IL SJR0059

Designates U.S. Route 150 from Galesburg Main Street to the intersection of U.S. Route 150 and Illinois Route 17 in Alpha as the "Deputy Sheriff Nick Weist Memorial Highway"

Honors Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Donald "Nick" Weist of the Knox County Sheriff's Office, who died in the line of duty on April 29, 2022, while pursuing an armed subject

Requests the Illinois Department of Transportation to erect plaques or signs at suitable locations designating the memorial highway, consistent with state and federal regulations

Deputy Weist was born July 28, 1987, earned a degree in Law Enforcement and Justice Administration from Western Illinois University in 2009, and served as a deputy sheriff for Knox County starting in 2018

Directs that copies of the resolution be presented to Deputy Weist's family and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation