Legislators scurried to pass a smattering of bills Wednesday, as the veto session neared its end. Although the Senate is set to meet Thursday morning, its calendar is fairly empty.
This is expected to be the Democratic-controlled General Assembly's last meeting before Republican Bruce Rauner takes over as governor. Rauner has asked the so-called "lame duck" legislature to hold off on major action.
It largely complied, avoiding sending Gov. Pat Quinn a minimum wage hike and changes to how insurance is sold via the Affordable Care Act. But there was still a lot of activity.
Both chambers rushed through measures intended to overhaul the state's election law, regulate ridesharing services like Uber, and slice by half the size of juries in civil cases.
And lawmakers overrode Quinn's veto of a Freedom of Information Act proposal. That means Illinois law will now let governments charge up to $100 for access to certain documents, and give governments more time to comply with some requests.
