| 1 | 1 | | *HR1530* |
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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE |
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| 4 | 4 | | RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by: Steuerwald |
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| 6 | 6 | | ____________________________________ |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1 A HOUSE RESOLUTION honoring Representative Denny |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2 Zent. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 3 Whereas, Representative Denny Zent, who was first elected |
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| 10 | 10 | | 4 to represent the citizens of House District 51 in 2012, will be |
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| 11 | 11 | | 5 leaving the House Chamber for the last time at the end of the |
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| 12 | 12 | | 6 2024 Legislative Session; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 7 Whereas, During his time in the House of Representatives, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 8 Representative Zent has served on the House Public Health |
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| 15 | 15 | | 9 Committee and the House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety |
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| 16 | 16 | | 10 Committee, and he served as Chair for the House Local |
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| 17 | 17 | | 11 Government Committee; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 12 Whereas, Representative Zent, a veteran of the U.S. Army |
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| 19 | 19 | | 13 and U.S. Air Force, has spent his tenure advocating for Hoosier |
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| 20 | 20 | | 14 veterans and their families, authoring legislation to help |
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| 21 | 21 | | 20242290 |
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| 22 | 22 | | HR 1530/DI 140 2024 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1 military families that locate to Indiana and have children with |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2 disabilities in need of medical care, to ensure that the Office of |
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| 25 | 25 | | 3 Judicial Administration can work with the U.S. Department of |
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| 26 | 26 | | 4 Veterans Affairs to identify veterans in the court system and |
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| 27 | 27 | | 5 connect them with services like housing, physical and mental |
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| 28 | 28 | | 6 health care, and employment, and to extend protections |
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| 29 | 29 | | 7 provided by the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to |
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| 30 | 30 | | 8 members of the Indiana National Guard; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 9 Whereas, Representative Zent is also a retired endodontist |
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| 32 | 32 | | 10 and worked to expand Hoosiers' access to dental care in rural |
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| 33 | 33 | | 11 and underserved areas, and he authored the Caregiver Advise, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 12 Record, and Enable Act, which was created to better support |
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| 35 | 35 | | 13 Hoosier family caregivers; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 14 Whereas, In addition to his service as a state representative, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 15 Representative Zent has been heavily involved in his community |
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| 38 | 38 | | 16 through the American Legion, Angola Chamber of Commerce, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 17 National Federation of Independent Business, American Dental |
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| 40 | 40 | | 18 Association, and Indiana Dental Association. He's a member of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 19 Veterans of Foreign Wars, and he served on the board of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 20 directors for Cameron Hospital and Shepherds House, which |
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| 43 | 43 | | 21 helps homeless veterans; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 22 Whereas, Representative Zent is married to his wife of 53 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 23 years, Wendy, with whom he has two children, and he and his |
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| 46 | 46 | | 24 wife happily reside in Angola; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | 25 Whereas, Representative Zent has served his constituency |
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| 48 | 48 | | 26 loyally and faithfully since his election to the House of |
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| 49 | 49 | | 27 Representatives: Therefore, |
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| 50 | 50 | | 28 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the |
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| 51 | 51 | | 29 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 52 | 52 | | 30 SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives |
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| 53 | 53 | | 31 honors Representative Denny Zent upon his retirement. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 32 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of |
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| 55 | 55 | | 33 Representatives shall transmit a copy of this resolution to |
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| 56 | 56 | | 34 Representative Denny Zent. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 20242290 |
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| 58 | 58 | | HR 1530/DI 140 2024 |
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