Rep. Carol Ammons

Declares the week of May 10 through May 16, 2021 as Falun Dafa Week in the State of Illinois.

Urges Illinois long-term care facilities to uphold and adhere to federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and guidance on a resident's standards of care, rights, protections, and inalienable right to be treated with respect, dignity, and quality care.

Expresses support for the establishment of a joint legislative caucus to be formally known as the University of Illinois Legislative Caucus.

Urges Congress to adopt an affirmative right to vote and condemns voter suppression efforts across the United States.

Urges the Bank on Commission, housed in the Illinois Comptroller's Office, to develop recommendations for improving the financial capability of students enrolled in Illinois' public colleges and universities.

Urges the Illinois General Assembly to examine the impact of sugary beverages on children. Further urges everyone to make healthy choices in their respective diets. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes everything. Inserts new language urging state officials, in partnership with school districts and organizations in the public and private sectors, to continue to adhere to and enforce the beverage standards included in the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010. Urges the General Assembly to continue to monitor the impact of sugar from all sources on the State's residents. Urges everyone to make healthy choices in their respective diets.

Calls upon the Illinois Department of Employment Security to make an immediate public commitment to reopen their public-access public employment offices to provide face-to-face help to Illinois residents who urgently need assistance. Calls upon all of the other departments of the State of Illinois to provide the Department of Employment Security with advice, technical assistance, and guidance on how to safely reopen public-access office spaces under current conditions. Expresses support for the working people of Illinois and recognizes the stressful circumstances of operating a publicly accessible office in a time of pandemic.

Recognizes the shameful and discriminatory history of the War on Drugs in the United States.

Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that employees shall have the fundamental right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours, and working conditions, and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work. Provides that no law shall be passed that interferes with, negates, or diminishes the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively over their wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment and work place safety, including any law or ordinance that prohibits the execution or application of agreements between employers and labor organizations that represent employees requiring membership in an organization as a condition of employment. Provides that these provisions are controlling over home rule powers. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Mourns the passing of Officer Chris Oberheim.