Full Text of SR1389 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Students, families, and seniors in the 56th | 3 | | Senate District are among the many fortunate beneficiaries of | 4 | | State Senator Rachelle Crowe's years of service in the | 5 | | Illinois Senate; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Crowe demonstrated a profound interest in | 7 | | helping young people seize available opportunities and reach | 8 | | their full potential through education and hard work; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Because Sen. Crowe wholeheartedly believes law | 10 | | enforcement officers deserve the utmost respect for protecting | 11 | | our communities, she partnered with police groups to advance | 12 | | laws to support them and their families; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Crowe passed laws to fund bikeway, road, and | 14 | | bridge projects as well as vertical infrastructure throughout | 15 | | the Metro East, including a plan to renovate Lewis and Clark | 16 | | Community College's Main Complex to permit operations to | 17 | | continue safely at the 1890 facility; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Using her experience as a violent crimes | 19 | | prosecutor, Sen. Crowe has been a champion for victims, crime | 20 | | survivors, and their families by advancing numerous laws to | 21 | | strengthen protections, enhance penalties, secure justice, and |
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| 1 | | reduce the DNA backlog; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, As an advocate for education, Sen. Crowe | 3 | | supported initiatives to raise teacher salaries, address the | 4 | | teacher shortage, and increase the tax credit for educators | 5 | | who purchase school supplies for their classrooms; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, When the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the daily | 7 | | lives of her constituency, Sen. Crowe worked to connect | 8 | | families with unemployment benefits, to offer support to | 9 | | school districts to implement e-learning, to uplift health | 10 | | care workers and other frontline employees; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Crowe helped secure millions of dollars to | 12 | | support small business owners, employees, and operations | 13 | | following closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, As a friend to veterans, Sen. Crowe hosted | 15 | | breakfast events, organized card drives, advocated for | 16 | | automatic property tax relief, and worked to provide resources | 17 | | to support happy, healthy lives after service; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Crowe led the state effort to strengthen | 19 | | protections for seniors, to deny inheritance to abusers, and | 20 | | to update practices through her work as chair of the Elder | 21 | | Abuse Task Force; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, With strong family roots in the trades, Sen. | 2 | | Crowe voted against local right-to-work laws, toured several | 3 | | facilities, partnered with the aviation repair industry to | 4 | | save jobs, and advocated for use of Illinois-made products | 5 | | such as steel; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Because Sen. Crowe believes education and | 7 | | workforce training programs should be within reach for all, | 8 | | she advanced laws to create scholarship opportunities, to | 9 | | support adult literacy programs, and more; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Crowe believes that literacy is a | 11 | | fundamental skill and that creativity aids in innovative | 12 | | development, so she partnered with local libraries to host an | 13 | | annual summer book club event and other art contests for | 14 | | students throughout the district; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, To provide resources for the Metro East | 16 | | community, Sen. Crowe organized food, clothing, and toy | 17 | | drives, hosted meal giveaways, provided shred equipment, and | 18 | | coordinated blood drives in honor of local first responders; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Crowe is a champion for women's health and | 21 | | supported monumental changes so that life-saving procedures |
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| 1 | | would be covered by state insurance companies; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, To improve outcomes for youth, Sen. Crowe passed | 3 | | laws to support mothers who need donated breast milk for their | 4 | | sick infants and also worked with a constituent to require | 5 | | insurance companies to provide heart and lung monitors for | 6 | | children; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Crowe was the first woman in Illinois | 8 | | history to lead the Senate Judiciary Committee as chair; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Crowe bids farewell to the Illinois Senate | 10 | | after three years of service to the 56th Senate District and | 11 | | the people of Illinois, during which she established a | 12 | | reputation as a knowledgeable, pragmatic, and committed public | 13 | | servant; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Crowe's public service began when she was an | 15 | | assistant state's attorney in the Madison County State's | 16 | | Attorney's Office; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Crowe's family has roots in the Illinois | 18 | | Metro East, and they instilled in her a deep respect and | 19 | | appreciation for teachers, education, and hard work; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Crowe was confirmed by the United States |
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| 1 | | Senate to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District | 2 | | of Illinois; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we thank Senator | 5 | | Rachelle Crowe for her dedicated service to the people of | 6 | | Illinois and her significant contributions to the State; and | 7 | | be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Sen. Crowe as a symbol of our gratitude with our | 10 | | best wishes for her future endeavors.
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