Annazette Collins

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Annazette Collins

Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 10th district
In office 1999 -

Born	April 28, 1962 (1962-04-28) (age 46) Chicago, Illinois
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Keith Langston
Religion	Baptist

Annazette Collins is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 10th District since 1999.

1 Early life
2 Public Service
3 State Representative
4 Controversy
5 Personal life
6 References
7 External links

Early life

Collins earned her undergraduate degree in sociology and her master’s in Criminal Justice from Chicago State University.

Public Service

Prior to her election as state representative, Collins held various positions in social services and criminal justice agencies. Collins worked as an Administrator of the Chicago Board of Education, a Public Service Administrator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Cook County Social Services, Probation Department, and a Correctional Officer with the Bureau of Prisons.

State Representative

Collins lists her legislative priorities as improving education, expanding access to quality health care, raising the age of majority for juveniles and reforming juvenile justice system.

Ms. Collins co-sponsored FamilyCare, which allows working parents of KidCare-eligible children, to have access to state subsidized heath care. Collins worked on legislation to allow patients to sue HMO’s for harmful and delayed medical procedures.

Collins worked to move children out of state custody into family environments whenever possible. She was the chief sponsor of adoption reform legislation allowing godparents and second cousins to adopt children in the custody of DCFS.

Controversy

In July 2008, the Illinois State Board of Elections fined Collins' campaign committee $20,000 and ordered her to issue an apology for filing political finance reports from 2005-2007 that reflected the raising, but not spending, of campaign money. The board's orders stemmed from a complaint filed by the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform indicating a lack of contributions or expenditures on her state-mandated campaign disclosure. Collins' campaign committee has corrected 18 of its previously filed reports after the complaint was filed. ^[1]