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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 3 | | report that domestic violence or
intimate partner violence is a |
| 4 | | serious public health issue for millions of individuals in the |
| 5 | | United
States; nearly one in four women and one in nine men in |
| 6 | | the United States have suffered sexual violence,
physical |
| 7 | | violence, or stalking by an intimate partner; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Transgender and gender non-conforming people face |
| 9 | | extraordinary levels of
physical and sexual violence; over one |
| 10 | | in four transgender people have faced bias-driven
assault; this |
| 11 | | rate is higher for trans women and trans people of color; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 2014, approximately 65,800 intimate violence |
| 13 | | incidents were reported to Illinois law
enforcement; many |
| 14 | | others went unreported; in between July 2013 and June 2014, |
| 15 | | there were 84
domestic violence-related deaths in Illinois, |
| 16 | | including 15 children; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 18 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 19 | | we urge the U.S. Congress to reauthorize
the Violence Against |
| 20 | | Women Act; and be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |