Full Text of HR1387 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize Illinois State | 4 | | Representative Dennis Reboletti for his 8 years of service and | 5 | | hard work on behalf of the people of the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti, a life-long resident of | 7 | | Elmhurst, has had a distinguished career in public service; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti is a 1986 graduate of | 9 | | York Community High School and earned his bachelor's degree in | 10 | | political science at Eastern Illinois University in 1990; after | 11 | | serving as a Deputy Addison Township Assessor, he decided to | 12 | | attend law school and was admitted to the Valparaiso University | 13 | | College of Law; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Upon his graduation from law school, | 15 | | Representative Reboletti was appointed an Assistant Attorney | 16 | | General under then-Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan and was | 17 | | responsible for defending the Illinois Department of | 18 | | Corrections from inmate lawsuits; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti later served as an | 20 | | Assistant State's Attorney in Will County for 8 years, | 21 | | prosecuting violent criminals as a member of the office's |
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| 1 | | Organized Crime Unit, where he earned membership in Illinois' | 2 | | elite Capital Trial Litigation Bar; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, In the spring of 1997, while still in his third | 4 | | year of law school, Representative Reboletti launched a | 5 | | write-in campaign and was elected as a 2nd Ward Alderman in the | 6 | | City of Elmhurst, later serving as Vice-Chairman of the | 7 | | Development, Planning, and Zoning Committee; in 2000, he was | 8 | | appointed as a Trustee to the Addison Township Board and was | 9 | | elected and re-elected in 2001 and 2005; as a Township Trustee, | 10 | | he served as Chairman of the Finance Committee and also of the | 11 | | Airport Issues Committee; he was the Board's Senior Trustee | 12 | | upon his election to the House of Representatives; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, After being elected to the Illinois House of | 14 | | Representatives in 2007, Representative Reboletti quickly | 15 | | caught the attention of House Leadership and was assigned to | 16 | | the prestigious Transportation and Motor Vehicles, Mass | 17 | | Transit, and Judiciary II Committees; he has also since served | 18 | | on the Health Care Availability and Accessibility, Public | 19 | | Utilities, and Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges | 20 | | Committees and as Republican Spokesperson for the Judiciary II | 21 | | Committee; he also took on additional responsibilities as the | 22 | | Republican Spokesperson on the Restorative Justice Committee | 23 | | and as the sole Republican on the Criminal Procedure & | 24 | | Penalties Sub-Committee; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti worked in many prominent | 2 | | leadership roles during his career in the House of | 3 | | Representatives, including serving as floor leader of the House | 4 | | Republican Caucus, where he regularly raised the level of the | 5 | | debate on many critical issues that arrived on the floor of the | 6 | | House; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti was chosen by his | 8 | | colleagues to serve on the House Republican leadership team as | 9 | | Assistant Minority Leader, where his experience helped shape | 10 | | major public policy initiatives to address serious State | 11 | | issues; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti is an accomplished | 13 | | lawmaker who has worked to strengthen and protect Illinois | 14 | | families and communities, having written and passed a law to | 15 | | create the country's first of its kind murder registry, also | 16 | | known as Andrea's Law, to alert people to when a person who has | 17 | | committed first-degree murder was returning back to their | 18 | | communities; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti worked closely with | 20 | | Representative Mike McAuliffe to protect families living near | 21 | | O'Hare Airport from excessive jet noise; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In addition to practicing law, Representative | 2 | | Reboletti continues to educate prospective law enforcement | 3 | | officers as an Adjunct Instructor in Triton Community College's | 4 | | Criminal Justice Department; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti attends Mary Queen of | 6 | | Heaven Parish in Elmhurst; he is a member of the Addison and | 7 | | York Township Republican Committeeman's Organizations, as well | 8 | | as the Justinian Society of Lawyers; he enjoys spending time | 9 | | with his 13-year old son, Zachary; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we congratulate our friend and colleague, Representative | 13 | | Dennis Reboletti, on his retirement from the Illinois of House | 14 | | of Representatives and wish him the best in his future | 15 | | endeavors; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Representative Reboletti as a symbol of our | 18 | | respect and esteem.
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