HR1387 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to recognize Illinois State Representative Dennis Reboletti for his 8 years of service and hard work on behalf of the people of the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti, a life-long resident of Elmhurst, has had a distinguished career in public service; and

WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti is a 1986 graduate of York Community High School and earned his bachelor's degree in political science at Eastern Illinois University in 1990; after serving as a Deputy Addison Township Assessor, he decided to attend law school and was admitted to the Valparaiso University College of Law; and

WHEREAS, Upon his graduation from law school, Representative Reboletti was appointed an Assistant Attorney General under then-Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan and was responsible for defending the Illinois Department of Corrections from inmate lawsuits; and

WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti later served as an Assistant State's Attorney in Will County for 8 years, prosecuting violent criminals as a member of the office's Organized Crime Unit, where he earned membership in Illinois' elite Capital Trial Litigation Bar; and

WHEREAS, In the spring of 1997, while still in his third year of law school, Representative Reboletti launched a write-in campaign and was elected as a 2nd Ward Alderman in the City of Elmhurst, later serving as Vice-Chairman of the Development, Planning, and Zoning Committee; in 2000, he was appointed as a Trustee to the Addison Township Board and was elected and re-elected in 2001 and 2005; as a Township Trustee, he served as Chairman of the Finance Committee and also of the Airport Issues Committee; he was the Board's Senior Trustee upon his election to the House of Representatives; and

WHEREAS, After being elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 2007, Representative Reboletti quickly caught the attention of House Leadership and was assigned to the prestigious Transportation and Motor Vehicles, Mass Transit, and Judiciary II Committees; he has also since served on the Health Care Availability and Accessibility, Public Utilities, and Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committees and as Republican Spokesperson for the Judiciary II Committee; he also took on additional responsibilities as the Republican Spokesperson on the Restorative Justice Committee and as the sole Republican on the Criminal Procedure & Penalties Sub-Committee; and

WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti worked in many prominent leadership roles during his career in the House of Representatives, including serving as floor leader of the House Republican Caucus, where he regularly raised the level of the debate on many critical issues that arrived on the floor of the House; and

WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti was chosen by his colleagues to serve on the House Republican leadership team as Assistant Minority Leader, where his experience helped shape major public policy initiatives to address serious State issues; and

WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti is an accomplished lawmaker who has worked to strengthen and protect Illinois families and communities, having written and passed a law to create the country's first of its kind murder registry, also known as Andrea's Law, to alert people to when a person who has committed first-degree murder was returning back to their communities; and

WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti worked closely with Representative Mike McAuliffe to protect families living near O'Hare Airport from excessive jet noise; and

WHEREAS, In addition to practicing law, Representative Reboletti continues to educate prospective law enforcement officers as an Adjunct Instructor in Triton Community College's Criminal Justice Department; and

WHEREAS, Representative Reboletti attends Mary Queen of Heaven Parish in Elmhurst; he is a member of the Addison and York Township Republican Committeeman's Organizations, as well as the Justinian Society of Lawyers; he enjoys spending time with his 13-year old son, Zachary; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate our friend and colleague, Representative Dennis Reboletti, on his retirement from the Illinois of House of Representatives and wish him the best in his future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Representative Reboletti as a symbol of our respect and esteem.