Bill Text: IL HR1036 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Michael "Mike" Kreloff on his 80th birthday. Commends him for his decades of dedicated public service and legal advocacy on behalf of the people of Illinois. Wishes him continued health and happiness.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-09-24 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl [HR1036 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HR1036-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Michael "Mike" Kreloff on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of his 80th birthday on September 24, 2026; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Mike Kreloff was born at Grant Hospital in | ||||||
| 6 | Chicago; he is a lifelong Illinoisan who has called Edgewater, | ||||||
| 7 | Skokie, Rogers Park, Northfield, and Northbrook his home; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Mike Kreloff received his undergraduate degree | ||||||
| 9 | from the University of Illinois in 1968, and he graduated from | ||||||
| 10 | the University of Illinois College of Law in 1971, building | ||||||
| 11 | upon a foundation of civic engagement rooted in his | ||||||
| 12 | involvement in the 1960s peace movement during his college | ||||||
| 13 | years; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Across more than 50 years of political activism, | ||||||
| 15 | organizing, and election law, Mike Kreloff has worked on | ||||||
| 16 | landmark campaigns ranging from those of Eugene McCarthy, | ||||||
| 17 | Harold Washington, and Paul Simon to that of Barack Obama; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Mike Kreloff was instrumental in People v. McCabe | ||||||
| 19 | in 1971, a legal milestone determining how courts evaluate the | ||||||
| 20 | rationality of drug classification schemes using scientific | ||||||
| 21 | evidence; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Mike Kreloff's legal and legislative advocacy | ||||||
| 2 | under Cook County Board President Richard Phelan helped make | ||||||
| 3 | abortion legal at Cook County Hospital in 1992, and he further | ||||||
| 4 | helped secure the abolition of the death penalty in Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | and passage of the Illinois Motor Voter Act; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Mike Kreloff began serving with distinction as a | ||||||
| 7 | Northfield Township Democratic Committeeman in 2002, playing a | ||||||
| 8 | vital role in organizing the township until stepping down in | ||||||
| 9 | 2018, and he remains revered as committeeman emeritus; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Mike Kreloff's enduring passion for public | ||||||
| 11 | service, election integrity, and community empowerment | ||||||
| 12 | continues to inspire political advocates across the State of | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we congratulate Michael "Mike" Kreloff on his 80th birthday, | ||||||
| 17 | commend him for his decades of dedicated public service and | ||||||
| 18 | legal advocacy on behalf of the people of Illinois, and wish | ||||||
| 19 | him continued health and happiness; and be it further | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to Mike Kreloff as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
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| 1 | respect. | ||||||
