Donne Trotter

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Donne Trotter

Member of the Illinois State Senate from the 17th district
In office 1993 -

Born	January 30, 1950 (1950-01-30) (age 58) Cairo, Illinois
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Rose Trotter
Profession	public health administrator

Donne Trotter is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 17th district since 1993. His district includes the South side of Chicago and portions of the south suburbs. Previously he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1988 through 1993.

Senator Trotter is Chairperson of the Senate Appropriations I Committee and a member of the Senate Revenue and Appropriations II Committee and the Economic and Fiscal Commission.

Trotter was born in Cairo, Illinois, but is a life long resident of Chicago. He attended the University of Arizona and Chicago State University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science. He went on to earn his law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

As a senator, he sponsored legislation that would allow adults to purchase sterile syringes from pharmacies without a prescription. Trotter is concerned with legislation that gives citizens of Illinois a second chance. He co-sponsored a bill that allows an individual to file a petition asking for his/her personal police record to be sealed, after which no one would have access to the records except law enforcement agencies.

Trotter has worked to provide health care to low income families. He has fought to include funding in the state budget for the FamilyCare program, which provides health insurance to the parents of children enrolled in KidCare.

In 2001, Trotter sponsored and passed the law that created the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. The legislation provides that birth parents may legally leave a newborn at a hospital, fire station or emergency medical facility. If neither child abuse nor neglect is suspected, no questions are asked.