SPRINGFIELD – Taking aim at costly and
burdensome overregulation of small business, the Illinois House of
Representatives has unanimously approved a bipartisan bill introduced and
sponsored by State Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) requiring a full-scale review
across every state agency of rules, regulations and permitting processes.
The measure, HB
3887, aims to identify all state regulations that are unreasonable, unduly
burdensome, duplicative, or onerous to small business so they can be
streamlined or eliminated. The first review would have to be completed within
one year of the bill becoming law, with subsequent reviews to take place every
5 years thereafter.
“Small business men and women are the
backbone of our state and local economies,” Rep. Wheeler said. “They create 64%
of all new private-sector jobs in America and provide literally millions of
good-paying career opportunities for hardworking families in Illinois and
across the country each and every year. As a state, we have the ability to
conduct a thorough review of every rule and regulation and identify the ones
that make it harder for start-ups, entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses to
create and sustain new jobs right here in the Fox Valley and beyond.”
House Bill 3887 now goes to the State
Senate for consideration.
Additionally, Rep. Wheeler was a featured
speaker at a gathering of hundreds of Illinois job creators and business
advocates on Illinois Employer Action Day at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel in
Springfield on April 15, sponsored the Illinois Chamber of Commerce,
“When small business owners step up and run
for office like Rep. Wheeler did, the result is a stronger and louder voice in
the Illinois General Assembly,” said Kim Clarke Maisch, State Director for
NFIB/Illinois. “We are thrilled to have Rep. Wheeler, such a strong
advocate for small business, now part of the process and already making a
difference.”
Rep. Wheeler, a former Chairman of the NFIB
Illinois Leadership Council and former Board Chairman for the Aurora Regional
Chamber of Commerce, shared with attendees how his perspective as a small
business owner of 24 years has shaped his approach as a freshman legislator:
“For too many years, Illinois’ tax and
regulation policies have driven jobs and opportunity across our border to
neighboring states. This year, our new Governor and the motivated pro-growth
crop of freshmen legislators with real-world experience have begun the work to restore
Illinois’ competiveness and once again make our state the envy of the Midwest
when it comes to innovation and opportunity.”
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| Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) speaks to job creators on Illinois Employer Action Day in Springfield. |
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