Bill Text: IL SR0490 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expresses support for the United Nations Resolution designating September 21 as "International Day of Peace" and declares September 21 of 2023 and 2024 to be "Day of Peace" in the State of Illinois. Urges the month of September in 2023 and 2024 to be used as a time of renewal, evaluation, and improvement of policies establishing regional peace and nonviolence in perpetuity. Proclaims the State of Illinois to be a Nonviolent State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-10-18 - Referred to Assignments [SR0490 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0490-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Senate represents all the citizens | ||||||
| 3 | of Illinois, including the police and fire departments, | ||||||
| 4 | community development, school superintendents, principals, | ||||||
| 5 | teachers, professors, city management, human resources, | ||||||
| 6 | neighborhood services, planning and zoning, business owners, | ||||||
| 7 | church leaders, and families, young and old; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are committed | ||||||
| 9 | to fostering a culture of peace and nonviolence through | ||||||
| 10 | education, sustainable economic and social development, a | ||||||
| 11 | clean environment, and racial, gender, and intergenerational | ||||||
| 12 | justice; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are committed | ||||||
| 14 | to promoting human rights, advancing understanding, tolerance, | ||||||
| 15 | and solidarity, and supporting participation, communication, | ||||||
| 16 | and the free flow of information; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are committed | ||||||
| 18 | to creating and implementing initiatives that not only foster | ||||||
| 19 | peace and nonviolence but also create a positive and lasting | ||||||
| 20 | change in our State; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate believe that | ||||||
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| 1 | all segments of our State deserve inclusion in planning | ||||||
| 2 | actions, resource allocations, nonviolence training, | ||||||
| 3 | restorative justice practices, and budgetary priorities; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are committed | ||||||
| 5 | to the rejection of violence, poverty, injustice, and | ||||||
| 6 | environmental degradation in conjunction with the Pace e Bene | ||||||
| 7 | Campaign for Nonviolence, which includes the Nonviolence | ||||||
| 8 | Cities Project; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we support the United | ||||||
| 11 | Nations Resolution designating September 21 as "International | ||||||
| 12 | Day of Peace" and declare September 21 of 2023 and 2024 to be | ||||||
| 13 | "Day of Peace" in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That we urge the month of September in 2023 and | ||||||
| 15 | 2024 to be used as a time of renewal, evaluation, and | ||||||
| 16 | improvement of policies establishing regional peace and | ||||||
| 17 | nonviolence in perpetuity; and be it further
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