Bill Text: IL HR0061 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares May 20 through May 26, 2023 as Safe Boating Week in the State of Illinois. Urges all those who boat to practice safe boating habits and wear a life jacket at all times while boating.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-02 - Resolution Adopted [HR0061 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0061-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, For over 100 million Americans, boating continues | ||||||
| 3 | to be a popular recreational activity; from coast to coast, | ||||||
| 4 | and everywhere in between, people are enjoying time together | ||||||
| 5 | boating, sailing, paddling, and fishing; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Safe boating begins with preparation; the U.S. | ||||||
| 7 | Coast Guard estimates that human error accounts for most | ||||||
| 8 | boating accidents and that life jackets could prevent nearly | ||||||
| 9 | 83% of boating fatalities; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, On average, 650 people die each year in | ||||||
| 11 | boating-related accidents in the U.S., with 75% of these | ||||||
| 12 | accidents resulting in fatalities caused by drowning; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The vast majority of these accidents are caused | ||||||
| 14 | by human error or poor judgment and not by the boat, equipment, | ||||||
| 15 | or environmental factors; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, A significant number of boaters who lose their | ||||||
| 17 | lives by drowning each year would be alive today had they worn | ||||||
| 18 | their life jacket; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Basic boating safety procedures, such as carrying | ||||||
| 20 | lifesaving emergency distress and communications equipment, | ||||||
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| 1 | wearing life jackets, attending safe boating courses, | ||||||
| 2 | participating in free boat safety checks, and staying sober | ||||||
| 3 | when navigating, can help ensure boaters on America's coastal, | ||||||
| 4 | inland, and offshore waters stay safe throughout the season; | ||||||
| 5 | therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 7 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 8 | we declare May 20 through May 26, 2023 as Safe Boating Week in | ||||||
| 9 | the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That we urge all those who boat to practice safe
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| 11 | boating habits and wear a life jacket at all times while
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| 12 | boating; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 14 | presented to the National Safe Boating Council as a symbol of
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| 15 | our respect and esteem.
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