Full Text of SR1567 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of former State Senator Mary Margaret | 4 | | "Maggie" Crotty, who passed away on November 5, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty was born in Chicago and graduated | 6 | | from Mercy High School; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty began her career in public service | 8 | | as a member of the District 145 school board in 1978 and served | 9 | | as board president from 1986 to 1993; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty served as a development | 11 | | coordinator in the Cook County Region for Infinite Southwest | 12 | | and the Southwest Cook County Cooperative for Special | 13 | | Education; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty continued serving her community on | 15 | | the District 228 Strategic Planning Committee and the | 16 | | Educational Foundation; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty began her legislative career as a | 18 | | State Representative and served from 1996 to 2002; she focused | 19 | | on education issues, senior advocacy, and consumer | 20 | | protections; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty sought and won election to the | 2 | | Illinois State Senate in 2002 and served until 2013, where she | 3 | | made it her mission to continue to help children, seniors, and | 4 | | families; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, During her tenure in the General Assembly, Senator | 6 | | Crotty fought to maintain and improve critical State services, | 7 | | including human services and public safety, with an emphasis on | 8 | | seniors and Illinois veterans; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty demonstrated that education was | 10 | | the top priority of her legislative agenda by sponsoring | 11 | | initiatives to boost the State's share of education funding and | 12 | | to allow Illinois residents to rehabilitate their defaulted | 13 | | student loans; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty passed the Silver Alert system in | 15 | | Illinois that permits law enforcement to provide alerts for | 16 | | missing or abducted seniors and disabled persons, similar to | 17 | | the Amber Alert for children; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty waged a successful battle to close | 19 | | the Suburban Cook County Regional Office of Education, which | 20 | | was reckoning with allegations of corruption; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty was always a vocal proponent of | 2 | | health and human services; she served as a lead advocate in | 3 | | requiring insurance companies to cover treatment for children | 4 | | with congenital or genetic disorders and increased the State's | 5 | | understanding of children with disabilities; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty served on and led numerous | 7 | | committees in the General Assembly, including serving as | 8 | | chairperson of the Elections Committee, as vice-chairperson of | 9 | | the Local Government Committee, and as co-chairperson for the | 10 | | Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; she also served as a | 11 | | member of the Higher Education Committee, the Labor Committee, | 12 | | the Revenue Committee, the Joint Commission on Government | 13 | | Reform, the Executive Committee, the Executive Appointments | 14 | | Committee, the State Government and Veteran Affairs Committee, | 15 | | the Environment Committee, the Health & Human Services | 16 | | Committee, and the Licensed Activities Committee; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty also worked with many local | 18 | | organizations to improve the quality of life for the region and | 19 | | its citizens, including membership in many Chambers of Commerce | 20 | | and Kiwanis Clubs and as a member of the Oak Forest Civil | 21 | | Service Commission; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty was the recipient of many awards | 23 | | for outstanding service to her community and the citizens of |
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| 1 | | Illinois, including the Theresa Roedl Memorial Award for | 2 | | Volunteerism in 1988, the Outstanding Freshman Legislator of | 3 | | the Year for the Illinois Health Care Association in 1997, and | 4 | | numerous other awards from organizations across the State; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty was a dedicated, committed public | 6 | | servant and an even better person; she might have appeared as a | 7 | | nice, sweet grandmother, treating strangers as if they had been | 8 | | friends for years, but she was a skilled politician who had an | 9 | | instinct like no other; she worked tirelessly to help lift | 10 | | others, from local service agencies serving the homeless to | 11 | | senior citizens; her legacy and accomplishments, as well as | 12 | | warm memories of her positive attitude and endless energy, will | 13 | | last; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois State Senate | 15 | | appreciate everything former State Senator Maggie Crotty | 16 | | accomplished for the 19th Senate District, the Southland, and | 17 | | the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | former State Senator Mary Margaret "Maggie" Crotty and extend | 21 | | our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who | 22 | | knew and loved her; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Senator Crotty as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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