House Vehicles & Safety Committee - Members
96th General Assembly

    Position    Name/Party/Dist.    Dist. Phone    Spfld Phone     E-mail

Chairperson :                      John D’Amico (D-15)                      (773) 736-0218                      (217) 782-8198                      johnd@ilga.gov

Vice-Chair:                      Kevin Joyce (D-35)                      (708) 448-3518                      (217) 782-8200                      joycekc@ilga.gov

Rep. Spokes:                      Jill Tracy (R-93)                      (217) 223-0833                      (217) 782-8096                      jiltracy@jiltracy.com

Member:                       Daniel Beiser (D-111)                      (618) 465-5900                      (217) 782-5996                      dvbeiser@sbcglobal.net

Member:                       Kay Hatcher (R-50)                      (630) 553-3223                      (217) 782-1486                      info@kayhatcher.us

Member:                       Dennis Reboletti (R-46)                      (630) 530-2730                      (217) 782-4014                      dennisreboletti@aol.com

Please contact these individuals and let them know that helmets are not the answer because they do not reduce accidents.  Only education does that.  We are interested in safer motorcycling, not safer crashing.

This will be the 4^th hearing on helmet bills this week.  Things are happening hot and heavy; so, we need to be sharp and involved.  Whether you can come to Springfield or not, everyone needs to contact their representatives and let them know where we stand.

If you can possible get off work, please come to Springfield on both Tuesday and Wednesday this week.  We can meet at the hearing locations shortly before the committee sessions start.  Here is a summary of the hearings scheduled this week in Springfield:

• Senator Donne Trotter has 2 helmet bills (SB2535 & SB2536) scheduled to be heard before the Senate Public Health Committee on Tuesday, February 23^rd at 1 P.M. in Room 212 in the Capitol.
• Senator Ira Silverstein’s bicycle helmet bill (SB2627) is scheduled to be heard before the Senate Public Health Committee on Tuesday, February 23^rd at 1 P.M. in Room 212 in the Capitol.
• Rep. Mary Flowers’s anti-ATV / dirt bike for youth bill (HB5029) is scheduled to be heard before the House Elementary & Secondary Education Committee on Wednesday, February 24^th at 8 A.M. in Room 114 in the Capitol.
• Rep. Mary Flowers’s helmet bill (HB5031) is scheduled to be heard before the House House Vehicles & Safety Committee on Wednesday, February 24^th at 10 A.M. in Room 115 in the Capitol.

This is it: the big push.  This is when and where we battle for our right to ride as we chose – not as Big Brother would have us ride.  This is no time to be too busy to pick up the phone or to take a day off.  This is the time to be counted.

Can we count on you?