During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Governor JB Pritzker has issued executive orders commonly called Stay-At-Home orders. 

Republican legislators and party leaders have been challenging the extension of the original orders to May 30, and now to June 27, and challenging Restore Illinois with its 5 phases.

This page will be dedicated to providing links to the Governor's actions and the Republican efforts regarding those actions.

More is available on www.facebook.com/TazewellGOP

Other Announcements

• Churches Reopen Message - Most Reverend Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C., Bishop of Peoria – June 2 Click Here

Protests and Rallies

• Re-Open Illinois - Springfield May 16 - Click Here for Video
• Rockford residents protest Governor's stay-at-home order - Eyewitness News WTVO WQRF May 9 - Click Here for Video

Petitions

• Safe Re-Open Plan: https://www.ilhousegop.org/reopen 
• Get Back to Springfield: https://www.ilhousegop.org/backtospringfield

Lawsuits

• Illinois Republican Party vs. Pritzker - U.S. Northern Illinois District Court - Complaint - June 15 Click Here for PDF
• Illinois Republican Party vs. Pritzker - U.S. Northern Illinois District Court - Motion for Temporary Restraining Order - June 15 Click Here for PDF
• Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church, et al vs. Pritzker - U.S. Supreme Court Pritzker's Reply May 28 Click Here
• Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church, et al vs. Pritzker - Liberty Counsel May 28 Click Here
• Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church, et al vs. Pritzker - U.S. Supreme Court Application for Injunction May 27 Click Here
• Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church, et al vs. Pritzker - U.S. Supreme Court May 27  Click Here
• Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce vs. Pritzker -Belleville News-Democrat May 26 Click Here
• Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce vs. Pritzker - Madison County Circuit Court - 2020MR550 May 26 Click Here
• Sonja Harrison DBA Visible Changes vs. Pritzker - Belleville News-Democrat - May 11 Click Here
• Sonja Harrison DBA Visible Changes vs. Pritzker - Clay County Circuit Court - 2020CH8 May 8 Click Here
• Dookie Set, Inc. vs Pritzker - Belleville News-Democrat - May 11 Click Here
• Dookie Set, Inc. vs Pritzker - Clinton County Circuit Court - 2020CH11 - May 11 Click Here
• Bailey vs. Pritzker - Rep. Darren Bailey April 23 Click Here
• Bailey vs. Pritzker - Rep. Darren Bailey - DOJ Intervenes - Associated Press May 23 Click Here
• Bailey vs. Pritzker - Clay County Circuit Court - 2020CH6 April 23 Click Here
• Cabello vs. Pritzker - Rep. John Cabello Click Here
• Mainer vs. Pritzker - HCL Deluxe Tan LLC, James Mainer - Ruling - Chicago Sun Times May 23 Click Here
• Mainer vs. Pritzker - HCL Deluxe Tan LLC, James Mainer - Ruling - Edgar County Watchdogs Click Here
• Mainer vs. Pritzker - Clay County Circuit Court - 2020CH10 - May 11 - Click Here
• The Beloved Church vs. Pritzker - Rock River Times April 30 Click Here
• The Beloved Church vs. Pritzker - Ruling - Chicago Sun Times May 3 Click Here
• Running Central Inc. vs. Pritzker - 1470 WMBD May 7 Click Here
• Running Central Inc. vs. Pritzker - Ruling - CI Proud May 19 Click Here

Local Governments' Actions

• Restore HOI - Slide package from May 13 press conference Click Here for PDF
• Restore HOI Reopening Plan - Copy of the plan Click Here for PDF
• Restore HOI - Video of the May 13 press conference Click Here
• Madison County’s Board of Health voted to allow businesses to reopen  Click Here

GOP Illinois General Assembly Links

• Bill Brady - SB3993 - Safe Protocols - Retraction to story reporting the opposite Click Here
• Bill Brady - SB3993 - Safe Protocols - Disaster Click Here
• Rules withdrawn from JCAR - May 20 Click Here
• Press Conference on Restore Illinois and JCAR - May 20 Click Here
• Press Conference on Pritzker emergency rules criminalizing non-compliance with executive orders Click Here
• Rep. Wheeler statement on Pritzker emergency rules criminalizing non-compliance with executive orders May 17  Click Here
• Share your ideas on how we can get Illinois working again Click Here
• House Republican Safe Re-Opening Proposal Webpage Click Here 
• House Republican Safe Re-Opening Proposal PDF
• House Republican Safe Re-Opening Proposal Letter to Governor Pritzker May 4 PDF
• House Republican Priorities for Economic Recovery Click Here 
• House Republican Priorities for Economic Recovery PDF
• Press Conference - Rep. Bourne, Butler, Davidsmeyer, and Murphy - May 14 Click Here
• Illinois General Assembly Press Conference May 6, 2020: Click Here

