Bill Text: IL HR1068 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Thanks State Representative Keith Sommer for his many years of service to the people of his district and the State of Illinois. Wishes him, his wife, Deb, and their two daughters all the best in the years to come.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-10 - Resolution Adopted [HR1068 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR1068-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate our colleague, State | ||||||
| 4 | Representative Keith Sommer, on the occasion of his retirement | ||||||
| 5 | from the General Assembly after 24 years of service; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer joined the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 7 | in January 1999, but his service to the people of his district | ||||||
| 8 | stretches back almost half a century; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Before he came to Springfield, Rep. Sommer served | ||||||
| 10 | on the Tazewell County Board and the Morton Village Board; he | ||||||
| 11 | also served as the recorder of Tazewell County and chaired his | ||||||
| 12 | local regional planning commission; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer was a tireless advocate for adoptive | ||||||
| 14 | families in Illinois, passing a historic adoption reform bill | ||||||
| 15 | in 2015 that eased the process of international adoptions for | ||||||
| 16 | Illinois families; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer opened educational opportunities for | ||||||
| 18 | dyslexic children in Illinois through legislation that created | ||||||
| 19 | a guide for school personnel to identify signs of dyslexia and | ||||||
| 20 | to help them improve their dyslexic students' academic | ||||||
| 21 | performance; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer aligned his legislative record with | ||||||
| 2 | his style as an elected official; when someone came to him for | ||||||
| 3 | help, he listened and then developed a way to assist them, not | ||||||
| 4 | stopping until the solution became a reality; despite the | ||||||
| 5 | bills he championed not always representing high profile | ||||||
| 6 | issues with headline-grabbing attention, he worked diligently | ||||||
| 7 | to pass them as he understood their importance to the families | ||||||
| 8 | they directly impacted; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer has also left an indelible mark on | ||||||
| 10 | the State of Illinois through successful designation of the | ||||||
| 11 | pumpkin pie as our state pie, which honors his hometown of | ||||||
| 12 | Morton, the pumpkin capital of the world; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer spent almost a quarter of a century | ||||||
| 14 | in service to the people of Illinois as an advocate for lower | ||||||
| 15 | taxes, local control, Second Amendment rights, and small | ||||||
| 16 | businesses; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Rep. Sommer will leave the General Assembly for a | ||||||
| 18 | much-deserved retirement; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 20 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 21 | we thank Representative Keith Sommer for his many years of | ||||||
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| 1 | service to the people of his district and the State of | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That we wish him, his wife, Deb, and their two | ||||||
| 4 | daughters all the best in the years to come; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to Rep. Sommer as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 7 | respect.
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