HR1063 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to thank State Representative Sandra "Sandy" Hamilton on her service to the 99th District and the people of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton was born in Downers Grove to Charles and Joan Scholtens on December 31, 1966, and her parents instilled in her the values of community volunteering, philanthropy, and promoting community growth; and

WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton met her husband, Bob, while attending the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, where she received her degree and represented the university as a member of its championship volleyball team; and

WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton and her husband are the proud parents of Charlie, Will, and Jake; she and Bob have lived in Springfield for more than 20 years; her professional experience includes being a real estate broker with Remax Professionals, Inc., specializing in residential and commercial real estate; she is also a small business owner, co-owning local storage units; and

WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton was sworn in on December 30, 2021 to fill the vacancy of retiring Rep. Mike Murphy in the 99th District; and

WHEREAS, During her time in the General Assembly, Rep. Hamilton advanced key legislation to protect state workers in the Child Protective Services Division of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, and she has sponsored 12 and co-sponsored another 36 pieces of legislation during her short time in the 102nd General Assembly; and

WHEREAS, All of Rep. Hamilton's resolutions passed, including the Gold Star Spouses Day declaration and those honoring the lives and good works of Springfield volunteer and realtor Ron Ladley, mental health advocate and motivational speaker Kay McGuire, Springfield Coach Ken Leonard, the Sacred Heart-Griffin football champions, and the Sacred Heart-Griffin basketball champions; and

WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton was the chief co-sponsor of the legislation to create the Parking Tax Exemption for the Illinois State Fair and DuQuoin State Fair, co-sponsor of the new law for enhanced background checks on people who directly work with children to help identify sexual abuse cases, and co-sponsor of the new law to create the Money Laundering in Real Estate Task Force to investigate the cash flows and money laundering in the real estate industry and the Illinois economy; and

WHEREAS, Prior to her selection to the House of Representatives, Rep. Hamilton was on the board of directors and finance committee and was an executive board member with Capital Area Realtors (CAR); she has been on the Awards Selection Task Force and is a current member of the Commercial Real Estate Network (CREN), where she served as president; she received the Community Service Award from her peers at CAR; she was also appointed to the Economic and Community Development Commission (EDC) starting in 2019; and

WHEREAS, For more than 30 years, Rep. Hamilton has been a volleyball coach, helping young women across central Illinois at the high school level and at Parkland Junior College, where the team won the national championship; and

WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois-Champaign, where she played volleyball on a full-ride athletic scholarship; her team won three Big Ten Championships and also was a Final Four participant her junior and senior year; in her senior year at Illinois, she received the Coaches Award, which was then renamed the Sandy Scholtens Award and given to the athlete who embodies work ethic, attitude, and team work; and

WHEREAS, Rep. Hamilton plans to continue her community service and involvement as a volunteer volleyball coach and booster for Sacred Heart-Griffin High School; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we thank State Representative Sandra "Sandy" Hamilton on her service to the 99th District and the people of Illinois and wish her well in her continued public service; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Rep. Hamilton as an expression of our esteem and respect for our colleague and friend.