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Representative Gong-Gershowitz has represented the 17th District in the Illinois House since 2019. She currently serves as Chair of the House Judiciary – Civil Committee, Vice Chair of the Immigration & Human Rights Committee, and is a member of the Appropriations – Higher Education; Cybersecurity, Data, Analytics, & IT; Financial Institutions & Licensing; and Higher Education committees.
Since 2019, Representative Gong-Gershowitz has passed landmark legislation across a broad range of policy priorities, including the landmark Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History Act (TEAACH), which made Illinois the first state in the nation to ensure Asian American history is taught in K-12 public schools.
Representative Gong-Gershowitz has been a leader in advocating for common sense gun safety laws. She co-sponsored the Protect Illinois Communities Act to ban assault-style weapons and passed the Firearm Industry Responsibility Act (FIRA), which holds gun manufacturers accountable for dangerous sales and marketing tactics that contribute to real world violence.
As the Judiciary – Civil Committee Chair, she has passed several key pieces of AI legislation that serve as models for states across the country working to protect people against the unauthorized or abusive use of new AI technologies.