Full Text of HR0915 94th General Assembly
HR0915 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, State Representative Eileen Lyons has served the | 3 |
| citizens of her district with distinction since 1995; after ten | 4 |
| distinguished years of service in the House of Representatives, | 5 |
| she is retiring; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on July 3, 1941; she attended | 7 |
| Elmhurst College, where she received a B.A. in English; she | 8 |
| lives in Western Springs and is married to Arthur; she has four | 9 |
| children, Nancy, Judy, Jeanne, and Jennifer; and
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| WHEREAS, During her time in the General Assembly, | 11 |
| Representative Lyons sponsored several new Acts, including the | 12 |
| Gang Crime Witness Protection Act, the Recycled Content | 13 |
| Products Study Act, the Massage Licensing Act, and the Abuse | 14 |
| Prevention Review Team Act; she was the main sponsor of | 15 |
| legislation to make gun running nonprobationable, to require | 16 |
| Commonwealth Edison to make blackout plans, to require DNA | 17 |
| samples from certain offenders, to make clergy mandated child | 18 |
| abuse reporters, to legalize teenage umpires and lifeguards, to | 19 |
| enhance vision screening requirements at schools, to ban "sales | 20 |
| tax poaching", and to encourage courts to order restitution; | 21 |
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| WHEREAS, Representative Lyons has served on several | 23 |
| legislative committees, including the International Trade and | 24 |
| Commerce Committee, the Executive Committee, the | 25 |
| Fee-For-Service Initiatives Committee, the Telecommunications | 26 |
| Committee, and the Appropriations-Elementary and Secondary | 27 |
| Education Committee; she was also appointed to the Legislative | 28 |
| Audit Commission; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Lyons is active in her community; | 30 |
| she serves on the Western Springs Police and Fire Commission | 31 |
| and is a member of the Business and Professional Women's |
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| Network, the Illinois Federation of Republican Women, the | 2 |
| Southwest Republican Women's Network, and the American | 3 |
| Association of University Women; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, She has been honored with the Western Springs | 5 |
| Public Safety Award, the
Friend of Nursing Award from the | 6 |
| Illinois Nurses Association, and the Distinguished Alumni | 7 |
| Award from the College of DuPage; she is a member of Phi Kappa | 8 |
| Phi Honor Society; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 |
| we congratulate State Representative Eileen Lyons on the | 12 |
| occasion of her retirement after ten years of distinguished | 13 |
| service in the House of Representatives; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Representative Lyons as an expression of our | 16 |
| esteem and with best wishes for all of her future endeavors.
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