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Pension reform remains elusive spring session goal

• Succeeded in preventing a vote in the Illinois Senate on a bill to remove the agricultural overtime exemption and increase the state’s minimum wage;
• Secured passage of one of the organization’s legislative priorities, addressing misuse of slow-moving-vehicle (SMV) emblems.
• Supported passage of changes to the Illinois Fertilizer Act that creates a new Nutrient Research and Education Council to manage nutrient research, education, and water quality efforts;
• Supported passage of changes that would reorganize the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research (C-FAR) and would put into place recommendations made several years ago by agricultural and commodity groups; and
• Secured passage of legislation that addresses issues of thefts of recyclable metals and requires buyers of recyclable metals to keep certain records and prohibits the sale of certain metals and metal items.