Full Text of HR1319 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate State Rep. Sara Wojcicki | 4 | | Jimenez on her retirement and recognize her years of service to | 5 | | the State of Illinois; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez was sworn in as the State | 7 | | Representative for the 99th District on
November 20, 2015; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez has lived in the Springfield | 9 | | area since she was five; she attended
Cathedral Grade School | 10 | | and Ursuline Academy; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez graduated from Southern | 12 | | Illinois University Edwardsville and the
University of | 13 | | Illinois at Springfield; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez worked as a reporter for | 15 | | KHQA in Quincy and WICS in Springfield before
taking a position | 16 | | as Deputy Director of Communications for the Illinois State | 17 | | Treasurer's office; she
worked as press secretary for the | 18 | | Illinois House Republican Caucus and Director of | 19 | | Intergovernmental
Affairs and Program Communications for the | 20 | | Illinois State Comptroller's office; she also worked as chief
| 21 | | of staff to Illinois First Lady Diana Rauner; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez was elected to a term on the | 2 | | Springfield Park District Board in 2011; she
was an advocate | 3 | | for parks and recreation opportunities in Springfield while | 4 | | collaborating with other
trustees during tough economic times; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez fought for a more efficient, | 7 | | transparent,
and accountable state government that better | 8 | | serves Illinois families; she introduced initiatives to
| 9 | | prohibit automatic cost of living raises for elected officials | 10 | | and to prohibit collection of session-day
mileage and per diem | 11 | | payments for legislators residing in Sangamon County; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez served as the House | 13 | | Republican Spokesperson on the House
Discrimination and Sexual | 14 | | Harassment Task Force and worked with colleagues across the | 15 | | aisle to pass bipartisan
reforms strengthening harassment and | 16 | | discrimination protections in State and local
government; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, With bringing in good jobs for families in her | 18 | | district as a top priority, Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez, spearheaded | 19 | | passage of a new law that creates a Capitol/Springfield area | 20 | | hiring
preference for State positions that could return | 21 | | hundreds of State jobs to the Sangamon County area; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez worked with local | 2 | | constituents to pass new laws that will help families
| 3 | | statewide, including protecting adult children's visitation | 4 | | with elderly parents and expanding successful
veteran courts; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez partnered with members of | 7 | | the community to craft innovative local
solutions, including | 8 | | partnering with Computer Banc to repurpose used State computer | 9 | | equipment for
schools and daycare facilities and spearheading a | 10 | | penny drive with local school children to purchase an
Abraham | 11 | | Lincoln artifact and return it to Illinois for the State's | 12 | | bicentennial; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, On the occasion of Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez's | 14 | | retirement from the Illinois House of
Representatives her | 15 | | colleagues wish to recognize and thank her for her public | 16 | | service and for her continued work to make her community and | 17 | | the State of Illinois a better place to live, work, and raise a
| 18 | | family; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | congratulate State Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez on her | 22 | | retirement, recognize her years of service to the State of | 23 | | Illinois, and thank her for her work on behalf of the people of |
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| 1 | | the State of Illinois; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That we wish Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez, her husband, | 3 | | Jose Carlos, and their twin sons, Charlie
and Augie, the very | 4 | | best as they begin a new chapter; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Rep. Wojcicki Jimenez and her family as a symbol | 7 | | of
our esteem and well wishes.
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