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    Illinois House passes bills banning certain semi-automatic weapons, expanding abortion protections

    by Jeremy Gorner and Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune Jan 06, 2023 4 minutes
    Parker Krex, 18, of Glencoe, Illinois, who said he was a survivor of the mass shooting on Independence Day in Highland Park, was the first to arrive on the bus heading down to Springfield to lobby legislators to ban assault weapons and high-capacity gun magazines, on Jan. 5, 2023, in Highland Park. "The shooting still haunts me to this day and it feels like it was just...

    With Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker seated in the front row of the chamber, the Illinois House early Friday approved a sweeping ban on high-powered firearms about two hours after voting to shore up the state’s already expansive protections for abortion rights.

    Both measures were at the top of the agenda for the Democratic-controlled legislature, and now head to the Senate.

    The House passed the abortion measure in a 67-41 party-line vote. The gun legislation, which bans certain semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, passed 64-43 with outgoing House Republican leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs the lone GOP lawmaker to vote yes.

    The prospects for both measures remain uncertain in the

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