Bill Text: IL HJR0095 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expresses appreciation and support for the efforts to inform the public about the dangers of underage drinking through the "We Don't Serve Teens" initiative.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-09-24 - Referred to Rules Committee [HJR0095 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HJR0095-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, During the month of September, teens and young | ||||||
| 3 | adults are beginning a new school
year; thousands of students | ||||||
| 4 | are entering high schools, colleges, and universities | ||||||
| 5 | throughout
the State of Illinois; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In 2013 and 2014, the Illinois General Assembly | ||||||
| 7 | supported legislation to
strengthen laws to punish adults for | ||||||
| 8 | furnishing alcoholic beverages to persons under the
legal | ||||||
| 9 | drinking age and for knowingly making their property available | ||||||
| 10 | to teens and young adults
for the purpose of underage alcohol | ||||||
| 11 | consumption; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Progress has been made in combating underage | ||||||
| 13 | drinking in Illinois, but
young people between the ages of 15 | ||||||
| 14 | and 20 who continue to illegally consume alcohol are at
a | ||||||
| 15 | substantially heightened risk of death or serious injury from | ||||||
| 16 | automobile accidents, falls,
drowning, fights, and other | ||||||
| 17 | hazards resulting from alcohol abuse; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Researchers at the University of Illinois at | ||||||
| 19 | Chicago recently found that adolescent
binge drinking may | ||||||
| 20 | disrupt gene regulation and brain development in ways that | ||||||
| 21 | promote anxiety
and excessive drinking behaviors; other | ||||||
| 22 | studies show that teens who start
drinking before the age of 15 | ||||||
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| 1 | are up to 4 times more likely to meet the criteria for alcohol
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| 2 | dependence at some point in their lives than those who delay | ||||||
| 3 | drinking until age 21; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Over the last decade, the Federal Trade Commission | ||||||
| 5 | has maintained a consumer
awareness program known as "We Don't | ||||||
| 6 | Serve Teens", highlighting the fact that the vast
majority of | ||||||
| 7 | teens obtain alcohol from parents, older siblings, friends, and | ||||||
| 8 | other "social
sources"; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The "We Don't Serve Teens" message has been | ||||||
| 10 | publicized each fall for many years in
the greater Chicago area | ||||||
| 11 | by Constellation Brands Beer Division in cooperation with | ||||||
| 12 | retailers
throughout the region with billboards, signage, and | ||||||
| 13 | broadcast messages; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 15 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 16 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we appreciate the efforts to | ||||||
| 17 | inform the public about the "We Don't Serve Teens"
initiative | ||||||
| 18 | and we encourage all parents, educators, and concerned citizens | ||||||
| 19 | in Illinois to learn about
the risks of underage drinking and | ||||||
| 20 | to heed the basic message: Don't provide alcohol to teens.
It's | ||||||
| 21 | unsafe. It's illegal. It's irresponsible; and be it further
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| 22 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | delivered to the Director of the
Illinois Liquor Control | ||||||
| 2 | Commission and to the President of Constellation Brands Beer | ||||||
| 3 | Division.
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