Media Coverage

• Bill to expand vote-by-mail heads to House floor - State Journal-Register - May 21  Click Here
• GOP agitates for chance to negotiate COVID-19 re-opening - Associated Press May 14 Click Here
• Republicans push for revisions to ‘Restore Illinois’ plan - Capitol News Illinios May 14 Click Here
• ‘Grandstanding’ by Grand Old Party? Or is Pritzker masking his decisions? - Chicago Sun-Times May 14 Click Here
• Downstate GOP lawmakers say they’ve had little input in Pritzker’s plan to reopen Illinois - WGN Chicago May 14 - Click Here
• Downstate Republicans criticize reopening plan - The Telegraph May 14 Click Here
• Illinois House Republicans say they're not being given virus information - GateHouse The Herald & Review - Click Here
• Lawmakers expect pandemic special session to be a ‘rodeo’ - Center Square May 14 Click Here
• There will be consequences' for reopening early, Pritzker says - Center Square May 14 - Click Here
• Illinois Legislators to Return to Session - Illinois Radio Network May 14 Click Here
• Republicans Ask For Modifications To Regional Plan, Says Governor Should Not Withhold Aid From FEMA - Illinois Public Radio May 14 Click Here
• Legislators back to Springfield next week — with faces covered, COVID-19 tests taken and temperatures checked - Chicago Sun Times May 13  Click Here
• Madison County officials vote to re-open, defying Pritzker's orders - KMOV May 12 Click Here
• State Rep. Mark Batinick on why Illinois legislators should be back in Springfield - The Herald News May 12  Click Here
• GOP House Leader Jim Durkin on the Ingraham Angle - Fox News May 8 Click Here
• Meet the Small-Town Lawyer Squaring Off With Illinois' Governor Over COVID-19 Lockdown - Law.com May 6 Click Here
• GOP Wants ‘Local’ Say in Pritzker’s Coronavirus Reopening Plan - NBC 5 Chicago Click Here
• Pritzker defends reopening plan to GOP lawmakers, business groups - ABC 7 Chicago Click Here
• State, local leaders push back on Pritzker’s plan to reopen Illinois - WGN 9 Chicago Click Here
• GOP wants 'local' say in Governor Pritzker's COVID-19 reopening plan - Fox 32 Chicago Click Here
• Republicans: Let Legislature convene to end government by ‘decree’ - Chicago Sun-Times Click Here
• This plan does not work’: Illinois House Republicans pan Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s reopening road map - Chicago Tribune Click Here
• Pushback Builds on Pritzker’s Reopening Plan - Crain’s Chicago Business Click Here
• The Spin: House GOP Leader Durkin blasts Gov. Pritzker’s plan to reopen Illinois - Chicago Tribune Click Here
• GOP wants 'local' say in Pritzker's COVID-19 reopening plan - Associated Press Click Here
• House Republicans slam Pritzker’s reopening plan - Capitol News Illinois Click Here
• Amid apparent virus plateau, Pritzker says stay the course - Capitol News Illinois Click Here
• Republicans demand return to Capitol, call for changes to “Restore Illinois” plan - Quincy Media (*broadcasted in Rockford, Quincy, Peoria-Bloomington, Champaign-Springfield-Decatur and Paducah DMAs) Click Here
• House GOP slams reopening plan; Bryant says she 'will not comply' as it comes to church worship - KPVI Click Here
• House GOP says Pritzker reopening plan won’t work - State Journal-Register Click Here
• Illinois Republican Leaders Disapprove of Governor's Reopening Plan, Demand A Late Spring Session - Illinois Public Radio Click Here
• Pritzker offers tepid response to GOP re-opening proposal - Associated Press Apr. 22  Click Here
• Illinois Republican Lawmakers Urge Pritzker to Open State Parks and Some Businesses - Chicago Tribune Apr. 22 Click Here
• Illinois House Republicans offer ideas to reopen state - State Journal-Register Apr. 22 Click Here

Governor Pritzker Executive Orders Related to COVID-19 (website)

