Full Text of SR1388 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Residents of the 16th District and across | 3 | | Illinois are among the many beneficiaries of Senator | 4 | | Jacqueline Y. Collins' 20 years of service in the Illinois | 5 | | Senate; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins was born in McComb, Mississippi and | 7 | | moved to the South Side neighborhood of Englewood when she was | 8 | | a child; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins majored in Journalism at | 10 | | Northwestern University, is a graduate of Harvard's John F. | 11 | | Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Divinity School, and | 12 | | earned her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School | 13 | | of Law; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins is a proud member of The Faith | 15 | | Community of Saint Sabina Church; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, A former journalist and Emmy award-nominated | 17 | | editor at CBS, Sen. Collins has used her experience to support | 18 | | a progressive agenda to create economic and social welfare | 19 | | policies that reduce inequality, expand opportunity, and | 20 | | strengthen communities; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins' major legislative accomplishments | 2 | | include making Illinois the first in the Midwest to ban "ghost | 3 | | guns", the historic Predatory Loan Prevention Act, the | 4 | | Illinois Community Reinvestment Act, the Mortgage Rescue Fraud | 5 | | Act, the landmark Sudan Divestment Act, and the 2005 Payday | 6 | | Loan Reform Act; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins served as chair of the Senate | 8 | | Criminal Law Committee and served on the Senate Financial | 9 | | Institutions and Transportation Committees; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins has served in leadership positions | 11 | | for the Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 as | 12 | | Majority Caucus Whip, Deputy Majority Caucus Chair, and | 13 | | finally as Assistant Majority Leader; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins is retiring her seat in the Illinois | 15 | | Senate after nearly 20 years of public service but will | 16 | | continue to be an active advocate on behalf of her community; | 17 | | therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we thank Senator | 20 | | Jacqueline Y. Collins for her service and devotion to her | 21 | | community and the people of Illinois; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Sen. Collins as a symbol of our gratitude and | 3 | | respect.
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