Bill Text: IL HR0059 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizes the 25th anniversary of the ratification of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for lasting peace in Northern Ireland. Encourages all men, women, and children of all ethnic origins to become Irish for one day on the 17th of March during the annual celebration of the feast of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and to celebrate with Irish Americans this year for the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Recognizes the governments of the United Kingdom and Ireland and their ongoing support and implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, as it is the irrevocable foundation of the peace process regardless of the United Kingdom's status regarding the European Union.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-24 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond [HR0059 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HR0059-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to recognize the Good Friday Agreement on
the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its ratification as
the framework for lasting peace in Northern Ireland; and
WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast,
Northern Ireland on April 10, 1998; and
WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement represented a landmark
breakthrough that provided Ireland with a political framework
to address its future; and
WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement acknowledged the right
of differing political traditions to pursue their goals of
remaining part of the United Kingdom or of Irish unity; and
WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement demonstrated democratic
and peaceful means of resolving differences; and
WHEREAS, Despite the historic progress of the Good Friday
Agreement and subsequent agreements, important issues remain
unresolved in Northern Ireland, including securing justice for
victims of state-sponsored violence and other violence and
providing for the rights of all sections of the community; and

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WHEREAS, In the United States, members of both political
parties came together in support of the Good Friday Agreement;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we recognize the 25th anniversary of the ratification of the
Good Friday Agreement as the framework for lasting peace in
Northern Ireland; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we encourage all men, women, and children
of all ethnic origins to become Irish for one day on the 17th
of March during the annual celebration of the feast of Saint
Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and to celebrate with
Irish Americans this year for the 25th anniversary of the Good
Friday Agreement; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we recognize the governments of the United
Kingdom and Ireland and their ongoing support and
implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, as it is the
irrevocable foundation of the peace process regardless of the
United Kingdom's status regarding the European Union; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be

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presented the 24th Chair Mark Daly of the Senate of Ireland and
the national co-chairs of the American Irish State Legislators
Caucus, which include Assemblywoman Carol Murphy of the New
Jersey Legislature, Assemblyman Robin Vos of the Wisconsin
State Assembly, Senator Shannon O'Brien of the Montana
Legislature, Representative Brian Patrick Kennedy of the Rhode
Island General Assembly, Assemblyman James Gallagher of the
California State Assembly, and Representative Killian Timoney
of the Kentucky General Assembly.