Full Text of HR0849 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Governor of Illinois declared all counties in | 3 | | the State of Illinois as a disaster area on March 9, 2020 | 4 | | (Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation) in response to the | 5 | | outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Governor has further responded to the epidemic | 7 | | with the issuance of a number of executive orders and has | 8 | | extended and modified these orders to at least May 31 of 2020; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Some municipalities, counties, and local | 11 | | governments within the State have sought to endorse and even | 12 | | enforce these measures and have adopted a number of their own | 13 | | restrictions; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, These orders explicitly restricted the public's | 15 | | freedom of movement, limiting travel and regulating even the | 16 | | social interaction of its people, limited the gatherings of its | 17 | | citizens, and prohibited the assembly of its people for the | 18 | | purposes of faith and fellowship; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, These measures went so far as to measure the | 20 | | essentialness of certain private enterprise throughout the | 21 | | State and, in effect, eliminated the operations of certain |
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| 1 | | businesses, created massive unemployment, and created | 2 | | shortages of necessary food, medical services, and materials; | 3 | | and | 4 | | WHEREAS, The Governor's orders and the proclivity of some | 5 | | local governments to further these measures are a clear | 6 | | violation of the rights of individuals and the rights of free | 7 | | enterprise as preserved under both the United States | 8 | | Constitution and the Illinois Constitution; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, These actions are an infringement on the | 10 | | constitutional rights of its citizens as Illinoisans and as | 11 | | Americans; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, These actions by the Governor and some local | 13 | | officials of this State have decimated the State's economy and | 14 | | have either disrupted or destroyed the livelihoods of millions | 15 | | of its inhabitants, bankrupted thousands of businesses across | 16 | | the State, and may have irrevocably damaged the rights of its | 17 | | people and the State's economic future for decades to come; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | the General Assembly should take whatever steps necessary to | 22 | | deny any federal or State financial assistance to all |
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| 1 | | municipalities, counties, or other local governments in the | 2 | | State that have deprived its citizens of their constitutional | 3 | | rights through the enforcement of the unconstitutional orders | 4 | | and actions of the Governor during this crisis; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution should be | 7 | | delivered to the Governor of the State of Illinois, the | 8 | | Illinois Supreme Court, the Illinois Senate, the Attorney | 9 | | General of the State of Illinois, and the each member of the | 10 | | Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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