FAIR Act

Funded Advocacy & Independent Representation

HB 5842 – Rep. Dave Vella, Rep. Justin Slaughter, & Rep. Kevin Olickal

The FAIR Act will create a statewide public defense system to ensure that all Illinois residents have access to quality legal representation, regardless of their socioeconomic status.

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FAIR Act Endorsers

  • Access Living
  • A Just Harvest
  • AIDS Foundation Chicago
  • Ascend Justice
  • Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago
  • Better Government Association
  • Cannabis Equity IL Coalition
  • Champaign County Bailout Coalition
  • Change Peoria
  • Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts
  • Chicago Community Bond Fund
  • Chicago Council of Lawyers
  • Chicago Urban League
  • Chicago United Solidarity Project (CUSP)
  • Children’s Best Interest Project
  • Color of Change
  • Faith Coalition for the Common Good
  • Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP)
  • Greater West Town Community Development Project
  • Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
  • Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • Illinois Collaboration on Youth
  • Illinois Harm Reduction & Recovery Coalition
  • Illinois National Organization for Women (NOW)
  • Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice
  • Illinois Prisoner Rights Coalition
  • Illinois Social Justice Alliance
  • Interfaith Criminal Justice Task Force
  • League of Women Voters of Illinois
  • Liberation Library
  • Metro East Organization
  • NAMI Illinois
  • National Lawyers Guild - Chicago
  • Nikkei Uprising
  • Prison Policy Initiative
  • The Center for Empowerment and Justice
  • The People’s Lobby
  • The Porchlight Collective SAP
  • Restore Justice
  • The Resurrection Project
  • Shriver Center on Poverty Law
  • Smart Decarceration Project, University of Chicago
  • Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL)
  • TASC (Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities)
  • Trinity United Church of Christ Chicago
  • Unitarian Universalist Advocacy Network of Illinois
  • Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Illinois
  • Youth Empowerment Performance Project (YEPP)
  • YWCA Champaign County
  • YWCA McLean County