Full Text of HR1391 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Illinois State | 4 | | Representative Kay Hatcher of Yorkville on her distinguished | 5 | | service to the people of the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Hatcher has been a member of the | 7 | | Illinois House of Representatives since 2009 and has served | 8 | | this body with honor and distinction; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Representative Hatcher began her career in public | 10 | | service in 1985 by winning election to the Oswego School Board, | 11 | | where she served until 1991; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Hatcher was subsequently appointed | 13 | | to the Kendall County Board in 1991, winning election in her | 14 | | own right in 1992; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After retiring from the Kendall County Board in | 16 | | 1996, Representative Hatcher was re-elected to the Board in | 17 | | 2002; she also served as President of the Kendall County Forest | 18 | | Preserve District until 2008; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Representative Hatcher won a majority of the vote | 20 | | in a 4-way primary in March of 2008 for the open 50th |
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| 1 | | Representative District seat, vacated by retiring State | 2 | | Representative Patricia Reid Lindner; she went on to win the | 3 | | General Election in November of 2008 serving portions of Kane, | 4 | | Kendall, and LaSalle Counties; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, During the 98th General Assembly, Representative | 6 | | Hatcher served as Republican Spokesperson on the Human | 7 | | Services, Transportation: Vehicles and Safety, and Tourism & | 8 | | Conventions Committees; she also served on the | 9 | | Appropriations-General Services, Public Utilities, Veterans' | 10 | | Affairs, Health Care Availability and Accessibility, | 11 | | Transportation: License Plates, and Transportation: Signs | 12 | | Committees; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Representative Hatcher has been a trailblazer | 14 | | among and leader of Illinois Republican women; she was an | 15 | | Illinois Lincoln Series Fellow with the Class of 1999, State | 16 | | President of the Illinois Federation of Republican Women from | 17 | | 2004 to 2005, a former board member of the National Federation | 18 | | of Republican Women, Governor of the Illinois Lincoln Series | 19 | | Board from 2006 to 2008, and Precinct Committeewoman in Kendall | 20 | | Township from 1996 to 2008; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, A lifelong Illinois resident, Representative | 22 | | Hatcher has also long managed her family's farm in central | 23 | | Illinois; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Hatcher received corporate | 2 | | communications training at Boston College's Carroll School of | 3 | | Management; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Representative Hatcher is married to Steve | 5 | | Hatcher, a United States Army veteran and former executive | 6 | | director of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and Oswego Chamber | 7 | | of Commerce; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Hatcher and her husband are the | 9 | | proud parents of 4 children, Beth, Bonnie, Jennifer, and Curt; | 10 | | together, they have welcomed 6 beautiful grandchildren; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Representative Hatcher has been noted for leading | 12 | | the effort to respect fallen United States service members and | 13 | | their families by sponsoring and passing a new law in 2011 to | 14 | | expand Illinois' "Let Them Rest in Peace Act", strengthening | 15 | | restrictions on protests at military funerals to protect the | 16 | | privacy of grieving families; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Representative Hatcher has made immeasurable | 18 | | contributions to the public good through her extensive civic | 19 | | and volunteer involvement, including past service as Greater | 20 | | Aurora Chamber of Commerce Government Relations Chair, | 21 | | membership on the River Valley Workforce Investment Board, the |
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| 1 | | Aurora Area Convention and Visitor's Bureau Board, | 2 | | Conservation Foundation Leadership Board, the Valley | 3 | | Industrial Association Board, the Naperville Development | 4 | | Partnership Board, the Oak Brook Association of Commerce and | 5 | | Industry Board, the United Way of Aurora Board, the St. Charles | 6 | | United Way Board, the Three Fires Boy Scout Board, the | 7 | | Paramount Arts Council Endowment Board, the Court Appointed | 8 | | Special Advocate Board, the DuPage Girl Scout Board, the Fox | 9 | | Valley Symphony Board, the Community Counseling Board, and the | 10 | | Family Counseling Board, among many others; she was also | 11 | | President of the Boulder Hill Civic Association, President of | 12 | | the Kendall County Crime Stoppers, a member and Legislative | 13 | | Chairman of the Naperville Chamber of Commerce Board, President | 14 | | of the DuKane Valley Council Board, and Rotary President; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Representative Hatcher enjoyed a successful | 16 | | career in the private sector as Community Affairs Director for | 17 | | Illinois Bell in the non-profit sector as Senior Marketing | 18 | | Director for Senior Services Associates, Inc.; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Representative Hatcher has been honored by | 20 | | numerous organizations in recognition of her outstanding | 21 | | service in the General Assembly, including the Illinois Farm | 22 | | Bureau ACTIVATOR Friend of Agriculture Award and Legislator of | 23 | | the Year from the Metro West Council of Government, among | 24 | | others; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate Representative Kay Hatcher on her retirement | 4 | | from the General Assembly and wish her all the best in her | 5 | | future endeavors; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Representative Hatcher as an expression of our | 8 | | esteem and respect for our colleague and friend.
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