Bill Text: IL SR0062 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares April 2019 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-12 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek [SR0062 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0062-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Sexual assault is a serious public health problem; | ||||||
| 3 | along with unwanted sexual contact and verbal sexual | ||||||
| 4 | harassment, sexual assault is a major human rights and social | ||||||
| 5 | justice issue that affects millions of women, men, and children | ||||||
| 6 | in the United States; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, People of all genders and ages are victims of | ||||||
| 8 | sexual assault; it is estimated that nearly one in two women | ||||||
| 9 | and one in five men experience sexual violence, other than | ||||||
| 10 | rape, throughout their lifetime; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Sexual assault affects women, men, and children of | ||||||
| 12 | all racial, social, religious, age, ethnic, and socioeconomic | ||||||
| 13 | groups in the United States; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, In addition to the immediate physical and | ||||||
| 15 | emotional costs, sexual assault survivors frequently suffer | ||||||
| 16 | from severe and long-lasting effects, including posttraumatic | ||||||
| 17 | stress disorder, substance abuse, major depression, | ||||||
| 18 | homelessness, eating disorders, low self-esteem, and suicide; | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, It is important to recognize the strength and | ||||||
| 21 | courage of the victims of sexual assault and acknowledge the | ||||||
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| 1 | challenges they face, along with their families and friends, as | ||||||
| 2 | they struggle to cope with the reality of sexual assault; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, It is also important to recognize the compassion | ||||||
| 4 | and dedication of the individuals involved in addressing this | ||||||
| 5 | public health problem and to applaud their commitment to foster | ||||||
| 6 | healing and increase public understanding of sexual assault; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Many states and organizations join the effort each | ||||||
| 9 | year to address the problem of sexual assault, to educate the | ||||||
| 10 | public, and to advocate for the prevention of sexual violence; | ||||||
| 11 | therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare April 2019 | ||||||
| 14 | as Sexual Assault Awareness Month; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That we wholeheartedly support State, national, | ||||||
| 16 | and global commitment to bring awareness to the causes, | ||||||
| 17 | effects, and prevention of sexual assault.
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