421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Legislative Committee  
Final Summary  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Tuesday, May 23, 2023  
11:30 AM  
Room 3500B  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
Meeting was called to order by Chair Dawn DeSart at 12:10 PM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Chair DeSart appointed Member Deacon Garcia and Member Gustin to serve as temporary  
members of the Legislative Committee to establish a quorum.  
Additional Board Members present: Member Yoo  
Staff Present: Sheryl Markay (Chief Policy & Program Officer), Jason Blumenthal (Policy &  
Program Manager), Conor McCarthy and Lisa Smith (State Attorney's Office)  
Guest via Zoom: Lobbyist Marc Poulos  
Childress, DeSart, Galassi, Garcia, and Gustin  
Chaplin, Eckhoff, and Zay  
PRESENT  
ABSENT  
3.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
3.A.  
23-1862  
Legislative Minutes - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, April 25, 2023  
APPROVED  
Dawn DeSart  
Kari Galassi  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
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6.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No Public Comment was provided.  
CHAIR'S REMARKS - CHAIR DESART  
No remarks were offered.  
DISCUSSION  
6.A. End of Session Wrap-Up - DuPage County Lobbyists  
DuPage County Lobbyist Marc Poulos spoke briefly on the State budget, gave a general  
Legislative update and provided a detailed update regarding the progression of bills that were  
included as part of the DuPage Legislative Program.  
Mr. Poulos responded to questions from Member DeSart, Member Deacon Garcia and Member  
Yoo regarding the following:  
Projected cost of immigrant health care coverage  
Legislation that included a cap on insulin costs  
Gun Safety laws  
Reproductive Health laws  
Mr. Poulos is tracking the capital requests that were made by DuPage County which should have  
responses once the final budget is approved.  
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9.  
OLD BUSINESS  
No old business was discussed.  
NEW BUSINESS  
No new business was discussed.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:28 PM.