• CANNABIS LICENSES – June 29 Executive Order 2020-45 
• REISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDERS - June 26 Executive Order 2020-44 
• PHASE FOUR REOPENING -This supersedes EO 2020-38 – June 26 Executive Order 2020-43 
• STATE FAIRS – June 12 Executive Order 2020-42 
• SPORTS WAGERING — June 4 Executive Order 2020-41
• LIMITED REOPENING OF SCHOOLS - June 4 Executive Order 2020-40
• REISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDERS - May 29 Executive Order 2020-39 (HTML)
  • SB 1569 - EDUCATION-VARIOUS Click here
  • SB 2135 - GOVT EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION Click Here
  • HB2096 - PARK DIST-PETROLEUM CONTRACTS Click Here
  • HB2455 - SECURE CHOICE SAVINGS OPTIONS Click Here

• PHASE THREE REOPENING - May 29 Executive Order 2020-38 (HTML) 
• Notice of Emergency Amendment - Title 77 Public Health - May 15 Click Here for PDF
• REVISES ELECTIVE SURGERIES - May 13 Executive Order 2020-37 (HTML) 
• MARRIAGE LICENSES - May 1 Executive Order 2020-36 (HTML)
• SUSPENDS VARIOUS PROVISIONS - May 1 Executive Order 2020-35 (HTML)
• CANNABIS REQUIREMENTS - April 30 Executive Order 2020-34 (HTML)
• REISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDERS - April 30 Executive Order 2020-33 (HTML)
• NEW STAY AT HOME ORDER - April 30 Executive Order 2020-32 (HTML)
• AMENDS PROVISIONS IN THE ILLINOIS SCHOOL CODE - April 24 Executive Order 2020-31 (HTML)
• CLARIFIES CEASING EVICTIONS - April 23 Executive Order 2020-30 (HTML)
• ILLINOIS INSURANCE CODE - April 20  Executive Order 2020-29 (HTML)
• RADIOLOGY CERTIFICATIONS - April 20 Executive Order 2020-28 (HTML)
• MEDICAL SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS - April 17 Executive Order 2020-27 (HTML)
• HOSPITAL CAPACITY - April 16 Executive Order 2020-26 (HTML)
• CIVIL PROCEDURE - April 14 Executive Order 2020-25 (HTML)
• FORENSIC SERVICES - April 10 Executive Order 2020-24 (HTML)
• PROFESSIONAL REGULATION LAW - April 9 Executive Order 2020-23 (HTML)
• VARIOUS PROVISIONS - April 7 Executive Order 2020-22 (HTML) 
• ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (IDOC) - April 6 Executive Order 2020-21 (HTML)
• PUBLIC ASSISTANCE - April 6 Executive Order 2020-20 (HTML)
• HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, PROFESSIONALS, AND VOLUNTEERS - April 1 Executive Order 2020-19 (HTML)
• STAY AT HOME ORDER EXTENSION - April 1 Executive Order 2020-18 (HTML)
• EXTENDS CANNABIS APPLICATIONS - March 28 Executive Order 2020-17 (HTML)
• SUSPENDS PROVISIONS IN THE ILLINOIS VEHICLE CODE - March 28 Executive Order 2020-16 (HTML)
• SUSPENDS PROVISIONS IN THE ILLINOIS SCHOOL CODE - March 27 Executive Order 2020-15 (HTML)
• NOTARY AND WITNESS GUIDELINES - March 26 Executive Order 2020-14 (HTML)
• SUSPENDS ADMISSIONS TO IDOC FROM COUNTY JAILS - March 26 Executive Order 2020-13 (HTML)
• Health Care Workers - March 24 Executive Order 2020-12 (HTML)
• ESSENTIAL HUMAN SERVICES OPERATIONS - March 23 Executive Order 2020-11 (HTML)
• STAY AT HOME - March 20 Executive Order 2020-10 (HTML)
• TELEHEALTH - March 19 Executive Order 2020-09 (HTML)
• SECRETARY OF STATE OPERATIONS - March 17 Executive Order 2020-08 (HTML)
• RESTAURANTS & BARS - March 16 Executive Order 2020-07 (HTML)
• K-12 SCHOOLS CLARIFICATION - March 15 Executive Order 2020-06 (HTML)
• K-12 SCHOOLS - March 13 Executive Order 2020-05 (HTML)
• LARGE GATHERINGS - March 13 Executive Order 2020-04 (HTML)
• CANNABIS APPLICATIONS - March 12 Executive Order 2020-03 (HTML)