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House Bill 779 in Illinois House Judiciary II Committee This Week!

February 17, 2005

Dear Action Alert Member,

Your call is needed! Please contact your representative in the Illinois House and urge him/her to oppose House Bill 779 when it is called for a vote in the Illinois House Judiciary II - Criminal Law - Committee on Friday, February 18, 2005. House Bill 779 requires law enforcement agencies to collect a DNA sample from all persons arrested for felonies in the State of Illinois, greatly expanding the current mandate that DNA be gathered from all persons convicted. This expensive, unnecessary expansion of the collection of highly private information about persons not yet found guilty is a significant step in the dangerous direction of collecting DNA from all persons for cataloguing and storage by government. We must stop the intrusion of government into our lives by opposing House Bill 779. More information about our opposition to forced DNA testing of all arrestees can be found on our website at http://www.aclu-il.org/legislative/alerts/hb779.pdf

Contact your state representative by calling the number listed below. Urge your state representative to oppose House Bill 779 when the House Judiciary II - Criminal Law - Committee considers the measure. If possible, please email ACLU Legislative Director Mary Dixon at mdixon3@attglobal.net to let her know you were able to contact your representative. Her ability to lobby is greatly enhanced by knowing that legislators are hearing from their constituents.

Illinois House Judiciary II - Criminal Law - Committee

Robert Molaro - 21st District - (217) 782-5280

Patricia Bailey - 6th District - (217) 782-5971

John E. Bradley - 117th District - (217) 782-1051

Annazette Collins - 10th District - (217) 782-8077

Shane Cultra - 105th District - (217) 558-1039

William Delgado - 3rd District - (217) 782-0480

Careen M. Gordon - 75th District - (217) 782-5997

Constance A. Howard - 34th District - (217) 782-6476

Lovana Jones - 26th District - (217) 782-2023

Patricia Reid Lindner - 50th District - (217) 782-1486

Frank J. Mautino - 76th District - (217) 782-0140

John J. Millner - 55th District - (217) 558-1037

David Reis - 108th District - (217) 782-2087

Jim Sacia - 89th District - (217) 782-8186

Ron Stephens - 102nd District - (217) 782-6401