Elgie Sims, Jr.

Legislative Strategies Roundtable: Lessons & Insights from Midwestern Leaders

 

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Elgie R. Sims, Jr. serves as state senator for the 17th Illinois Senate District, which includes portions of the South Side of Chicago, Chicago’s south suburbs, and Will and Kankakee counties. Sims currently serves as chair of the Appropriations Committee, vice chair of the Criminal Law Committee, and on Senate President Don Harmon’s leadership team as the majority caucus appropriations leader. Sims believes deterrence from the criminal justice system requires investments in alternatives to incarceration, including education, stable health care, job readiness, an abundance of economic opportunities and good-paying jobs. This has led him to pass legislation to improve community and law enforcement relations, implement common-sense gun laws, give Illinois residents with criminal histories the opportunity to turn their lives around and obtain gainful employment, move Illinois away from the use of cash bail, and more. A 2014 BILLD graduate, Sims has previously served as chair of the Midwestern Legislative Conference (2019) and is the current national chair of The Council of State Governments.

Elgie R. Sims, Jr.  |  State Senator | Illinois
218 Capitol Building
Springfield, Illinois 62706
tel: 217.782.3201 | https://www.senatorelgiesims.com/

 

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