Rauner also signed the Barickman-co-sponsored Senate Bill 736, which makes several technical changes to firearm and concealed-carry laws, including ending the requirement for licensees to unload firearms before storing or retrieving a gun in/from their vehicle, as well as allowing a concealed carry license to be used in lieu of a FOID card for firearms and ammunition purchases.
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Rauner vetoed all but one of the 20 pieces of legislation the General Assembly sent him last month.
Senate Democrats overrode Rauner’s vetoes of five of the full-year fiscal 2016 budget bills that Democrats passed in May.
The Senate returns to Springfield Tuesday and the House will be back to work on Wednesday. Democrats have been holding out for spending cuts and new revenue, while Rauner wants lawmakers to adopt controversial reforms, including legislative term limits and a local property tax freeze, before he will entertain new revenue. The governor rejected all but the K-12 education budget bill, contending the $36 billion spending plan was short $4 billion in revenue. Chances of that succeeding faded because the House would have to follow suit and two Democrats who hold necessary votes to override there remain opposed.
The only downside Park Ridge Democratic Sen.
Lawmakers have until Wednesday to override Rauner’s veto.
The Republican from Winnetka, who spent record amounts of his own cash to beat Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn in November, raised $614,357 between April 1 and June 30, according to a report filed at the Illinois State Board of Elections.
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“She doesn’t know if she’s going to get a paycheck”, said the Decatur resident.
