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IL HR0045

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

6/26/2017

Primary Sponsor

LaShawn Ford

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Origin

House of Representatives

100th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requests President Trump to commission a study detailing the economic impact of the slave trade and slave labor in America
  • Study should analyze how Emancipation did not guarantee equality in education, employment, housing, and access to quality affordable health care
  • Study must include analysis of how reparations have benefited other ethnic groups historically (Japanese Americans, Mexican Americans, Filipino Americans, and Native Americans)
  • Study should include a proposal for reparations to descendants of slaves and how such reparations could address current obstacles in education, employment, housing, health care, and justice
  • Directs delivery of this resolution to President Trump

Legislative Description

STUDY REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY

Last Action

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

6/26/2017

Committee Referrals

Restorative Justice2/2/2017
Rules1/24/2017

Full Bill Text

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