Full Text of HR1068 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate our colleague, State | 4 | | Representative Keith Sommer, on the occasion of his retirement | 5 | | from the General Assembly after 24 years of service; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer joined the House of Representatives | 7 | | in January 1999, but his service to the people of his district | 8 | | stretches back almost half a century; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Before he came to Springfield, Rep. Sommer served | 10 | | on the Tazewell County Board and the Morton Village Board; he | 11 | | also served as the recorder of Tazewell County and chaired his | 12 | | local regional planning commission; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer was a tireless advocate for adoptive | 14 | | families in Illinois, passing a historic adoption reform bill | 15 | | in 2015 that eased the process of international adoptions for | 16 | | Illinois families; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer opened educational opportunities for | 18 | | dyslexic children in Illinois through legislation that created | 19 | | a guide for school personnel to identify signs of dyslexia and | 20 | | to help them improve their dyslexic students' academic | 21 | | performance; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer aligned his legislative record with | 2 | | his style as an elected official; when someone came to him for | 3 | | help, he listened and then developed a way to assist them, not | 4 | | stopping until the solution became a reality; despite the | 5 | | bills he championed not always representing high profile | 6 | | issues with headline-grabbing attention, he worked diligently | 7 | | to pass them as he understood their importance to the families | 8 | | they directly impacted; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer has also left an indelible mark on | 10 | | the State of Illinois through successful designation of the | 11 | | pumpkin pie as our state pie, which honors his hometown of | 12 | | Morton, the pumpkin capital of the world; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer spent almost a quarter of a century | 14 | | in service to the people of Illinois as an advocate for lower | 15 | | taxes, local control, Second Amendment rights, and small | 16 | | businesses; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer will leave the General Assembly for a | 18 | | much-deserved retirement; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we thank Representative Keith Sommer for his many years of |
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| 1 | | service to the people of his district and the State of | 2 | | Illinois; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That we wish him, his wife, Deb, and their two | 4 | | daughters all the best in the years to come; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Rep. Sommer as an expression of our esteem and | 7 | | respect.
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