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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to honor our esteemed colleague, | ||||||
| 4 | Representative Kathleen Willis, for her 10 years of service as | ||||||
| 5 | a member of the Illinois General Assembly and thank her for her | ||||||
| 6 | dedicated service to our State and her community; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Rep. Willis is a lifelong resident of DuPage | ||||||
| 8 | County; she currently resides with her husband, Tom, in | ||||||
| 9 | Addison, where they raised their children, Elyse, Heather, | ||||||
| 10 | John, and Victoria, and are proud grandparents; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Rep. Willis earned her bachelor's degree in Human | ||||||
| 12 | Service Administration from Elmhurst College and her master's | ||||||
| 13 | degree in Library and Information Services from the University | ||||||
| 14 | of Illinois; in her career, she served her local community as | ||||||
| 15 | access services coordinator at the Elmhurst College Library | ||||||
| 16 | while also teaching children's and youth literature; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Rep. Willis has a long record of community | ||||||
| 18 | service, including tenure as the vice president of the Kiwanis | ||||||
| 19 | Club of Addison, chair of the Addison Special Events | ||||||
| 20 | Commission, and coordinator of the Addison Mayor's Community | ||||||
| 21 | Charity Ball; additionally, she is a member of the American | ||||||
| 22 | Association of University Women, a supporter of the Dare to | ||||||
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| 1 | Dream program that mentors young Latinas to help promote | ||||||
| 2 | education, combat truancy, and promote the benefits of staying | ||||||
| 3 | in school and pursuing education, and a board member of | ||||||
| 4 | Addison Elementary School District 4; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Rep. Willis began her service in the legislature | ||||||
| 6 | by successfully passing bills to improve the placement process | ||||||
| 7 | for special education students and to help prevent e-cigarette | ||||||
| 8 | purchase by minors, which were signed into law; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Rep. Willis passed legislation to increase | ||||||
| 10 | accountability against individuals who defraud or attempt to | ||||||
| 11 | defraud Medicaid and to protect consumers from unfair | ||||||
| 12 | surcharges; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Rep. Willis successfully fought to enhance | ||||||
| 14 | justice for domestic violence survivors and accountability for | ||||||
| 15 | domestic abusers, worked to address drug abuse among young | ||||||
| 16 | people by spearheading the creation of the Young Adults Heroin | ||||||
| 17 | Use Task Force, advocated to reduce the influence of gangs and | ||||||
| 18 | their ability to recruit young people, and sought to enhance | ||||||
| 19 | firearm safety and protect families from violent crime, | ||||||
| 20 | including through an appointment to serve on the Restorative | ||||||
| 21 | Justice and Safe Communities Committee for the gubernatorial | ||||||
| 22 | transition in 2018; 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 congratulate Representative Kathleen Willis on her | ||||||
| 4 | retirement from the Illinois House of Representatives, thank | ||||||
| 5 | her for her 10 years of dedicated service to the people of | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois, and wish her the best in the next chapter of her | ||||||
| 7 | life; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to Rep. Willis as an expression of our respect and | ||||||
| 10 | esteem.
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