Full Text of HR1339 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to honor our friend and colleague, | 4 | | Illinois State Representative John D. Anthony, for his service | 5 | | to the people of the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative John Anthony was born and raised in | 7 | | Chicago and is a native of Illinois; he earned a bachelor's | 8 | | degree at Christian Bible College and Seminary in Independence, | 9 | | Missouri; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, With an eye toward front-line public safety, | 11 | | Representative John Anthony became a law enforcement officer in | 12 | | the Champaign Police Department in 2005; in 2008, he became a | 13 | | deputy in the Kendall County Sheriff's Office; during his time | 14 | | in those departments, he was mentioned numerous times in news | 15 | | accounts and sheriff's records for examples of fearless public | 16 | | service in circumstances of threatened, actual, and even | 17 | | imminent personal danger; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, As a Deputy Sheriff, Representative John Anthony | 19 | | received the Ervin H. Warren "Cop of the Future" award for | 20 | | community leadership; as a figure of growing importance in his | 21 | | communities, he made friends throughout his district and was | 22 | | appointed to serve as State Representative, representing the |
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| 1 | | 75th District in north-central Illinois, in August of 2013; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Upon taking office in the 98th General Assembly, | 3 | | Representative John Anthony became the first African-American | 4 | | member of the Illinois House Republican Caucus to serve since | 5 | | 1983; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Upon taking office, Representative John Anthony | 7 | | became the first State Representative of Puerto Rican heritage | 8 | | to serve in the Illinois House of Representatives; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Complex challenges faced by the 75th District in | 10 | | Representative John Anthony's time of legislative leadership | 11 | | have centered on its status as an area that is partly inside | 12 | | and partly outside the greater Chicago metropolitan area during | 13 | | the current period of economic life that began in 2008-2009, | 14 | | with a large number of young families, growing schools, | 15 | | transportation frustrations, and the overall atmosphere of | 16 | | life in a world of half-built subdivisions; during this period, | 17 | | Representative Anthony stood steadfast in his determination | 18 | | for policies that would restore economic growth to Illinois and | 19 | | job opportunities to his constituents; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In 2014, Representative John Anthony accepted an | 21 | | invitation to join the Edgar Fellows Program, a leadership | 22 | | program overseen by the Institute of Government and Public |
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| 1 | | Affairs at the University of Illinois as a focal point for the | 2 | | nurturance and continued training of current and future leaders | 3 | | of this State; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Utilizing his personal experience in law | 5 | | enforcement, Representative John Anthony concentrated his | 6 | | lawmaking work on questions of public safety and law | 7 | | enforcement, working tirelessly to make Illinois a safer place | 8 | | to live and raise a family; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The commitment of Representative John Anthony and | 10 | | his wife, Deborah, to Illinois families is shown by their | 11 | | founding leadership of the YARN Foundation, an education and | 12 | | scholarship program for potentially challenged young | 13 | | Illinoisans; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, As a further demonstration of his commitment to | 15 | | family-oriented law enforcement, Representative John Anthony | 16 | | became the chief House Republican co-sponsor of the bipartisan | 17 | | House Bill 1, a path breaking 2015 measure to fight against the | 18 | | growing scourge of heroin addiction and addictions to other | 19 | | opiate chemicals, including chemicals found in prescription | 20 | | medications, which has since been closely examined by many | 21 | | other states; House Bill 1 became law as Public Act 99-480; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, In one key feature of House Bill 1, police |
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| 1 | | officers and other first responders have been given the right | 2 | | to carry and immediately administer Naloxone to persons in | 3 | | imminent danger of death from an opiate overdose; this feature | 4 | | of the law reflects Representative John Anthony's own | 5 | | experience as a street police officer and his confidence that | 6 | | Illinois' finest men and women will have the strength of | 7 | | purpose to use this power wisely; other features of House Bill | 8 | | 1 overseen by Representative Anthony as lawmaking chief | 9 | | co-sponsor include a prescription drug drop-off program, | 10 | | expanded availability of drug courts in district courtrooms | 11 | | throughout Illinois, and improved data collection on heroin and | 12 | | other drug offenses; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, After serving in the Illinois House of | 14 | | Representatives from August of 2013 until June of 2016, | 15 | | Representative John Anthony has decided that it is time for him | 16 | | to move on to new challenges in public safety; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Although the people of the 75th District will miss | 18 | | Representative Anthony's courage and leadership, he is looking | 19 | | forward to spending more time with his wife, Deborah, and their | 20 | | children, Jada, John, Kirsten, and Kylie; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 23 | | honor and thank our friend and colleague, Illinois State |
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| 1 | | Representative John D. Anthony, for his service to the people | 2 | | of the State of Illinois and wish him both new challenges and | 3 | | more time with those close to him in his new life with the | 4 | | Illinois Department of Corrections; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That we congratulate Representative John Anthony | 6 | | for his ability to work with lawmakers of both political | 7 | | parties; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Representative John D. Anthony and his family.
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