Full Text of HR0649 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to hear of the loss of
| 4 | | 18-month-old, Colton Michael Miller, who passed away on | 5 | | September 21, 2019 from
injuries sustained from an act of | 6 | | domestic violence; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Colton, the loving son of Cassandra | 8 | | Tanner-Miller, the precious grandson of
John and Elizabeth | 9 | | Tanner, and the dearest brother of Camryn, is fondly remembered | 10 | | for his
love of monster trucks, football, dinosaurs, dragons, | 11 | | and cars; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Organizations such as the National Domestic | 13 | | Violence Hotline and the National
Coalition Against Domestic | 14 | | Violence have worked to educate and counsel families affected | 15 | | by domestic
violence; yet, domestic violence continues to | 16 | | invade households throughout the United States; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 18 | | reports that one in three women and
one in four men will | 19 | | experience some form of intimate partner violence; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Over three million children a year witness | 21 | | domestic violence in their homes; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, 15.5 million U.S. children are estimated to live | 2 | | in families in which partner violence
occurred at least once in | 3 | | the past year; an estimated seven million children live in | 4 | | families in which
severe partner violence occurred; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, An estimated one-half of abusive relationships in | 6 | | the United States result in injuries
to a woman; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In Colton's memory, his mother, Cassandra | 8 | | Tanner-Miller, has repeatedly called for
preventative | 9 | | legislative action pertaining to domestic violence; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Preventing domestic violence should be an agreed | 11 | | upon, bipartisan, priority within
Illinois; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we mourn the passing of 18-month-old Colton Michael
Miller and | 15 | | honor his life with an urgent call to present and pass | 16 | | legislation regarding domestic violence
and the enhancement of | 17 | | the functionality of domestic orders of protection in Illinois; | 18 | | and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Colton's
family as an expression of our deepest |
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