Endorse: Reduce housing banishment + abolish registry fees

Thank you from the Chicago 400 Alliance and our partner organizations!

Please endorse these two bills to help people on conviction registries survive Illinois reentry policies.

Will your organization endorse SB2197/HB3469 to reduce housing banishment + end weekly registration?

Yes

Will your organization endorse SB2254/HB3625 to abolish all registration fees?

Yes

1. Reduce Housing Banishment + End Weekly Registration — SB2254/HB3625 (Lightford/Lilly)

Housing is a human need. Let's make it legal.

Residency restrictions force people into a cycle of homelessness, weekly registration, unemployment and arrests for technical violations. They force people coming out of IDOC to be live in cluster housing instead of their homes.

Solution:

• Open up legal housing. Hundreds currently homeless will instantly be housed.

• Stop forcing housed people out of their homes. Tens of thousands will gain housing stability.

• Repeal the extra weekly registration for homeless people. Let people keep their jobs.

SB2254 / HB3625 fact sheet

2. Abolish All Registration Fees — SB2197/HB3469 (Johnson/Guzzardi)

End lifelong financial punishment after conviction.

Fees force poor people into non-compliance and rearrest. They pay thousands of dollars over a lifetime. Money for basic needs should not be a state revenue stream.

Solution:

• Abolish all fees for all public conviction registries.

• Let people use their money on necessities.

• Stop putting police resources into fee collection.

• More registry compliance means fewer failure-to-register arrests.

SB2197 / HB3469 fact sheet

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I understand that any endorsement will remain in effect until the end of 2026. *

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After prison or probation, people should be allowed to rebuild their lives. Thank you for your support!

No More Fees bill (SB2197 / HB3469) is a partnership with Shriver Center on Poverty Law, the Illinois Fees and Fines Coalition, and the Chicago 400.

Chicago 400 Alliance Partner Organizations

Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE)

Illinois Justice Project

Shriver Center on Poverty Law

Illinois Alliance for Reentry and Justice (ILARJ)

Housing Action Illinois

Cook County Office of the Public Defender

AIDS Foundation of Chicago

Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center

Safer Foundation

Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC)