IL HR0496

Commends former Illinois State Representative Barbara Flynn Currie for her 40 years of service in the Illinois House of Representatives

Recognizes her as the first woman to serve as majority leader of the Illinois House, a position she held for more than two decades beginning in 1997

Acknowledges her role in passing landmark legislation on health care access, reproductive rights, marriage equality, death penalty abolition, and economic opportunity for working families

Honors her founding role and past presidency of the Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership (IWIL) Training Academy, which trains and mentors pro-choice Democratic women to run for office

Congratulates her on receiving the IWIL Training Academy's Trailblazers Award on October 16, 2025