Bill Text: IL HJR0055 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Condemns the extreme rhetoric of Illinois Family Action, calls for a formal investigation into the group's hate speech and threats, and asks that the Secretary of State's office suspend the lobbying credentials of any individual working on behalf of Illinois Family Action or its parent organization, the Illinois Family Institute, until an investigation is complete. Calls for a review of security procedures in the Capitol Complex, including, but not limited to, the Secretary of State and the Illinois State Police. Expresses solidarity against hateful, racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic rhetoric of all kinds and calls for decent, respectful debate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan "Yoni" Pizer [HJR0055 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HJR0055-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The appalling rise of hate speech and | ||||||
3 | anti-Semitism across the country calls on all who value
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4 | diversity, respect, and civility as the heart of a functioning | ||||||
5 | democracy to stand united against bigotry and hate
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6 | kinds; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Illinois Family Action distributed multiple | ||||||
8 | anti-Semitic, homophobic, threatening, and hateful posts on
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9 | their official social media page, callously belittling the most | ||||||
10 | appalling tragedies of the Holocaust and recklessly
comparing | ||||||
11 | those who disagree with their extreme agenda to Nazis; and
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12 | WHEREAS, There was a 37% increase in anti-Jewish incidents | ||||||
13 | reported to the FBI between 2016-2017; and
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14 | WHEREAS, There were 1,564 religious-based incidents | ||||||
15 | reported to the FBI in 2017, the second highest level
since | ||||||
16 | statistics have been gathered; and
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17 | WHEREAS, In 2004, a deadly shooting at our capitol building | ||||||
18 | led to changes to the security procedures in the Capitol
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19 | Complex; and
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20 | WHEREAS, A lobby day sponsored by Illinois Family Action in |
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1 | March 2019 overtaxed Capitol security, resulting
in at least | ||||||
2 | three members requiring State Police escorts and multiple calls | ||||||
3 | for assistance from Capitol Police by
members and legislative | ||||||
4 | aides; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The Southern Poverty Law Center has frequently | ||||||
6 | cited the Illinois Family Institute and Illinois Family
Action | ||||||
7 | in their monitoring of hate groups; and
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8 | WHEREAS, A group truly driven by faith would realize the | ||||||
9 | pain their rhetoric causes for members of the Jewish
community, | ||||||
10 | for whom the horrors of Nazi Germany are all too real; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Our legislative body must rise together against | ||||||
12 | this bigoted language collectively and refuse to
accept it as | ||||||
13 | the new normal; therefore, be it
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14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
15 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
16 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we, along with the Jewish Caucus | ||||||
17 | and allied legislators, condemn the extreme rhetoric of | ||||||
18 | Illinois Family Action, call for a formal investigation into | ||||||
19 | the group's hate speech and threats, and ask that the Secretary | ||||||
20 | of State's office suspend the lobbying credentials of any | ||||||
21 | individual working on behalf of Illinois Family Action or its | ||||||
22 | parent organization, the Illinois Family Institute, until an |
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1 | investigation is complete; and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That we call for a review of security procedures | ||||||
3 | in the Capitol Complex, including, but not limited to, the | ||||||
4 | Secretary of State and the Illinois State Police, with the goal | ||||||
5 | of review and implementation of needed updates; and be it | ||||||
6 | further
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7 | RESOLVED, That we stand in solidarity against hateful, | ||||||
8 | racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic rhetoric of all kinds and | ||||||
9 | call for
decent, respectful debate, especially when we | ||||||
10 | disagree; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | delivered to the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the | ||||||
13 | Director of State Police.
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