Bill Text: IL HR1394 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes Representative JoAnn D. Osmond's service to the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-03 - Resolution Adopted [HR1394 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR1394-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Representative JoAnn D. Osmond has faithfully | ||||||
3 | served the constituents of the 61st District since 2002, | ||||||
4 | following in the footsteps of her late husband Timothy; she | ||||||
5 | retired from public service this summer, bringing to conclusion | ||||||
6 | a career in public service that spanned more than 30 years; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Upon her graduation from Holy Child High School in | ||||||
8 | Waukegan, Representative Osmond enjoyed an 18-year career in | ||||||
9 | the field of law, including 6 years as a paralegal in | ||||||
10 | Washington, D.C.; she also served as Executive Director of the | ||||||
11 | Lake County Bar Association from 1977 until 1982; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Representative Osmond is the past owner of Osmond | ||||||
13 | Insurance Services, Ltd. in Antioch, and has been a licensed | ||||||
14 | insurance broker in auto, life, and commercial insurance for | ||||||
15 | nearly 30 years; her vast experience in the field of insurance | ||||||
16 | led to her appointment as Republican Spokesperson on the | ||||||
17 | Insurance Committee in the Illinois House of Representatives | ||||||
18 | for 4 years; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Representative Osmond's legislative experience | ||||||
20 | dates back more than 30 years when she became the legislative | ||||||
21 | aide to newly elected Representative Robert W. Churchill in | ||||||
22 | 1983, a position she held until 1999, before serving in the |
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1 | same capacity for Representative Sidney Mathias until 2001; her | ||||||
2 | service as Legislative Aide included Representative | ||||||
3 | Churchill's tenure as Illinois House Majority Leader from 1995 | ||||||
4 | until 1997; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Representative Osmond became a Illinois State | ||||||
6 | Representative in 2002; she focused on continuing her life's | ||||||
7 | work on behalf of Illinois families and taxpayers; she served | ||||||
8 | on various Committees, including Appropriations-Public Safety, | ||||||
9 | Veterans Affairs, Insurance, Tourism & Conventions, and Public | ||||||
10 | Safety: Police & Fire Committees, and she was the Republican | ||||||
11 | Spokesperson on the Human Services Committee for the 98th | ||||||
12 | General Assembly; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Representative Osmond took a leading role in the | ||||||
14 | General Assembly as a champion of mandated placement of | ||||||
15 | defibrillation devices, called AED machines, in Illinois | ||||||
16 | public places; because of her, school vestibules, college | ||||||
17 | lecture halls, exercise gyms, and local halls of government | ||||||
18 | have AEDs ready to help save a life; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Representative Osmond's community involvement has | ||||||
20 | included service on the Board of Directors of the Antioch | ||||||
21 | Mental Health Association from 1992 to 2001, serving as | ||||||
22 | President from 2000 to 2001; she was a Trustee and Treasurer of | ||||||
23 | the First Fire Protection District of Antioch from 1993 to |
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1 | 2004, a member of the Parish Council Finance Committee for St. | ||||||
2 | Peter Church from 1994 to 2002, a member of St. Peter's Parish | ||||||
3 | Council of Catholic Women, a member of the Lake County Criminal | ||||||
4 | Justice Coordinating Committee, a member of Wings - Women | ||||||
5 | Interested in Government - from 2003 to 2008, and a member of | ||||||
6 | the Illinois Stroke Task Force; in 2007, she became a member of | ||||||
7 | the State Bank of the Lakes Board of Directors; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Representative Osmond has been honored by various | ||||||
9 | groups and organizations over the years, including the State | ||||||
10 | Farm Insurance Embrace Life Award in 2004; the Illinois Farm | ||||||
11 | Bureau Friend of Agriculture Award in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, | ||||||
12 | 2010, and 2011; the American Heart Association's Life Saver | ||||||
13 | Award in 2004; the Friend of Gavin School Award in 2004; the | ||||||
14 | Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Award in 2006; the | ||||||
15 | Community Action Partnership of Lake County Legislator Award; | ||||||
16 | the Champion of Free Enterprise Award in 2009 and 2010; and the | ||||||
17 | Lillian Golonka Award; she was recognized by the National | ||||||
18 | Federation of Independent Business Guardian of Small Business | ||||||
19 | and the Illinois Chamber of Commerce in 2007 and 2008; she was | ||||||
20 | also named the 2008 recipient of the Adam C. Skrzenta | ||||||
21 | Leadership Award from the Grant Township Republican Club; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Representative Osmond was married to the late | ||||||
23 | State Representative Timothy H. Osmond, himself a longtime | ||||||
24 | leader in the civic and business community as well as State |
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1 | government; she is the proud mother of 2 children, daughter, | ||||||
2 | Colleen (Ed) and son, Michael (Nicole), and the proud | ||||||
3 | grandmother of 5 grandchildren; therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
5 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
6 | we recognize State Representative JoAnn D. Osmond and | ||||||
7 | congratulate her on a lifetime of dedicated service to the | ||||||
8 | people of the State of Illinois, and we wish her a very happy | ||||||
9 | retirement; and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to Representative Osmond as an expression of our | ||||||
12 | esteem and respect.
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