Nabeela’s Legislation

This bill prevents DNA collected in Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits from being considered as evidence against the victim in other criminal cases. This bipartisan bill has been signed into law and was supported by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police.

Requires public water utilities to notify fire departments and dispatch centers at least 2 hours after being aware of an unplanned water disruption and 14 days before a planned water disruptions event.

This is one piece of legislation to address the water outage crisis Hawthorn Woods and Kildeer residents faced in July of 2023.

This bill ensures that residents who receive rent subsidies can still receive heat and gas assistance through the Low Income Heat and Energy Assistance Program. This idea was brought to us by an impacted constituent.

Increased the maximum income limit from $65,000 to $85,000 to qualify for the Senior Citizen Property Tax Freeze

An employee may use up to 10 days of paid leave to serve as an organ or bone marrow donor.

Includes voter registration as a goal in an individualized education program (IEP) for students with disabilities who are 17 years or older.

Aims to make court documents more accessible by mandating that they be available in both English and Spanish. This bill ensures that non-English speakers have better access to important legal information.

Designed to encourage civic participation by allowing 16 and 17-year old’s to pre-register to vote. This bill ensures that young people are automatically registered to vote when they turn 18.

This bill expands insurance coverage to include molecular breast imaging, aiming to make another form of breast cancer screening more accessible by mandating coverage by insurance.

Protects victims of crime by prohibiting the DNA profiles of victims being submitted to a DNA database.

This bill had bipartisan support, was worked on with the Illinois State Police, and supported by the Illinois coalition Against Sexual Assault.