Bill Text: IL HR0119 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares April 28, 2023 as Workers Memorial Day in the State of Illinois. Recognizes the need to support stronger workplace safety and health laws in the State and country. Urges the Illinois Congressional Delegation and President Joe Biden to continue to revise, revamp, and strengthen federal workplace safety laws and to properly fund OSHA programs and staff. Offers sympathy and understanding to workers who have been injured on the job and their families.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0119 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0119-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Over 50 years after Congress passed the | ||||||
| 3 | Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), promising every | ||||||
| 4 | worker the right to a safe job, the protections in OSHA have | ||||||
| 5 | saved hundreds of thousands of lives and prevented millions of | ||||||
| 6 | workplace injuries; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Despite current safety laws, millions of workers | ||||||
| 8 | are injured and thousands of workers are killed due to job | ||||||
| 9 | hazards each year; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, On April 28, 2023, organized labor will observe | ||||||
| 11 | Workers Memorial Day across the country to remember those who | ||||||
| 12 | have suffered and died on the job and to renew the fight for | ||||||
| 13 | safe workplaces for all workers; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we declare April 28, 2023 as Workers Memorial Day in the State | ||||||
| 17 | of Illinois; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That we recognize that as long as workers are | ||||||
| 19 | seriously injured or killed on the job, there will be a need to | ||||||
| 20 | support stronger safety and health laws in our State and | ||||||
| 21 | country; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois Congressional | ||||||
| 2 | Delegation and President Joe Biden to continue to revise, | ||||||
| 3 | revamp, and strengthen federal workplace safety laws and to | ||||||
| 4 | properly fund OSHA programs and staff; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That we offer our deep-felt sympathy and | ||||||
| 6 | understanding to the families of workers who have been | ||||||
| 7 | seriously injured or killed on the job.
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