Gov. J.B. Pritzker is sworn in for a second term and calls for a state constitutional right to abortion, making preschool available to every family and making public college free for children in working class families.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker takes the oath of office alongside his wife, M.K., and children Don and Teddi, from Mary Jane Theis, chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, as he begins his second term on Jan. 9, 2023, during the inauguration ceremony at the Bank of Springfield Center.
Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton hugs Freddrenna Lyle, associate justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, after taking the oath of office alongside her family as she begins her second term on Jan. 9, 2023. He noted how he achieved most of what he proposed in 2019, including restoring the state’s fiscal footing, increasing the minimum wage to $15-an-hour by 2025, legalizing and taxing recreational marijuana, prioritizing broadband access to rural downstate areas and putting the state on a path to 100% clean energy by 2050.
A crowd attends the inauguration ceremony at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield on Jan. 9, 2023. “The right to privacy and bodily autonomy demand that we establish a constitutional protection for reproductive rights in Illinois,” he said. “The extremists still want to take away a woman’s right to choose and I don’t intend to let them. That’s why yet again, on women’s rights, Illinois will lead.”
A final House vote to approve the measure is expected Tuesday, with Pritzker, Harmon and Welch saying they had “reached a deal on one of the strongest assault weapons bans in the country.” Pritzker has long been an advocate of early childhood education and he used his address to “propose we go all in for our children and make preschool available to every family throughout the state.”
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