Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed a sweeping anti-sexual harassment law. But one woman who accused a lawmaker of harassment is disappointed with an aspect of the new rules. Denise Rotheimer says she objects to part of the new law that levies a fine of $5,000 on accusers for leaking information from an ethics commission report before its official release. “It’s never good public policy to have language in law that’s actually going to be counterproductive and puts the victim at risk of further victimization,” Rotheimer said in a telephone interview. She had wanted the governor to issue an an amendatory veto to strike that language, which was added at the end of the legislative process. In 2017, Rotheimer accused a state senator of unwanted late-night calls and harassing comments. The Legislative Inspector General found his actions stopped short of harassment, but were nevertheless unbecoming of a senator. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Melinda Bush, a Grayslake Democrat, previously said the
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