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Friday, March 4, 2022
Rep. David Friess’ Weekly Update – 3/4/22

Session Update Friday marked the deadline for the 3rd Reading of House Bills. One of the busier weeks each spring, the House was in session until 11 pm Thursday. Friday…


Friday, February 25, 2022
State Rep. David Friess Weekly Update – 2/24/2022

Session Update This past week saw a lot of floor action in the House. Legislation from both sides of the aisle passed and now await for arrival in the Senate….


Friday, February 18, 2022
State Rep. David Friess’ Weekly Update – 2/18/22

Session Resumed After a week off, the General Assembly reconvened as the deadline to get bills out of committee quickly approached. While most of the work was done in committees,…


Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Friess Seeks Transparency in Fire Department Hiring

SPRINGFIELD, IL…In response to recent reports of a convicted arson being made chief of a small-town fire department, State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) filed legislation to combat this type…


Wednesday, February 16, 2022
JCAR Suspends Emergency Mitigations

Springfield, IL… Tuesday afternoon, a meeting of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) met to vote on the latest version of COVID-19 mitigation rules for K-12 schools. The committee…


Friday, February 4, 2022
State Rep. David Friess’ Weekly Update – 2/4/22

Session Cancelled Due to Weather Session was canceled this week due to the winter storm that hit hard across central Illinois. This was unfortunate as Statehouse Democrats have already cut…


Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Rep. Friess Reacts to Budget Address

You can tell it is an election year for the Governor. Today, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced a ‘balanced’ budget that theoretically stabilizes and improves Illinois’ financial health. Of course, this…


Friday, January 21, 2022
State Rep. David Friess Weekly Update – 1/21/2022

Session Further Delayed Spring session is again postponed for the week of January 24th. The delays pile up and prevent the General Assembly from serving you. House Committee action is…


Friday, January 14, 2022
Rep. David Friess Weekly Update – 1/14/22

Session Further Delayed Due to an increase in COVID cases as a result of the Omicron variant, Democrats have chosen to delay floor activity further by canceling scheduled days for…


Friday, January 7, 2022
Rep. Friess Weekly Update – 1/7/22

State Rep. David Friess Weekly Update – 1/7/2022 Spring Session Begins The General Assembly reconvened this week to begin its 2022 session and from the start state Democrats managed to…