A newly proposed bill seeks to define “Downstate Illinois” when it comes to the state’s legislative and regulatory processes.
In the bill proposed by Representative Avery Bourne, R-Litchfield, Downstate Illinois would be defined as any county that isn’t Cook, Dupage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, or Will.
It would create regulatory flexibility on amendments to rules in the state’s agencies to provide for the effect on the defined “downstate Illinois” counties and make the agency give pause on the impacts of the rules on small businesses, non-profits, small municipalities, and persons and entities in downstate.
