Bill Text: IL HR0078 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Declares the current state of the vaccination program is not satisfactory. Urges the vaccination plan be made fully transparent and readily accessible to the public.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-28 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford [HR0078 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0078-Enrolled.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois needs a reasonable, | ||||||
3 | deliberate, and measured plan for administering vaccinations | ||||||
4 | for COVID-19; and
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5 | WHEREAS, It is essential that vaccinations be administered | ||||||
6 | fairly in each county in the State, under the same guidelines, | ||||||
7 | and equitable to each region and population in the State; and
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8 | WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control and | ||||||
9 | Prevention (CDC), nationwide, as of January 26, 2021, 5.8% of | ||||||
10 | the population has received 1 out of the 2 doses necessary for | ||||||
11 | full protection from COVID-19; 1% of the population has | ||||||
12 | received 2 out of the 2 doses necessary for full protection | ||||||
13 | from COVID-19; 41,418,325 doses of the vaccine have been | ||||||
14 | distributed, and 22,734,243 vaccinations have been given; and
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15 | WHEREAS, According to the CDC, in Illinois as of January | ||||||
16 | 26, 2021, 4.6% of the population has received 1 out of the 2 | ||||||
17 | doses necessary for full protection from COVID-19; 1.1% of the | ||||||
18 | population has received 2 out of the 2 doses necessary for full | ||||||
19 | protection from COVID-19; 1,417,250 doses of the vaccine have | ||||||
20 | been distributed, and 723,203 vaccinations have been given; | ||||||
21 | and
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1 | WHEREAS, According to the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
2 | Health, in Illinois as of January 26, 2021, 550,050 doses of | ||||||
3 | COVID-19 vaccine have been allocated to long-term care | ||||||
4 | facilities, and 110,403 doses have been administered in | ||||||
5 | long-term care facilities; therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
7 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
8 | the current state of the vaccination program is not | ||||||
9 | satisfactory; and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That we urge the vaccination plan be made fully | ||||||
11 | transparent and readily accessible to the public; and be it | ||||||
12 | further
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13 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | delivered to all Illinois constitutional officers, the | ||||||
15 | Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, the | ||||||
16 | Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the | ||||||
17 | Speaker and Minority Leader of the Illinois House of | ||||||
18 | Representatives, and the President and Minority Leader of the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Senate.
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