Full Text of HR1534 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to
congratulate Representative Ed | 4 | | Sullivan of Mundelein on his
distinguished service to his | 5 | | constituents and the people of the State
of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan has been a member of the | 7 | | Illinois
House since 2003 and has served this body with honor | 8 | | and distinction; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan was born on April 6, 1969 | 10 | | in Urbana,
he graduated from Mundelein's Carmel Catholic High | 11 | | School in 1987; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan earned a Bachelor of Arts | 13 | | in
History and Political Science from the University of | 14 | | Illinois in 1991; he then embarked upon a career in public | 15 | | service as a
legislative aide to United States Congressman Phil | 16 | | Crane; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan was elected Fremont | 18 | | Township Assessor
in 1993; he is currently serving his sixth | 19 | | term; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan was first elected to the |
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House in 2002 and has been re-elected to six
| 2 | | consecutive terms, proudly representing portions of his native | 3 | | Lake
County as well as a small portion of Cook County; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan has served with | 5 | | distinction on the
Executive, Financial Institutions, Revenue & | 6 | | Finance, and Elementary &
Secondary Education: Charter School | 7 | | Policy committees during the 99th General Assembly as well as | 8 | | being the Republican
Spokesperson on the Public Utilities | 9 | | Committee, Rules Committee, and
the Special Committee on Public | 10 | | Private Partnerships; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan has served his caucus | 12 | | ably as an
Assistant Republican Leader since 2014; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, One of Representative Sullivan's landmark | 14 | | legislative
achievements was the passage of the Illinois | 15 | | Anti-Gang initiative in 2009,
establishing a unique pilot | 16 | | program to crack down on local gang
activity through innovative | 17 | | use of the internet; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan played an instrumental | 19 | | role as the
lead Republican negotiator and Chief Co-Sponsor of | 20 | | the Illinois concealed
carry law in 2013, a historic | 21 | | achievement to strengthen and protect
Second Amendment rights | 22 | | in the State; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan demonstrated tremendous | 2 | | courage in
being one of only three Republican legislators in | 3 | | the House of
Representatives to support and speak boldly on | 4 | | behalf of The Illinois
Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness | 5 | | Act of 2013, which finally
brought marriage equality to the | 6 | | State of Illinois; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan will be long remembered
| 8 | | and celebrated for his role as co-founder of the bipartisan
| 9 | | "Sullivan Caucus", an annual gathering of Statehouse | 10 | | officials, staff,
policy advocates and friends which he has | 11 | | hosted each year along with
former State Senator Dave Sullivan | 12 | | (R-Park Ridge) and retiring State
Senator John Sullivan | 13 | | (D-Rushville); and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan has received numerous | 15 | | honors and
awards during his legislative career, including | 16 | | being named by the
Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police as | 17 | | the Public Official of the
Year; recipient of the Acorn Award | 18 | | from the Nature Conservancy; the Illinois Farm
Bureau Activator | 19 | | Award for being a Friend of Agriculture; he was named "Lung | 20 | | Health Champion from the Illinois Respiratory Health | 21 | | Association; Illinois Bankers
Association "Outstanding | 22 | | Legislator", as well as multiple recognitions
by the National | 23 | | Federation of Independent Businesses/Illinois as a
"Guardian |
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| 1 | | of Small Business", and the Illinois Chamber of Commerce as a
| 2 | | "Champion of Free Enterprise"; he also received the Illinois | 3 | | Association
of Park Districts Outstanding Legislator of the | 4 | | Year Award; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, During his 14-year career as a member of the | 6 | | Illinois General Assembly, Representative Sullivan | 7 | | distinguished
himself as a legislator respected on both sides | 8 | | of the aisle for his
thoughtfulness, knowledge, commitment to | 9 | | his constituents and public
service to the people of the State | 10 | | of Illinois; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan is very proud of his wife, | 12 | | Trish, a
family nurse practitioner; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan is the proud and loving | 14 | | father of
daughter, Kaileigh, and son, Edwin (Finn); and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Representative Sullivan has made innumerable | 16 | | contributions to
the public good through his extensive civic | 17 | | and volunteer involvement
with the GLMV and Lake Zurich | 18 | | Chambers of Commerce, the Liberty Prairie
Foundation, Friends | 19 | | of Mundelein Parks, and the Knights of Columbus; therefore, be | 20 | | it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 2 | | congratulate Representative Sullivan on a job well
done in the | 3 | | General Assembly and wish him
the best in all his future | 4 | | endeavors; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to
Representative Sullivan and his family as an | 7 | | expression of our esteem
and respect for our colleague and | 8 | | friend.
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