Behind the Legislative Process
Session Number
Internship
Advisor(s)
Kat Maggio, Office of Representative Hirschauer
Location
IN2 Commons
Discipline
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Start Date
17-4-2024 10:25 AM
End Date
17-4-2024 10:40 AM
Abstract
Representative Maura Hirshauer hails from the 53rd Congressional district of Illinois, representing West Chicago and Bartlett. I worked with the Representative’s office to research and propose legislation that modifies Illinois’s Baby Bonds System. In the status quo, Illinois offers a $50 dollar seed fund for the opening of a 529 account for any child born after 2022. My proposed legislation, HB4720, would double that seed fund to $100 dollars for children born on medicaid to bolster the initiative of opening a 529 account for lower income families. Throughout my time in the internship, I was able to conduct my own research on the efficacy of such a baby bonds system and create the physical piece of legislation that is being debated by the 103rd General Assembly. Aside from my primary baby bonds project, I assisted Representative Hirshauer and her team handle a variety of constituent cases, and helped manage the various Social Media accounts under the name of the Representative. Fundamentally, I collaborated with Representative Hirschauer to research and create HB4720, legislation that changes the baby bonds system, while concurrently assisting her office in the management of both constituent cases and social media accounts.
Behind the Legislative Process
IN2 Commons
Representative Maura Hirshauer hails from the 53rd Congressional district of Illinois, representing West Chicago and Bartlett. I worked with the Representative’s office to research and propose legislation that modifies Illinois’s Baby Bonds System. In the status quo, Illinois offers a $50 dollar seed fund for the opening of a 529 account for any child born after 2022. My proposed legislation, HB4720, would double that seed fund to $100 dollars for children born on medicaid to bolster the initiative of opening a 529 account for lower income families. Throughout my time in the internship, I was able to conduct my own research on the efficacy of such a baby bonds system and create the physical piece of legislation that is being debated by the 103rd General Assembly. Aside from my primary baby bonds project, I assisted Representative Hirshauer and her team handle a variety of constituent cases, and helped manage the various Social Media accounts under the name of the Representative. Fundamentally, I collaborated with Representative Hirschauer to research and create HB4720, legislation that changes the baby bonds system, while concurrently assisting her office in the management of both constituent cases and social media accounts.