URGENT UPDATE: HB2723 Hearing CANCELLED AGAIN. Stay Engaged! Send a letter to your legislator NOW!
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URGENT UPDATE: HB2723 Hearing CANCELLED AGAIN. Stay Engaged! Send a letter to your legislator NOW! ·
Hearing Canceled AGAIN - Stay Tuned
HB2723’s first subcommittee hearing was cancelled as soon as the proponents began to pull away substantially from the opponents. It was then rescheduled in subcommittee and quietly cancelled again.
Slips are no longer being accepted.
Administrative maneuvers will not silence the majority of Illinoisans who don’t want to see our public pensions sacrificed to feed the Israeli genocide machine. Continue to check back here for next steps.
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HB2723 / SB2462
Witness slips no longer being accepted!
The hearing for our bill has been scheduled then cancelled TWICE. Send a letter to your legislator, sign up for updates, and continue to share!
Join us in supporting Illinois’ anti-BDS repeal bill, the Illinois Human Rights Advocacy Protection Act (HB2723), to repeal the 2015 law that silences advocates for Palestinian rights and undermines our fundamental freedoms.
This is about more than one issue—it's about protecting our essential right to peaceful protest. Just as boycotts ended apartheid, we're fighting to preserve the freedom to stand up for human rights and oppose genocide without facing retaliation from our own government.
Stand with us. Defend free speech. Protect the right to peaceful protest.
5 Simple Steps to
Identification
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Fill Out your Basic Info
Click here to start your slip for the Illinois Human Rights Advocacy Act
Ensure all of your information is accurate.
For “Firm/Business or Agency,” you can type “Self” if you are just representing yourself.
Representation
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Leave Blank
You can leave this section blank if you are just representing yourself.
If you are officially representing an organization, you can put that.
Position
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Choose “Original Bill” & “Proponent”
For “Add Legislation,” choose “Original Bill”
“Original Bill” refers to this bill filed in 2025, which would repeal the 2015 law.
For “Add Position,” choose “Proponent”
Click “Add Position” button
Testimony
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Check “Record Of Appearance Only”
This means you are registering your support for or opposition to a bill without providing oral or written testimony.
Submit Slip
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Click “Submit Witness Slip”
Make sure your slip page looks like this (below) before you click submit.
Congrats! You’ve submitted your witness slip in support of Illinois Human Rights Advocacy Protection Act (IL HRAPA / HB2723)— and Illinoisans right to protest
Don’t forget to send ilchr.org/slips to your friends or print and distribute our slip flyer.
See “Take Further Action” below to see more way to support this bill and other human rights legislation.
Take Further Action
Thank you for filing a slip! Check out the ways you can support this bill and other human rights bills below:
SHOW UP
Join our next lobby day in Springfield. There is power in numbers! We'll train you, transport you, and walk you through every meeting. No experience needed.
SIGN A PETITION
Add your name to support this bill and send a letter to your legislator. Then check out our other active campaigns.
SHARE
Send someone the witness slip link, print & distribute our “Take Action” flyer below, bring a friend to a lobby day, or share our petitions. Spread the word however you can.
SIGN UP
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What is a Witness Slip?
A witness slip is an official form that allows you to register your position on a bill being considered by the Illinois General Assembly. It's a simple but powerful way to let your elected representatives know whether you support or oppose proposed legislation - without having to testify in person.
Think of it as casting a vote of public opinion that becomes part of the official legislative record.
Witness Slips Matter
Witness slips are one of the most effective tools for civic engagement in Illinois. The opposition has professional lobbying operations that flood Springfield with slips every time one of these bills moves. They are organized, well-funded, and they do this every single session. If we don’t match their volume—and exceed it—committee members will see lopsided opposition and shelve the bill before it ever gets a vote.
This is not symbolic. Legislators track slip counts. Staff report them.
They are part of the political calculus that determines whether a bill lives or dies.
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Legislators actually look at them
Before voting on a bill, lawmakers and their staff check how many witness slips were submitted for and against it. Your slip gets counted and reviewed.
You don't have to go to Springfield
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You can make your voice heard from your couch in just a few minutes. No travel, no time off work, no public speaking required.
Numbers make a difference
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When legislators see 10 slips on one side and 200 on the other, it tells them what their constituents care about. More slips = stronger message.
It's your official position on record
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Your witness slip becomes part of the permanent legislative record. It's proof that real people support or oppose the bill.
It works
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Advocacy groups organize witness slip campaigns because they know it influences votes. Legislators pay attention when their constituents speak up.