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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a></span><br />from the 16th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 8, 2003 – January 11, 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Robert Molaro</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Preston" title="Willie Preston">Willie Preston</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">December 10, 1949 (age 74)<br /><a href="/wiki/McComb,_Mississippi" title="McComb, Mississippi">McComb, Mississippi</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration">MPA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Theological_Studies" title="Master of Theological Studies">MTS</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jacqueline Y. Collins</b> was born December 10, 1949 in <a href="/wiki/McComb,_Mississippi" title="McComb, Mississippi">McComb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> and grew up in the <a href="/wiki/Englewood,_Chicago" title="Englewood, Chicago">Englewood</a> neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-votesmart_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votesmart-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is an American politician who served as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She represented the 16th district from 2003 until 2023. Was elected to the Illinois Senate in 2003 and highlights her work on extending limitations for civil and criminal prosecution of sex crimes against children.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTinGW_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTinGW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Legislation_of_the_Provisional_Government_of_Hong_Kong" title="Legislation of the Provisional Government of Hong Kong">Legislations</a> allowing more Illinois senior citizens to qualify for the <a href="/wiki/Homestead_exemption" title="Homestead exemption">Homestead Exemption</a><sup id="cite_ref-votesmart_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votesmart-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a resolution in creating a commission to study and document racial and gender discrimination in hiring or contracting on state public construction projects <sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Y._Collins&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/McComb,_Mississippi" title="McComb, Mississippi">McComb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-votesmart_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votesmart-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collins earned her undergraduate degree in <a href="/wiki/Journalism" title="Journalism">journalism</a> from <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a>. She then worked for the <i>Citizen Community</i> Newspaper and <a href="/wiki/CBS-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="CBS-TV">CBS-TV</a> news. </p><p>Collins returned to school when she pursued two concurrent degrees from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>. In June 2001, she received her master's degree in <a href="/wiki/Public_administration" title="Public administration">public administration</a> from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Kennedy_School" title="Harvard Kennedy School">Harvard Kennedy School</a>. Two years later, she earned her master's degree in <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theological studies</a> from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Divinity_School" title="Harvard Divinity School">Harvard’s Divinity School</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Y._Collins&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collins worked on the massive voter registration drive that helped elect <a href="/wiki/Harold_Washington" title="Harold Washington">Harold Washington</a>. In 1984, Collins served as a press liaison for the Reverend <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Convention" title="Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Convention</a> and as a press secretary to Congressman <a href="/wiki/Gus_Savage" title="Gus Savage">Gus Savage</a>. </p><p>From 1987 to 1999, Collins volunteered as Minister of Communications for St. Sabina Catholic Church. During this time, the church launched a large scale public awareness campaign against alcohol and tobacco companies, and advertising agencies that targeted <a href="/wiki/Inner_city" title="Inner city">inner city</a> neighborhoods. As a result of this campaign, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance banning alcohol and tobacco billboards in the city. </p><p>In the summer of 2001, Collins worked as a Legislative Fellow for Senator <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>. </p><p>On May 19, 2023, the Illinois Senate confirmed Collins to the Illinois Human Rights Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Illinois_Senate">Illinois Senate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Y._Collins&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Illinois Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collins was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a> in 2002. She highlights her work to extend limitations for civil and criminal prosecution of sex crimes against children; legislation allowing more Illinois senior citizens to qualify for the Homestead Exemption based on the number of days they lived at their residence; and a resolution creating a 17-member commission to study and document racial and gender discrimination in hiring or contracting on state public construction projects. </p><p>Collins authored and sponsored legislation, passed by the state government, that would prohibit Illinois state investment in companies doing business in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of the Sudan">Republic of the Sudan</a>. The legislation was the first of its kind in the United States, and has been used as a model for six similar bills.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTinGW_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTinGW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Collins was a member of the Governor’s Racial Profiling Task Force and the Governor’s Statewide Community Safety Re-entry commission which deals with reducing recidivism amongst individuals recently paroled from Illinois correctional facilities. </p><p>As of July 2022, Collins was a member of the following Illinois Senate committee:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Appropriations - Government Infrastructure (SAPP-SAGI)</li> <li>Appropriations - Judiciary Committee (SAPP-SAJU)</li> <li>(Chairwoman of) Criminal Law Committee (SCCL)</li> <li>Financial Institutions Committee (SFIC)</li> <li>Redistricting - Chicago South Committee (SRED-SRCS)</li> <li>Transportation Committee (STRN)</li></ul> <p>Collins consistently votes against gaming legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Collins served as a <a href="/wiki/Delegate_(American_politics)" title="Delegate (American politics)">delegate</a> to the <a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2012 Democratic National Convention">2012 Democratic National Convention</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Y._Collins&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collins is <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> and received an endorsement for her <a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district_election" title="2022 Illinois's 1st congressional district election">2022 campaign for Congress</a> from her pastor, Father <a href="/wiki/Michael_Pfleger" title="Michael Pfleger">Michael Pfleger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Y._Collins&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-votesmart-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-votesmart_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-votesmart_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-votesmart_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=33954">Senator Jacqueline Y. 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