Bill Text: IL SR1074 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declares August 26, 2020 as "Women's Suffrage Day".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SR1074 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SR1074-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, guided by the shared ideals
of freedom, sovereignty, democracy, civil liberties, and
individual rights; and
WHEREAS, From 1919 to 1920, the Sixty-Sixth Congress
debated, and state legislatures considered, an amendment to the
Constitution to provide suffrage for women; and
WHEREAS, On May 21, 1919, the U.S. House of Representatives
approved a proposed amendment, followed by the Senate a few
weeks later on June 4, 1919; and
WHEREAS, The introduction, passage, and ultimate
ratification of the 19th Amendment were the culmination of
decades of work and struggle by advocates for the rights of
women across the United States and worldwide; and
WHEREAS, The ratification of the 19th Amendment ensured
women could more fully participate in our democracy and
fundamentally changed the role of women in the civic life of
our nation; and
WHEREAS, August 18, 2020 marks the centennial of the

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ratification of the 19th Amendment by three-fourths of the
states, providing the support necessary under Article V of the
Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, August 26, 2020 marks the centennial of the 19th
Amendment becoming a part of the Constitution of the United
States, providing for women's suffrage; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare August 26,
2020 as "Women's Suffrage Day" in the State of Illinois.