SR1388 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Residents of the 16th District and across Illinois are among the many beneficiaries of Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins' 20 years of service in the Illinois Senate; and

WHEREAS, Sen. Collins was born in McComb, Mississippi and moved to the South Side neighborhood of Englewood when she was a child; and

WHEREAS, Sen. Collins majored in Journalism at Northwestern University, is a graduate of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Divinity School, and earned her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law; and

WHEREAS, Sen. Collins is a proud member of The Faith Community of Saint Sabina Church; and

WHEREAS, A former journalist and Emmy award-nominated editor at CBS, Sen. Collins has used her experience to support a progressive agenda to create economic and social welfare policies that reduce inequality, expand opportunity, and strengthen communities; and

WHEREAS, Sen. Collins' major legislative accomplishments include making Illinois the first in the Midwest to ban "ghost guns", the historic Predatory Loan Prevention Act, the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act, the Mortgage Rescue Fraud Act, the landmark Sudan Divestment Act, and the 2005 Payday Loan Reform Act; and

WHEREAS, Sen. Collins served as chair of the Senate Criminal Law Committee and served on the Senate Financial Institutions and Transportation Committees; and

WHEREAS, Sen. Collins has served in leadership positions for the Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 as Majority Caucus Whip, Deputy Majority Caucus Chair, and finally as Assistant Majority Leader; and

WHEREAS, Sen. Collins is retiring her seat in the Illinois Senate after nearly 20 years of public service but will continue to be an active advocate on behalf of her community; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we thank Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins for her service and devotion to her community and the people of Illinois; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Sen. Collins as a symbol of our gratitude and respect.