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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are concerned with any potential danger to the
4 children of Illinois; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Young children are not capable of differentiating
6 between a toy and a fire tool; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Hundreds of novelty lighters that resemble toys
8 are sold at stores across America; and
 
9     WHEREAS, These novelty lighters do not meet existing
10 child-resistant cigarette lighter safety standards; therefore,
11 be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
14 urge the United States Congress to support a ban on the sale of
15 novelty lighters that resemble toys; and be it further
 
16     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to the Majority Leader of the United States Senate,
18 the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the United
19 States House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the
20 House of Representatives, and to each member of the Illinois

 

 

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