Full Text of SR1612 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant has served the | 3 | | citizens of the 49th State Senate District since 2013; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant is a lifelong resident of | 5 | | Will County and is the owner and operator of a family business | 6 | | in Joliet; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant is a proud graduate of the | 8 | | University of St. Francis, where she received a master's degree | 9 | | in Curriculum and Instruction with a secondary teaching | 10 | | certificate in History and Social Sciences; she earned a | 11 | | doctorate in education with a Superintendent's Endorsement | 12 | | from Loyola University; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant was a dedicated public | 14 | | servant even before she was first elected to the Senate; she | 15 | | worked as a teacher and administrator in both public and | 16 | | private schools in Will County; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant has worked diligently to | 18 | | ensure the children of Will County were given the opportunity | 19 | | to be successful in their classrooms; she served as Will County | 20 | | Regional Superintendent of Schools and then advocated for | 21 | | students as the Chair of the Senate's Education Committee, |
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| 1 | | where she worked to make sure educators and students had the | 2 | | tools to succeed; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant is a steadfast advocate | 4 | | for all people; she has fought for affordable health care, | 5 | | increasing government transparency, and increasing access to | 6 | | equitable educational opportunities for students of all ages; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant helped fight opioid abuse | 9 | | by passing bipartisan legislation to require the Illinois | 10 | | Department of Public Health to annually report to the General | 11 | | Assembly on data collected concerning opioid overdose-related | 12 | | deaths; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant fought to improve | 14 | | infrastructure by committing to make the I-80 corridor from New | 15 | | Lenox and Joliet to Shorewood and Minooka more safe through | 16 | | construction projects; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant worked to increase public | 18 | | safety by successfully passing a universal 911 measure, which | 19 | | requires businesses to eliminate having to dial "9" or any | 20 | | other number to reach an outside line; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant advocated for our |
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| 1 | | veterans by championing the Illinois veterans' business loan | 2 | | program to allow the Illinois Finance Authority to offer an | 3 | | increased number of low-interest loans to veterans to create | 4 | | new businesses; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant has worked to ensure | 6 | | seniors have the resources to live vibrant lives; she passed a | 7 | | Silver Alert measure so adults who are disoriented and wander | 8 | | due to Alzheimer's or dementia could be located; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant is a steadfast advocate | 10 | | for ensuring students have the financial aid they need to go to | 11 | | college as evidenced by her support of the Monetary Award | 12 | | Program (MAP) grants; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant championed measures to | 14 | | protect workers across Will County, including raising the | 15 | | minimum wage, fighting to ensure equal pay for equal work, and | 16 | | pushing for tax incentives for employers to encourage the | 17 | | creation and expansion of apprenticeship programs; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant supported legislation | 19 | | that would defer tax sales, give counties the ability to extend | 20 | | homestead exemptions, and wave late fees to provide relief and | 21 | | flexibility to property tax owners; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant's priority as a state | 2 | | senator was always to ensure her office was readily available | 3 | | to all the residents of her district by holding regular town | 4 | | halls, senior events, an annual kids' fair, informative | 5 | | workshops, and traveling office hours throughout the 49th | 6 | | district; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Senator Bertino-Tarrant exits the Senate to | 8 | | become the first woman to hold the office of Will County | 9 | | Executive; therefore, be it | 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we thank Senator | 12 | | Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant for her service to the people of | 13 | | Illinois and honor her with this resolution; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Senator Bertino-Tarrant with our best wishes for | 16 | | all her future endeavors.
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