Stay in the know with everything happening in the Illinois Senate with this week in review for the week ending Friday, April 12th, 2019.

State Senator Ram Villivalam's (D-Chicago) bill to protect workers from local right-to-work zones was signed by Governor JB Pritzker on April 12, 2019. These are Senator Villivalam's remarks from the signing ceremony.

Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot addresses the Illinois Senate on April 11, 2019.

State Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) discusses his SB1952, which addresses further efforts to fix the teacher shortage in Illinois.

In this week's Majority Report, members of the Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus address the 2020 Federal Census and the need for all Illinois residents to be counted; State Senator Steve Stadelman (D-Rockford) bill to further clarify the state's distracted driving law advances out of the Senate; State Senator Napoleon Harris (D-Harvey) leads the charge to increase the amount of state contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women and persons with disabilities; and State Senator Toi Hutchinson (D-Chicago Heights) recognizes Pay Equity Day in Illinois.

State Senator Kimberly Lightford delivered remarks regarding the upcoming 2020 Census and steps that Illinois can take to ensure that all residents are properly counted.

Senator Dave Koehler (D-Peoria) discusses electric cooperatives with Hillary Cherry, a representative of the Corn Belt Electric Cooperative, at the Illinois Capitol on Electric Cooperative Legislative Day in Springfield on April 3, 2019.

State Senator Dave Koehler (D-Peoria) recognizes the Easter Seals organization for its 100th anniversary in the Illinois Senate on Wednesday, April 3, 2019.

State Senator Toi Hutchinson (D-Olympia Fields) speaks in the Illinois Senate to recognize this year's Pay Equity Day, the day to which women must work in order to match the pay earned by their male counterparts for the previous year.

State Senator Christopher Belt (D-Cahokia) welcomes the 2018-2019 IHSA Class 4A basketball state champion Belleville West Maroons to the Illinois Senate.