Bill Text: IL HJR0028 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates Interstate 64 in Wayne County from Mile Post 112 to 116 as the "Deputy Sean Riley Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-25 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0028 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HJR0028-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
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| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who have given
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| 4 | their lives in service to their communities; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Riley was | ||||||
| 6 | killed in the line of duty on December 29, 2021; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Deputy Riley was born to Doug and Mary Jo (Hill) | ||||||
| 8 | Riley on November 5, 1983; he married Leslie Young on August | ||||||
| 9 | 11, 2007; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Deputy Riley was a three-year veteran of the | ||||||
| 11 | Wayne County Sheriff's Department, where he served as both a | ||||||
| 12 | corrections officer and patrol deputy; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Deputy Riley was preceded in death by his mother, | ||||||
| 14 | Mary Jo Riley; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Deputy Riley was | ||||||
| 16 | survived by his wife, Leslie; his children, Logan Brown, | ||||||
| 17 | Deegan Riley, and Mia Jo Riley; his father, Doug Riley; his | ||||||
| 18 | sister, Spring (Darrin) Bonney; his mother-in-law, Glenda | ||||||
| 19 | Young; his sister-in-law, Glenna (Jim) Michael; and several | ||||||
| 20 | aunts, uncles, cousins, and a special aunt, Margaret (Joe) | ||||||
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| 1 | Molt; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 3 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 4 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Interstate 64 in | ||||||
| 5 | Wayne County from Mile Post 112 to 116 as the "Deputy Sean | ||||||
| 6 | Riley Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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| 8 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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| 9 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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| 10 | giving notice of the name "Deputy Sean Riley Memorial | ||||||
| 11 | Highway"; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Deputy Riley and the Secretary of | ||||||
| 14 | Transportation.
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