Illinois legislators passed a bill that would remove a lifetime ban on name changes for people who had been convicted of felony theft, along with lifting other restrictions on the procedure.
Reyna Ortiz, seen Jan. 27, 2023, helped push to change a law for people with past felony convictions who want to legally change their names. Ortiz was convicted of identity theft 20 years ago after she says she committed fraud in an effort to pay for gender-affirming surgery.
Supporters countered that the measure is intended to protect victims of human trafficking, as well as help those in the transgender community like Ortiz. The bill removes a lifetime ban on name changes for people who have been convicted of identity theft, as well as for those on state registries “We were really focused on the folks who, it’s a need, it’s like a life-or-death need because of fears of abusive partners or their trafficker finding them again,” Bennett said. “Or it’s a need because in order to do that, they could potentially face being outed and harmed. They can face losing jobs. They can face not being able to rent or find a place to live.”During the floor debate on the final day of the legislature’s lame-duck session, Democratic state Sen.
State Sen. Chapin Rose, a Republican from Mahomet, spoke of the lengthy and expensive process he and his wife went through to get their daughter’s name changed in court to alleviate confusion about the pronunciation of her name.“This is crazy. You put law-abiding citizens through heck, yet we’re going to change the name of the sex offenders,” Rose said. “It’s just nuts.”
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