Full Text of HR1063 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to thank State Representative Sandra | 4 | | "Sandy" Hamilton on her service to the 99th District and the | 5 | | people of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton was born in Downers Grove to | 7 | | Charles and Joan Scholtens on December 31, 1966, and her | 8 | | parents instilled in her the values of community volunteering, | 9 | | philanthropy, and promoting community growth; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton met her husband, Bob, while | 11 | | attending the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, | 12 | | where she received her degree and represented the university | 13 | | as a member of its championship volleyball team; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton and her husband are the proud | 15 | | parents of Charlie, Will, and Jake; she and Bob have lived in | 16 | | Springfield for more than 20 years; her professional | 17 | | experience includes being a real estate broker with Remax | 18 | | Professionals, Inc., specializing in residential and | 19 | | commercial real estate; she is also a small business owner, | 20 | | co-owning local storage units; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton was sworn in on December 30, 2021 |
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| 1 | | to fill the vacancy of retiring Rep. Mike Murphy in the 99th | 2 | | District; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, During her time in the General Assembly, Rep. | 4 | | Hamilton advanced key legislation to protect state workers in | 5 | | the Child Protective Services Division of the Illinois | 6 | | Department of Children and Family Services, and she has | 7 | | sponsored 12 and co-sponsored another 36 pieces of legislation | 8 | | during her short time in the 102nd General Assembly; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, All of Rep. Hamilton's resolutions passed, | 10 | | including the Gold Star Spouses Day declaration and those | 11 | | honoring the lives and good works of Springfield volunteer and | 12 | | realtor Ron Ladley, mental health advocate and motivational | 13 | | speaker Kay McGuire, Springfield Coach Ken Leonard, the Sacred | 14 | | Heart-Griffin football champions, and the Sacred Heart-Griffin | 15 | | basketball champions; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton was the chief co-sponsor of the | 17 | | legislation to create the Parking Tax Exemption for the | 18 | | Illinois State Fair and DuQuoin State Fair, co-sponsor of the | 19 | | new law for enhanced background checks on people who directly | 20 | | work with children to help identify sexual abuse cases, and | 21 | | co-sponsor of the new law to create the Money Laundering in | 22 | | Real Estate Task Force to investigate the cash flows and money | 23 | | laundering in the real estate industry and the Illinois |
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| 1 | | economy; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Prior to her selection to the House of | 3 | | Representatives, Rep. Hamilton was on the board of directors | 4 | | and finance committee and was an executive board member with | 5 | | Capital Area Realtors (CAR); she has been on the Awards | 6 | | Selection Task Force and is a current member of the Commercial | 7 | | Real Estate Network (CREN), where she served as president; she | 8 | | received the Community Service Award from her peers at CAR; | 9 | | she was also appointed to the Economic and Community | 10 | | Development Commission (EDC) starting in 2019; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, For more than 30 years, Rep. Hamilton has been a | 12 | | volleyball coach, helping young women across central Illinois | 13 | | at the high school level and at Parkland Junior College, where | 14 | | the team won the national championship; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton earned a bachelor's degree from the | 16 | | University of Illinois-Champaign, where she played volleyball | 17 | | on a full-ride athletic scholarship; her team won three Big | 18 | | Ten Championships and also was a Final Four participant her | 19 | | junior and senior year; in her senior year at Illinois, she | 20 | | received the Coaches Award, which was then renamed the Sandy | 21 | | Scholtens Award and given to the athlete who embodies work | 22 | | ethic, attitude, and team work; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton plans to continue her community | 2 | | service and involvement as a volunteer volleyball coach and | 3 | | booster for Sacred Heart-Griffin High School; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we thank State Representative Sandra "Sandy" Hamilton on her | 7 | | service to the 99th District and the people of Illinois and | 8 | | wish her well in her continued public service; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Rep. Hamilton as an expression of our esteem and | 12 | | respect for our colleague and friend.
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