Bill Text: IL HR0591 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Elaine Nekritz on her retirement as State Representative for the 57th Legislative District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0591 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0591-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Elaine Nekritz on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of her retirement as State Representative for the 57th | ||||||
5 | Legislative District; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Rep. Nekritz was elected to the House of | ||||||
7 | Representatives in 2002 and began serving in 2003; she has | ||||||
8 | served as an Assistant Majority Leader since the 98th General | ||||||
9 | Assembly, and currently serves as Chair of the House Campaign | ||||||
10 | Finance Subcommittee; she also served as Chair of the House | ||||||
11 | Personnel and Pensions Committee for the 97th, 98th, and 99th | ||||||
12 | General Assemblies, Chair of the House Judiciary-Civil Law | ||||||
13 | Committee for the 97th, 98th, and 99th General Assemblies, and | ||||||
14 | Chair of the House Special Investigating Committee for the 97th | ||||||
15 | General Assembly; she was also a member of the Commission on | ||||||
16 | Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA); and
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17 | WHEREAS, During her time in office, Rep. Nekritz has worked | ||||||
18 | on significant legislation in the areas of criminal justice | ||||||
19 | reform, the environment, civil liberties, consumer protection, | ||||||
20 | and government reform; throughout her time in the House of | ||||||
21 | Representatives, she has helped mentor new members and | ||||||
22 | advocated for better processes and rules; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Rep. Nekritz's other legislative activities | ||||||
2 | include serving as Executive Committee Member of the Council of | ||||||
3 | State Governments Midwest Legislative Conference, Chair of the | ||||||
4 | Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission, Chair of the | ||||||
5 | Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development, | ||||||
6 | member of the Council of State Governments Legal Task Force, | ||||||
7 | and fundraising Chair and Co-Chair for the Conference of Women | ||||||
8 | Legislators; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Rep. Nekritz has been recognized numerous times | ||||||
10 | for her exemplary service; she received the Criminal Justice | ||||||
11 | Leadership Award from the John Howard Association of Illinois | ||||||
12 | in 2014, the Environmental Leadership Award from the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Environmental Council in 2015, the Dawn Clark Netsch "Straight | ||||||
14 | Talk" Award from the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform in | ||||||
15 | 2016, and the Richard J. Phelan Profile in Courage Award from | ||||||
16 | Planned Parenthood in 2017; the Northwest Suburban Sierra Club | ||||||
17 | named her Legislator of the Year, and in 2014, Chicago Magazine | ||||||
18 | listed her as #93 on the "100 Most Powerful Chicagoans"; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Rep. Nekritz's volunteer activities include | ||||||
20 | serving as a board member of the Illinois Women's Institute for | ||||||
21 | Leadership, Chair of the Village of Northbrook Community | ||||||
22 | Relations Commission, member of the Committee on State Public | ||||||
23 | Affairs of the National Council of Jewish Women, board member | ||||||
24 | of American Bicycle Racing, and officer of the Illinois Cycling |
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1 | Association; and
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2 | WHEREAS, From October of 1982 to August of 1991, Rep. | ||||||
3 | Nekritz worked for Altheimer & Gray in Chicago, where she was | ||||||
4 | named partner in 1989; she worked for Alberto's Cycles in | ||||||
5 | Winnetka from the spring of 1992 to the fall of 1995; from the | ||||||
6 | spring of 1997 to the fall of 2001, she worked as a legislative | ||||||
7 | aide for State Rep. Jeff Schoenberg; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Rep. Nekritz was born and raised in Wichita, | ||||||
9 | Kansas and has a brother, John (Melanie) Hodges, and two | ||||||
10 | sisters, Alice (Scott) Skultety and Anne (Tom) Silvers; and
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11 | WHEREAS, In 1979, Rep. Nekritz graduated magna cum laude | ||||||
12 | with a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity University in San Antonio, | ||||||
13 | Texas, where she was awarded Phi Beta Kappa; in 1982, she | ||||||
14 | graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctor from the University of | ||||||
15 | Michigan Law School; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Rep. Nekritz is married to Barry Nekritz and has | ||||||
17 | two stepsons, Ed (Wendy) and Mike (Diane), and four | ||||||
18 | grandchildren, Jessica, Matthew, Alyssa, and Erica; her | ||||||
19 | stepdaughter, Felicia, passed away from breast cancer in 1998; | ||||||
20 | and
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21 | WHEREAS, Rep. Nekritz was a talented gymnast and competed |
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1 | in the 1976 Olympic Trials; in 1996, she competed in the | ||||||
2 | Olympic Trials for track cycling; she continues to stay active | ||||||
3 | and rides bikes when she can, including using Divvy bikes when | ||||||
4 | she works in downtown Chicago; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Rep. Nekritz enjoys cross country skiing during | ||||||
6 | the winter months on the golf course near her home in | ||||||
7 | Northbrook; her taste in books often overlap with her interest | ||||||
8 | in government - biographies, political science, and public | ||||||
9 | policy; she and Barry enjoy traveling, especially European | ||||||
10 | cruises; they also are avid theatergoers with season tickets to | ||||||
11 | the Chicago Shakespeare Theater; they are both avid fans of the | ||||||
12 | Chicago Bears and hold season tickets; she is very fond of a | ||||||
13 | good single malt scotch; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Rep. Nekritz has always been passionate about | ||||||
15 | environmental issues; on her past two cars, she has limited | ||||||
16 | herself to buying union-made American hybrids; her mother | ||||||
17 | inspired her attitude to the environment by being an early | ||||||
18 | adopter of recycling and other habits that are commonplace now | ||||||
19 | but were radical in 1960s and 1970s Kansas; these habits | ||||||
20 | remained with her and even now one can often see her stoop to | ||||||
21 | pick up a scrap of paper or trash that has been left behind in | ||||||
22 | the Capitol; therefore, be it
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23 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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1 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
2 | congratulate Elaine Nekritz on her retirement as State | ||||||
3 | Representative for the 57th Legislative District, and we wish | ||||||
4 | her the best in all her future endeavors; and be it further
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5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
6 | presented to Rep. Nekritz as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
7 | esteem.
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