HR0849 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Governor of Illinois declared all counties in the State of Illinois as a disaster area on March 9, 2020 (Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation) in response to the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); and

WHEREAS, The Governor has further responded to the epidemic with the issuance of a number of executive orders and has extended and modified these orders to at least May 31 of 2020; and

WHEREAS, Some municipalities, counties, and local governments within the State have sought to endorse and even enforce these measures and have adopted a number of their own restrictions; and

WHEREAS, These orders explicitly restricted the public's freedom of movement, limiting travel and regulating even the social interaction of its people, limited the gatherings of its citizens, and prohibited the assembly of its people for the purposes of faith and fellowship; and

WHEREAS, These measures went so far as to measure the essentialness of certain private enterprise throughout the State and, in effect, eliminated the operations of certain businesses, created massive unemployment, and created shortages of necessary food, medical services, and materials; and

WHEREAS, The Governor's orders and the proclivity of some local governments to further these measures are a clear violation of the rights of individuals and the rights of free enterprise as preserved under both the United States Constitution and the Illinois Constitution; and

WHEREAS, These actions are an infringement on the constitutional rights of its citizens as Illinoisans and as Americans; and

WHEREAS, These actions by the Governor and some local officials of this State have decimated the State's economy and have either disrupted or destroyed the livelihoods of millions of its inhabitants, bankrupted thousands of businesses across the State, and may have irrevocably damaged the rights of its people and the State's economic future for decades to come; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the General Assembly should take whatever steps necessary to deny any federal or State financial assistance to all municipalities, counties, or other local governments in the State that have deprived its citizens of their constitutional rights through the enforcement of the unconstitutional orders and actions of the Governor during this crisis; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution should be delivered to the Governor of the State of Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court, the Illinois Senate, the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and the each member of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.