Bill Text: IL HR0114 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the owner of the Comptroller building in Springfield to work with CMS to name the building in honor of Judy Baar Topinka.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-07-02 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0114 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0114-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Judy Baar Topinka was born to immigrant parents | ||||||
3 | Lillian Mary Shuss and William D. Baar on January 16,
1944 in | ||||||
4 | Riverside; after attending public school, she graduated from | ||||||
5 | Northwestern University's Medill
School of Journalism in 1966; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | WHEREAS, Judy Baar Topinka worked as a reporter, education | ||||||
8 | editor, feature writer, feature editor, and
photographer and | ||||||
9 | received honors from the Illinois Women's Press Association, | ||||||
10 | the Illinois Press
Association, and the Illinois State Medical | ||||||
11 | Society for her work covering advances in the medical field; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, Judy Baar Topinka's time covering politics and | ||||||
14 | local issues as a journalist motivated
her move into politics; | ||||||
15 | in 1980, she was elected to serve in the Illinois House of | ||||||
16 | Representatives, before
being elected to the Senate in 1984, | ||||||
17 | where she served until 1995; and
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18 | WHEREAS, In 1994, Judy Baar Topinka achieved the | ||||||
19 | distinction of being the first woman elected to serve as State
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20 | Treasurer, becoming only the second woman in Illinois history | ||||||
21 | to hold a State constitutional executive
office; she served | ||||||
22 | three terms; and
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1 | WHEREAS, In 2006, Judy Baar Topinka ran for Governor of | ||||||
2 | Illinois, becoming only the second woman to win a major
party's | ||||||
3 | nomination for governor in the State; and
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4 | WHEREAS, In 2010, Judy Baar Topinka was elected to serve as | ||||||
5 | the Illinois State Comptroller, making her the first
woman to | ||||||
6 | serve in two State constitutional offices in Illinois; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Judy Baar Topinka was a trailblazer and dedicated | ||||||
8 | to community, honest governance, and human rights; therefore, | ||||||
9 | be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
11 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
12 | we urge the owner of the Comptroller building in Springfield to | ||||||
13 | work with CMS to name the building in honor of Judy Baar | ||||||
14 | Topinka; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | delivered to the owner of the Comptroller building in | ||||||
17 | Springfield, the Illinois Comptroller, and the Director of CMS.
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