In 2019 JB signed a bipartisan balanced budget that corrected the dysfunction of previous years. This year, he continued that progress by putting in place a budget that protected healthcare, education, and public safety while dealing with a global pandemic.

JB’s most important job as Governor is to protect Illinois families and he has put in place commonsense reforms to make everyone in our state safer.

• One of the first Governors to put a Stay At Home order in place to address the coronavirus pandemic
• Joined the US Climate Alliance and committed to reducing the state’s carbon footprint
• Improved public safety by expanding recruitment of new Illinois State Police troopers
• Elevated and strengthened safety for first responders on state highways
• Protected immigrant families from Donald Trump’s attacks and expanded access to college for immigrant youth
• Expanded medical cannabis and legalized adult-use cannabis with the most equity-centric law in the nation for communities that bore the brunt of the war on drugs