Bill Text: IL HR0948 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates and honors Senator Pat McGuire for his dedicated service as a member of the Illinois Senate. Further wishes him the best in his future endeavors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-01-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0948 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HR0948-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives are pleased to honor our esteemed colleague,
State Senator Pat McGuire, on his eight years as a member of
the Illinois General Assembly and to thank him for his
dedicated service to our State and his community; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire attended Catholic schools in his
hometown of Joliet; he is the husband of Lora and the father of
Molly; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire taught job health and safety to
local union members; he also taught English to high school and
community college students; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire served his community in elective
office as a school board member and a county treasurer before
becoming a state senator; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire has represented Illinois Senate
District 43 since 2012, serving the people of DuPage and Will
Counties for eight years; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire has experience in both private and
public schooling; and

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WHEREAS, Senator McGuire was a strong advocate for women
and children, acting to toughen penalties on domestic abusers
and fund Court Appointed Special Advocate organizations in
order to ensure that abused and neglected children are getting
the court support that they need and deserve; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire served as the chair of the Senate
Higher Education Committee, where he spoke against cuts to the
university system during impasse; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire worked to preserve and redevelop
Joliet's government facilities, including the Stateville
Correctional Center and Collins Street Task Force to preserve
the Collins Street prison facility; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire co-sponsored a measure to raise
the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 per hour; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire spoke against harmful cuts to
programs like child care assistance and fought to preserve
payroll for state workers during the two-year budget crisis
that occurred early in his career in the Senate; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire worked to form and lead the
bipartisan, bicameral Higher Education Working Group; he

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created the AIM HIGH state scholarship; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire created the Mental Health Early
Action on Campus Act; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire dedicated himself to improving
the State's Department of Children and Family Services; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire will be remembered as a supporter
of workers' rights and an advocate for collective bargaining;
he supported worker safety, pushing for worker access to and
knowledge of the regulations and protections granted by OSHA
and other state workplace safety organizations; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire was a frequent passenger on
Amtrak's Lincoln Service; he was also an advocate for the
improvement and further development of mass transit in
Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire responded to the COVID-19
pandemic with the goal of providing employees with the means to
report improper conditions and providing employers with clear
guidance on how to reorganize their workplaces to maximize
worker safety; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire was an Edgar Fellows Program

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student of the Class of 2017; and
WHEREAS, Senator McGuire has been honored by a number of
organizations, including the Romeoville Fraternal Order of
Police, the Illinois Leadership Council for Agricultural
Education, the Transportation for Illinois Coalition, the
Illinois Optometric Association, Leading Age Illinois, Joliet
Central, the senior living communities Heritage Woods of
Bolingbrook and Woodridge Horizon, the Southwest Coalition on
Substance Abuse Issues, and Volunteers of America of Illinois,
among others; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate and honor State Senator Pat McGuire for his
dedicated service as a member of the Illinois Senate, and we
wish him the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Senator McGuire as an expression of our esteem and
respect.