Illinois House returns to session with plans for SAFE-T Act, Israel, taxes

(The Center Square) – Higher taxes, the SAFE-T Act and state policy regarding Israel may all be on the table as the Illinois House returns to business.

State representatives returned to Springfield on Tuesday for their first House session this year. The Illinois Senate met briefly last week.

Republican state Rep. Mike Coffey held a news conference at the Illinois Capitol to discuss a bill to amend the SAFE-T Act.

Coffey, R-Springfield, and state Rep. Wayne Rosenthal, R-Morrisonville, filed House Bill 4275.

Coffey said he discussed potential changes with Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Milhizer and Sangamon County Sheriff Paula Crouch.

“What we talked about was that felonies need to be detainable, all felonies, and then we need to give more judicial discretion so that we can make our communities much, much safer,” Coffey said.

Milhizer said HB 4275 would not be a complete overhaul of the SAFE-T Act.

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