned most abortions after…
Today, Representative Williams sat down with Rick Pearson to discuss the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA). The bill’s goals include electrification of transportation in Illinois, eliminating carbon from the power…
Springfield, IL – Today was Clean Energy Lobby day in Springfield. Hundreds of environmental advocates descended on the Illinois Capitol to push for the passage of the Clean Energy Jobs…
Today, Representative Williams sat down with political reporter Ben Joravsky to discuss the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA). They spoke about the changing energy economy and Illinois’ potential to be…
Springfield, IL – Today, HB 2134 Sponsored by Rep. Ann Williams passed the House. This bill implements the 2018 Carpenter v. the United States Supreme Court decision in Illinois. The…
On February 28th Rep. Williams joined the IL CleanJobs Coalition, Senate sponsor Senator Cristina Castro and other advocates in announcing the roll out of the Clean Energy Jobs Act. This…
Springfield, IL- Rep. Ann Williams (D-Chicago) has introduced HB 3550, a bill to add a clear, comprehensive definition of consent to Illinois sex education curriculum. “Understanding consent is a critical…
Today I re-filed my bill to protect net neutrality in Illinois (HB 1582). An open internet has never been more important; we must take whatever steps we can to preserve…
CHICAGO, IL – State Rep. Ann Williams, D-Chicago, has been appointed chair of the House Energy and Environment Committee for the upcoming General Assembly. Williams has spent much of her…
This Saturday, Jan. 19th I will be participating in a Women in Government Panel with many of my fellow local and state elected officials. The panel will focus on women…
Throughout the month of November, Rep. Williams co-hosted a successful Toiletry Drive with Senate President John Cullerton and 43rd Ward Ald. Michele Smith. The Drive was originally meant to solely…
In recent years, it’s been difficult for North Side neighborhood high schools like Lake View to compete with the highly desired seats at CPS’s selective enrollment high schools. However, this…
This month, State Representative Ann Williams will be partnering with State Senator John Cullerton and Alderman Michele Smith to put on a Toiletry Drive benefiting Lincoln Park Community Services (LPCS)….
This July, Rep. Williams and her District office organized a food drive benefiting Common Pantry to combat food insecurity in the 11th District. According to the Chicago Food Depository, approximately…
On Tuesday, July 17th Rep. Williams and her district office staff joined Moms Demand Action- Lincoln Square for one of Mothers Against Senseless Killing (MASK)’s daily summer BBQ gatherings. MASK…
On Tuesday, July 3rd Rep. Williams’s interns Emily and Grayson spent the night volunteering at Waters Elementary School’s Organic School and Community Garden. The garden provides a wonderful way to…
Over the past several months, following the daily news has been overwhelming and disheartening for many of us. One of the best ways to cope is to get involved and…
On Friday, June 22nd, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in Carpenter v. United States – concluding what the Illinois General Assembly has said for years: regardless…
Dear Governor Rauner: In recent days the nation has been gripped by the stories of migrant families being separated at our southern border; the images are harrowing and many of…
Throughout this past year, Representative Williams has been working hard on issues that affect her district and the greater state of Illinois. With her help, Illinois passed a full bipartisan…
On Wednesday, April 11th Illinois moved halfway closer to becoming the thirty seventh state to ratify the historic Equal Rights Amendment of 1972. The Illinois Senate ratified the amendment with…