Bill Text: IL HR0713 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declares April 28, 2024 as Workers Memorial Day. Encourages all citizens to recognize and honor all workers killed, injured, and disabled on the job, thank them for their service, offer sympathy to their families and loved ones, and work to provide today's workers with safe workplaces.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-02 - Placed on Calendar Order of Resolutions [HR0713 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HR0713-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, On December 28, 1970, President Richard Nixon
signed into law the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA),
which went into effect on April 28, 1971; and
WHEREAS, In Illinois, 177 people were killed due to fatal
work injuries in 2022 according to the most recent report from
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; and
WHEREAS, All employers, private and public, should be
dedicated to improving workplace safety, seeking stronger
health standard enforcement, and treating workers with dignity
as constant improvements in worker safety are pursued; and
WHEREAS, Since 1989, workers and local government leaders
have gathered on April 28th to commemorate Workers Memorial
Day in honor of those who have lost their lives working to
provide a good standard of living for their families and
communities; and
WHEREAS, Americans can honor our workers by observing
Workers Memorial Day, remembering those victims of workplace
injuries and workplace-related disease, and rededicating
ourselves to improving safety and health in every American
workplace; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we declare April 28, 2024 as Workers Memorial Day in the State
of Illinois; and be it further