Full Text of HR1058 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, | 4 | | Representative Avery Bourne, on her distinguished service to | 5 | | the people of the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Bourne was sworn in on February 20, 2015 as | 7 | | the youngest state representative to ever serve in the | 8 | | Illinois State Legislature; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, For seven years, Rep. Bourne dutifully served | 10 | | Montgomery County as well as portions of Christian, Macoupin, | 11 | | and Madison Counties; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, A proud resident of Morrisonville, Rep. Bourne | 13 | | was a great voice for the farming community, especially due to | 14 | | her roots in rural Christian County where her family has | 15 | | farmed for over 150 years; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Bourne was an incredible advocate for | 17 | | residents across the state and a vital member of the House | 18 | | Republican leadership team, holding the respect and esteem of | 19 | | her colleagues; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Bourne amassed an impressive voting record |
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| 1 | | that reflects her conservative values, including her tireless | 2 | | efforts to eradicate corruption, to create equitable education | 3 | | for students across Illinois, to build fiscal reform, to fight | 4 | | for pro-life values, and to provide a better government for | 5 | | the people across Illinois and throughout her 95th District; | 6 | | and | 7 | | WHEREAS, In 2016, Rep. Bourne was appointed to the House | 8 | | Education Funding Task Force and the Illinois School Funding | 9 | | Reform Commission to work on a bipartisan statewide solution | 10 | | to fund disparities within the public education system; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, The passage of comprehensive, historic education | 12 | | funding reform was achieved in 2017 in large part due to Rep. | 13 | | Bourne's passion, commitment, and leadership in transforming | 14 | | education for the better across Illinois; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, To create a government of which Illinoisans could | 16 | | be proud, Rep. Bourne was a strong proponent of independent | 17 | | maps for the legislature and Illinois residents, but her | 18 | | advocacy for ethics did not stop there; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Bourne served as Chair of the Legislative | 20 | | Ethics Commission, working to create stronger laws to identify | 21 | | and remove bad actors and close loopholes that enabled | 22 | | corruption to run rampant in the Statehouse; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we wish to thank Representative Avery Bourne for her years of | 4 | | dedicated service as 95th District State Representative and | 5 | | wish her the very best in her future endeavors; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Rep. Bourne as an expression of our esteem and | 9 | | respect.
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