Energy Council Quarterly Meeting
On Tuesday, October 19, the Illinois Chamber Energy Council will host its virtual Quarterly Meeting, featuring Illinois Commerce Commission Chairwoman Carrie Zalewski. The virtual meeting will be from 10:00 am to 11:30 am. The Chair will be talking about implementation issues related to the recently adopted energy legislation and some of the challenges the ICC faces as it attempts to ramp up to meet its new obligations under the law.
Illinois Chamber President Todd Maisch will speak during the event on what to expect with Veto Session, which begins later that day.
RSVP to attend our virtual Energy Council Quarterly Meeting by emailing Executive Director Alec Messina at amessina@ilchamber.org.
Session Update
Both the House and Senate are scheduled to return to Springfield this Tuesday, October 19th. October 19th-21st and October 26th-28th are the dates for veto session.
COVID-19 testing will be required for in-person business at the capitol during the two week session.
Traditionally, the spring session calendar is released at the end of veto session.
Redistricting Hearings Underway, New Map Proposal Released
The Illinois House and Senate have held multiple redistricting hearings in the past week with more scheduled in the coming days. These hearings concern the federal congressional map for Illinois. As a product of these hearings nearing conclusion, it was reported that congressional maps could be released as early as today, the 15th.
On Friday morning, the proposed congressional maps were released. View the map here. Due to the 2020 Census apportionment, Illinois now has 17 congressional districts.
As with the previous state legislative map unveilings earlier this year, we expect this map to be tweaked before a vote is taken for enactment
Pre-Session Government Affairs Call
The Chamber will host a brief Government Affairs Professionals (GAP) call on Tuesday, October 19th at 9:30 am. We will provide you the latest updates on what to expect during the veto session which will convene later that day. Call in information is provided below. All Chamber members are welcome to attend.
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer or mobile app
Or call in (audio only)
Phone Conference ID: 463 563 254#
