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Will County board splits on FOIA/body‑cam language and housing language; sends federal agenda back to committee
Summary
The board removed two FOIA/body‑camera bills from its state agenda, adopted revised housing language adding 'property taxes' as a cause of eviction and rejected removing a mental‑health research line; it later voted to send the federal agenda back to committee to resolve ambiguous HUD/institutional investor wording.
The Will County Board spent significant time Jan. 15 debating legislative language on both its state and federal agendas.
On the state agenda, Legislative Chair Denise Winfrey asked the board to resolve an editorial error: two FOIA/body‑worn camera items were published with both "support" and "oppose" noted. State's Attorney counsel compared the draft to the existing body‑cam law and said the proposed change appeared to expand access in some respects. Member Ortiz urged opposing the bill, saying "it's limiting disclosure of body camera footage from news media [and] the general public," and…
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